The General man[?] Morgan Company[?] authorities have decided [?] company's copper [?] ...
Article : 13 wordsSubscriptions on the Patriotic Fund initiated by the lord Mayor (Ald. D. V. Hennessey). continue to come in freely. In addition to the £1000 voted by the ...
Article : 375 wordsThe 3rd military district will be divided into four expeditionary battalion areas and these battalions will be recruited from the areas shown hereunder :— ...
Article : 203 wordsThose who have and experience of a soldier's life in camp realise that, though the street necessaries of life are provided, there are numerous little details which ...
Article : 187 wordsTroop trains were fired on from both sides of the line at Crowhurst, in Surrey and a number of windows were smashed. Motor-cars were seen in the vicinity at ...
Article : 83 wordsFresh offers of native support have been received. Enthusiastic meetings are being held everywhere in India ...
Article : 25 wordsA correspondent in the newspapers has suggested that members of the House of Commons should only take half-pay ([?]2000) during the currency of the war following ...
Article : 156 wordsIt is officially noticed [?] to-morrow all har[?]or [?] Wellington Lyttleton, [?] West port are to be[?] ...
Article : 24 wordsOrders were issued to-night by the Military authorities to all drivers of motor-cars cabmen, and cyclists and pedestrians to halt when ordered by the ...
Article : 135 wordsThere have been numerous arrests in England of suspected persons. Many Germans, however, have been released ...
Article : 24 words"Nobody ought to take more than two meals a day." This is the view taken by the Bishop of London (Dr Winnington lagram). who ...
Article : 73 wordsVictoria's quota of the expeditionary force will be easily filled. Volunteers now serving in the Commonwealth forces may volunteer for any of the battalions of the ...
Article : 53 wordsOwing to a number of [?] part in the contest last [?] sent engaged on mili[?] Miles Cycle Rend [?] ...
Article : 61 wordsThis morning Lady Helen Munro Serguson, wife of the Governor-General, who is displaying keen interest in the work that may be done by ladies in ...
Article : 330 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday afternoon Mr T. P. O'Connor (Nationalist) asked the Postmaster-General (Mr C. E. Hob[?]ouse) whether he was aware ...
Article : 132 wordsThe yacht Gemania, which is owned by the Krupp family, the well-known German gun manufactures, has been seized at Southampton ...
Article : 43 wordsThe following resolution has been passed by the executive council of the Australian Freedom League and will be forwarded to the Prime Minister and the ...
Article : 118 wordsBrigadier-General Bridges, who is to be commander in chief of the Australian Expeditionary Force and the brigade officers are busily engaged in organising work ...
Article : 278 wordsThe Lord Mayor's patriotic fund which now totals £12,000, includes the following contributions :—Victoria Racing Club, £1000; S[?]iders and Arbrahams, £100; ...
Article : 53 wordsSo far £630,000 has been subscribed to the food inaugurated by H.R.R. the Prince of Wales for the relief of the distressed poor ...
Article : 34 wordsNo interruption with [?] mail route bas been [?] Postal Department, in [?] an altered mail ro[?]te to [?] ...
Article : 22 wordsMr Livingston, Minister for Education, has called a meeting of school teachers of Saturday morning to consider what steps should be taken to give effect to the ...
Article : 67 wordsThere is no slackening of the rush for naturalisation papers at the Sydney Customs House. Towards the end of last week the daily average number of claims ...
Article : 58 wordsTheir Majesties the King of Queen motored be Aldershot yesterday, and made a complete tour of the camp. The garrison accorded the Royal party ...
Article : 72 wordsThe explosions occurred to-day in a baker's shop, conducted by a German at East Ham, in Cheshire. Seven person were injured, including three firemen ...
Article : 34 wordsArchdeacon Callic [?] England, is among the [?] Australian Expression [?] nurse have also offered the [?] ...
Article : 15 wordsThe Primate of England has appointed Friday as a day of prayer and intercession in connection with the war. He has also asked the Roman Catholics ...
Article : 45 wordsLt-Gen Helmuth [?] the General Staff of the [?] wrote F. W. Wile [?] alloyed confidence of the [?] ...
Article : 272 wordsOne instance of how far the cost of provisions may be increased in the absence of regulation is furnished by the following. It is said that a few days age one ...
Article : 101 wordsA vessel which has just arrived at Fremantle reports having passed in the Bight the German steamer Is[?]rholm (1667 tons). which had come from Port Pirie ...
Article : 48 wordsThe officers in charge of the enlistment of volunteers for the Ballarat portion of the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force report the 1[?]0 men have already enrolled ...
Article : 127 wordsThe consumption of printing paper has risen 25 per cent., despite the fact that the size of the newspapers has been rigorously cut down ...
Article : 70 wordsA spy shot a sentry with a revolver and escaped. A woman, who is believed to be a German spy, has been arrested at the ...
Article : 43 wordsA very large and enthusiastic meeting of ladies was held yesterday afternoon at the City Hall, there being over 200 present, presided over by the Mayoress of ...
Article : 749 wordsAmong the passengers aboard the R.M.S. Morea is Captain Singh, A.D.C. to the Maharajah of Patiala, Punjaub, India, who is paying a holiday visit to ...
