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  2. THE WAR.

    The Daily Telegraph states that 500,000 of the Allies occupy a triangle of country in Belgium, of which the apex is Namur. One side runs from Namur through Charleroi to Mons, ...

    Article : 139 words
  3. Advertising

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    Advertising : 158 words
  4. THE LATEST.

    The Official Press Bureau states that the British forces were engaged all day Sunday, and held the ground in the neighbourhood of Mons. ...

    Article : 40 words
  5. GOULBURN AND THE WAR

    The meeting at the Town Hall on Monday night convened by the Mayor (Ald. Betts) for the purpose of inaugurating a patriotic fund in Goulburn was poorly attended, though the ...

    Article : 1,522 words
  6. IN THE COMMONWEALTH.

    The Sydney Marino Underwriters' Association received a cablegram on Monday to the effect that war rates wore much higher. The message also stated that the steamer Kaipara, ...

    Article : 1,081 words
  7. RECRUITS WANTED.

    Major Bennett, second in command of the Third Battalion, was in Goulburn to-day, arranging for the enrolling of recruits. The Third Battalion, which will be under Lieut. ...

    Article : 419 words
  8. RUSSIAN GENERAL KILLED.

    A message from Vienna states that Austrian troops repulsed the Russian cavalry north of Lemberg (Galicia). One Russian general was killed, and another wounded, and conveyed to ...

    Article : 35 words
  9. ALLIES RETREAT FROM FIRST LINE OF DEFENCE.

    News has been received that the first line of defence at Namur has been taken, necessitating the withdrawal of a portion of the Allies from the line at the Sambre River to their original ...

    Article : 44 words
  10. GERMAN OCCUPATION.

    German trains are running between Brussels and Liege, and telegraphic communication has been opened with Berlin. The German commissariat, except to the south of the Meuse, is ...

    Article : 62 words
  11. AUSTRIANS ROUTED.

    A force of nine Russian squadrons attacked and routed a strong Austrian force near Pruhov, between Milotcheff and Shoroff. The Russians captured two mounted batteries and 160 ...

    Article : 68 words
  12. GREAT BATTLE RAGING.

    It is officially stated that a great battle, extending from Mons to the frontier of Luxemburg, commenced on Monday. The French everywhere take the offensive in conjunction ...

    Article : 56 words
  13. MARCH ON LILLE.

    The big battle reported to be progressing in Hainault, a frontier province of Belgium, followed a sanguinary encounter at Luttre. The Germans are marching in considerable force ...

    Article : 61 words
  14. SERVIAN CAMPAIGN.

    It is officially announced that three army corps, totalling in all 100,000, under General Potiorek, crossed the Drina and took up a position in the triangle formed by Loznitza, ...

    Article : 134 words
  15. LIEGE FORTS.

    The correspondent of the "Gazette do Holland," who visited Liege, states that the streets wore full of commandeered motor cars flying at breakneck speed in all parts of the ...

    Article : 106 words
  16. NAMUR FALLEN.

    The Official Press Bureau states that Namur has fallen. [It has been pointed out that "the whole object of the German advance through Belgium ...

    Article : 401 words
  17. WEEKLY CALENDAR.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 83 words
  18. POLITICAL POINTS.

    The more thought that is given to the world-crisis that exists the more will it be realised that the great need of Australia is a sound, stable Government. ...

    Article : 504 words
  19. THE NAVIES.

    The "Corriere della Sera" publishes details of the sinking of the Austrian cruiser Zenta, which was reported in the cables of the 19th instant. It is stated that a squadron of Allied ...

    Article : 197 words
  20. IN BRUSSELS.

    The German commander has placarded Brussels, proclaiming that he is forced by circumstances to make levies. He requests the population to acquiesce and not to adopt an ...

    Article : 190 words
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    That the competency and readiness of the British Navy should have placed an effectual guard upon the principal trade routes of the sea means infinitely much to the oversea ...

    Article : 750 words
  22. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM GOULBURN.

    The Goldsmith-street Methodist Church has forwarded to Sydney 16 fitted kits for the Red Cross Society, and has also sent a cheque for £12 10/ to the Countess of Dudley Voluntary ...

    Article : 284 words
  23. TRIUMPHAL ENTRY.

    After informing the Burgomaster of Brussels that he would be made responsible in the event of acts on the part of the populace, the Germans made a triumphal entry into Brussels. ...

    Article : 129 words
  24. FLOATING MINES.

    The Admiralty warn neutral shipping that the Germans are continuing to scatter mines indiscriminately which do not conform to the conditions of the Hague Convention, as they do ...

    Article : 191 words
  25. GERMAN JUSTIFICATION.

    The Cologne Gazette, in justification of the fines imposed by the Germans on Brussels and Liege, states that the war tribute exacted is a punishment for the bad treatment of ...

    Article : 88 words
  26. GOLF.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 175 words
  27. POLICE COURT.

    Before Mr. O. A. Edwards, P.M., and Mr. Belcher. DRUNKENNESS. A defendant for being drunk on the railway ...

    Article : 151 words
  28. AUSTRIAN WARSHIP TO DISARM.

    The Austrian Government has ordered the protected cruiser Kaiserin Elizabeth, now lying at Kiao-Chao, to disarm, and her crew to proceed to Tientsin. ...

    Article : 30 words
  29. A GERMAN RUSE.

    The Temps states that twenty of the Deaths-Head Hussars entered Charleroi, about 15 miles south-west of Namur, and rode quietly up the street calling out, "We are friends," and the ...

    Article : 71 words
  30. ITALY.

    M. Delcasse (Minister for War) stated in an interview that Italy's neutrality was already of great advantage to the Allies. It was not for any foreigner to say whether she should ...

    Article : 96 words
  31. NEW PRISON GOVERNOR.

    The Cumberland Times of August 22 says:—When, some months ago, the new reorganisation scheme of the Now South Wales Prison Department was carried out, the Parramatta ...

    Article : 385 words
  32. FRENCH CAMPAIGN.

    Reuter's Agency states that the French losses in the Vosges during the last three days have been very heavy, and that the German losses were indisputably as great. An official statement ...

    Article : 137 words
  33. ASSOCIATES' COMPETITION.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 103 words
  34. TURKEY TO REMAIN NEUTRAL.

    The Porte has, assured the British Ambassador of the intention of Turkey to remain neutral. The British, French, and Russian Ambassadors have assured Turkey that the maintenance of ...

    Article : 96 words
  35. GARDEN AND FIELD CALENDAR FOR AUGUST, 1914.

    The seasons continues favourable, and prospects generally are very promising. The land is in good order for cropping. Seeds or plants should not be put out in wet weather, as the ...

    Article : 415 words
  36. FIERCE GERMANS.

    Details of the fighting at Mulhausen on August 8 and 9 are becoming public. It appears that on Sunday the Germans shelled the town, the population taking refuge in the ...

    Article : 253 words
  37. UNREST IN SAMOA.

    One of the best known of the Island traders, Captain E. F. Allen, of Apia, had an interesting story to tell on his arrival by the Ventura on Monday. ...

    Article : 288 words
  38. AUSTRIAN EMPEROR ILL.

    Telegrams from Rome state that the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria is ill, and that his condition is critical. ...

    Article : 26 words
  39. EMPIRE THEATRE.

    There was a very good house at the Empire Theatre on Monday night, and a good programme was presented. The feature of the evening was "Within the Lion's Reach," a ...

    Article : 199 words
  40. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The German mail steamer Zieten was last heard of in the Mozambique channel. (The Zieten left Sydney on July 8 for Bremen, via ports. She called at Colombo, and left there ...

    Article : 384 words
  41. MAJESTIC THEATRE.

    "The Watch Dog of the Deep," the special feature of Monday night's programme, is a film fall of sadness. It tells a story of an adopted child, who, when grown to a marriagable age, ...

    Article : 193 words
  42. GERMANS IN FRANCE.

    The Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph states that the only point of French territory occupied by the Germans is Audunle-Roman, a little town on the railway, 25 ...

    Article : 71 words
  43. LATE POPE PIUS X.

    In connection with the death of Pope Pius X. a requiem mass has been arranged to be celebrated in SS. Peter and Paul's Cathedral to-morrow (Wednesday) morning at 9 o'clock. His ...

    Article : 40 words
  44. ACCIDENTS.

    On Sunday morning a young man named Jack Broadhurst bad one of his feet crushed while working on a crossing in the Goulburn railway yards. The railway ambulance took the ...

    Article : 79 words
  45. THE POPULAR CANDIDATE.

    People have their ideals in sport as well as in other things. If you put up a great footballer he would beat Mr. Lloyd George or anybody else at an election.—Rev. A. T. Waldron. ...

    Article : 39 words
  46. ARRANGEMENTS WELL IN HAND.

    The committee decided to have subscription lists printed and circulated. One list is to be devoted to cash payments or donations, and the other is to provide for payments of monthly ...

    Article : 248 words
  47. CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

    His Lordship the Bishop of Melanesia preached at St. Saviour's Cathedral on Sunday at the morning and evening services. His Lordship gave interesting aneedotes regarding the ...

    Article : 86 words
  48. INVASION OF PRUSSIA.

    The French Embassy states that the Russians defeated three German Army Corps at Gumbinnen, north-east Prussia. St. Petersburg August 21. ...

    Article : 184 words
  49. THE THING THAT MATTERS.

    There must be religious differences so long as God makes people of different temperaments. It is not the differences which matters, but the way in which we mismanage them.—Archdeacon ...

    Article : 52 words
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