Article : 75 wordsThe local representative of Messrs Ben[?]drop and Co., cocoa manufactures, of Amsterdam. Holland. to-day waited upon Alderman D. V. Hennessy, the Lord ...
Article : 67 wordsSix ships, conveying 8000 stranded Americans, have sailed for New York. There are 1[?],000 English and American tourists stranded in Switzerland. The ...
Article : 39 wordsSir Ronald Munro Ferguson has offered Raith House, Kirkcaldy, for use as a hospital. Lady Islington has offered her London ...
Article : 84 wordsAlready many volunteers for the Expeditionary Force have been medically examined and accepted. They have been sent to the Agricultural Ground to he ...
Article : 224 wordsOn the Legislative Council meeting this afternoon. Mr [?]agletborn moved that the House adjourn till next day in order that the bill to restrict undue rises in prices ...
Article : 385 wordsSpeaking with regard to cable messages from the Commonwealth, the Minister for Defence said he desire to remove a misapprehension. Some people thought that ...
Article : 68 wordsThe Defence Department is arranging with the Customs Department to discharge the cargoes of vessels detained in port and to charge the consignees pro rata ...
Article : 29 wordsThe ex-Shah of Persia and his family and 1560 Russian refugees have reached the Swedish port of ,Malmo from Germany. The ex-Shah, who will go on to ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Postal Department has made arrangements to send mails to Great Britain via America by the steamer Ventura, which leaves Australia on 29th August ...
Article : 32 wordsFive hundred men have already enlisted with the English Foreign Legion, including three Russian princes and several Italian officers. Danish residents are also ...
Article : 29 wordsLady Dudley, who is organising an Australian volunteer hospital movement has issued on an appeal to the people of Australia to give financial support to the ...
Article : 70 wordsAn officer of the P. and O. steamer Morea states this morning that the German mail steamer Roon, which is believed to have taken refuge in a neutral ...
Article : 74 wordsThe Bulgarian Government has dismissed General Radko Dimitrieff, the Bulgarian Minister at St. Petersburg, for having entered the Russian army ...
Article : 23 wordsOwing to the general unrest in the community it has been decided to postpone the Municipal Band ball indefinitely. The ball had been arranged to raise funds ...
Article : 177 wordsIt is reported from Shanghai that no British vessels have been molested up till 9th ...
Article : 19 wordsEngland has protested against the departure from Genoa of the North German liners Konig Albert and Moltke to recoal German warships in the ...
Article : 49 wordsDuring the past day or two there have been persistent rumors that the H.M.A.S. Australia flagship of the Australian Fleet, had been engaged in a conflict with ...
Article : 173 wordsSir George Reid. High Commissioner, yesterday sent the following message to the Hon. P. Glynn, Minister for Home Affairs:— ...
Article : 121 wordsMr R. M. Hawker, well-known on the Turf in Victoria and New South Wales, particularly in connection with the remarkable £500 match between Tadanga ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 227 wordsThe Bank of England received a further sum of £25O,000 in gold to-day, and the total receipts since 5th August have been £29,05,00[?] ...
Article : 88 wordsAt a largely-attended meeting held last night patriotic speeches were made, and it was decided to offer practical help to ...
Article : 96 wordsThe Minister for Defence (Mr E. D. Millen) explained to-day that the contingent now being raised would be designated Australia's Imperial Expeditionary ...
Article : 101 wordsIn the Court of Industrial Arbitration to-day. Mr Justice Heydon made reference to the responsibility which the war had cast upon wharf laborers. He was ...
Article : 190 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly this afternoon Mr Mackinnon introduced a bill to make provision against undue restriction of the supply of goods or under raising ...
Article : 995 wordsAt the City Court to-day Frederick S. Wagg, aged 32 who said he had been in the Scottish Rifles for two years, was charged with having behaved offensively ...
Article : 163 wordsBlood-poison and inflammation developed so rapidly in Mrs Dehon's scratched foot that within a day or too she was helplessly crippled. However, thanks ...
Article : 277 wordsThe Mayor of Brisbane's patriotic fund totals £1068/11/. Mr J. Wren yesterday handed the Mayor a cheque for £1000 ...
Article : 32 wordsLieut-col R. A. Crouch, at present commanding the 56th Regiment (Yarra Borderers), is to have command of the sixth battalion of Australia's Imperial ...
Article : 78 wordsThe patriotic fund is rapidly growing, and bout £,15,000 has been subscribed ...
Article : 17 wordsAt the meeting of the Heytesbury Shire Council to-day it was decided to give £10 to the patriotic fund ...
Article : 22 wordsAt the luncheon at the Bendigo race meeting to-day, Mr S. Lazarus, president of the club proposed the toast of "The King." and it was drunk with ...
Article : 39 wordsAbout 250 men have volunteered fro service with the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force. Nearly all are unmarried. The management of the North mine has ...
Article : 98 wordsWord is still being received of the commandeering of horses in unauthorised fashion. The Defence Department desires to again emphasise the fact that all ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Minister of Defence said to-night that one of the greatest difficulties in equipping into Australian Expeditionary Force was in providing the large number ...
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The Ballarat Courier (Vic. : 1869 - 1900; 1914 - 1918), Thu 13 Aug 1914, Page 4
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