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  2. THE WAR.

    Details published in Paris show that there wore three French armies between Charleroi and Longwy. In addition to the British the African Zouaves and Tirailleurs occupied the ...

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  3. THE LATEST.

    The Official Press Bureau states that Germans in force attacked the French on the southern frontier on the 25th, but were repulsed, and retreated all along the line. ...

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  4. GOULBURN AND THE WAR

    At a meeting of the committee of the Red Cross Society on Tuesday afternoon a cheque for £29/9/- was handed in; this, with goods to the value of £33, was the proceeds of the Gift Tea ...

    Article : 167 words
  5. POLITICAL POINTS.

    It is to be expected that both sides will seek to make, some capital out of the preparations for Australian defence; but in some cases the limit is passed. ...

    Article : 529 words
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  7. ANOTHER RUSSIAN ADVANCE SUGGESTED.

    It is believed that a large Russian centre army is marching on Posen. (Posen is the capital of the Prussian province of Posen, and is a fortress of the first rank. It is situated on ...

    Article : 89 words
  8. NO FURTHER FIGHTING.

    The High Commissioner has received a message, marked "official," from Ostend, in which Field-Marshal French reports that no further engagements have taken place, and that the ...

    Article : 37 words
  9. BRITISH CASUALTIES.

    General Sir John French reports that he is unable so far to send details of the casualties owing to the extended nature of the operations. The condition of the troops is in every way ...

    Article : 40 words
  10. VOLUNTEERS ROLLING UP WELL.

    In response to Major Bennett's appeal volunteers are coming forward in large numbers to complete the country battalions. One hundred more men are expected to arrive in Goulburn ...

    Article : 114 words
  11. A VENTURESOME DESTROYER.

    The following cable from the High Commissioner is dated August 25, 1.55 a.m., and is endorsed "official":—"The destroyer Kennet, while chasing the German destroyer S90 on Saturday ...

    Article : 57 words
  12. LORRAINE.

    It is officially announced that fighting has been renewed in Lorraine, and still continues. ...

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  13. ALSACE ABANDONED.

    The War Office, requiring all available forces on the Meuse, have ordered the abandonment of all occupied territory, and Mulhausen has been evacuated. ...

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  14. LORD KITCHENER WANTS ALL RECRUITS POSSIBLE.

    Mr. Asquith, replying to questions in the House, said that compulsory service was undesirable. He added that Lord Kitchener needed all the recruits he could get. It was a mistake ...

    Article : 48 words
  15. IN THE COMMONWEALTH.

    At Victoria Barracks on Wednesday about 500 volunteers came before the enrolling officer anxious for service in the expeditionary force. A number of likely men were rejected on ...

    Article : 284 words
  16. KENMORE VOLUNTEERS RETURN.

    The Kenmore volunteers who went to Sydney a few days ago have returned to Goulburn. When they arrived in Sydney they found that no one apparently knew anything about them, ...

    Article : 160 words
  17. TUNNEL BLOCKED.

    When Fort Chandfontaine, on the south-eastern boundary of Liege, which commanded the railroad from Aix-la-Chapelle, was practically reduced to ruins, the commander, Major ...

    Article : 53 words
  18. IN GERMAN TOGOLAND.

    Mr. Lewis Harcourt, Secretary for the Colonies, has received a message from the British Commander in German Togoland stating that the wireless station has been destroyed. ...

    Article : 69 words
  19. ZEPPELIN AT WORK.

    The bomb-throwing at Antwerp by a German Zeppelin airship lasted 20 minutes, and the population was terribly alarmed. Hundreds ran into the streets in their night clothes. The ...

    Article : 206 words
  20. THE ANTWERP ZEPPELIN AGAIN.

    A Zeppelin airship attempted another raid last night, but abandoned it owing to the city's precautions. ...

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  21. PATRIOTIC SONG.

    From Messrs. W. H. Paling and Co., Ltd., we have received a copy of Mr. Percy F. Hollis's Australian patriotic song, "A Message to Motherland." The song is not unknown in ...

    Article : 151 words
  22. SEYDLITZ AT VALPARAISO.

    The Seydlitz has arrived at Valparaiso. ...

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  23. INFERNAL MACHINE IN BANK.

    As a deed-box to be deposited in a big London bank was being placed in a safe a ticking was heard. The box was opened, disclosing an infernal machine heavily charged. ...

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  24. BRITISH STEAMER SEIZED.

    Surprise was expressed in Sydney shipping circles on Wednesday when the steamer Zambesi, which was generally supposed to be loading phosphates at Nauru, near Ocean ...

    Article : 208 words
  25. GOEBEN AND BRESLAU.

    The British cruiser Gloucester, 4800 tons, chased the German cruiser Breslau, 4500 tone. among the Ionian Isles, to the south and went of Greece for two days and a night. The British ...

    Article : 126 words
  26. "A BALACLAVA CHARGE."

    The central feature of the fighting at Gumbinnen, the capital of the province of that name, was a "Balaclava charge" by the Russians. The Germans held a village whence they were ...

    Article : 334 words
  27. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND BELGIUM.

    Mr. Asquith will to-morrow move an address to the King of the Belgians, conveying the House of Commons' sympathy with the Belgians and admiration for their heroic resistance ...

    Article : 53 words
  28. CHATSBURY SLATE.

    The first consignment, consisting of eight tons of green and purple slate, was despatched to Sydney on Wednesday. Mr. Woods, a slate merchant in Sydney, has made arrangements to ...

    Article : 94 words
  29. CHURCH OF ENGLAND.

    Bishop Barlow is suffering from nervous breakdown. His doctors have ordered him complete rest, but his Lordship expected to be about again in the near future. ...

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  30. A PRINCE KILLED.

    The Berlin Official News Agency states that Prince Frederick of Saxe-Meiningen was killed by a shell at Namur on the 23rd. ...

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  31. HAS NAMUR FALLEN?

    It is denied that the Germans have captured Namur. While the fighting was taking place in and about Charleroi, Namur had been subjected to ...

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  32. GERMAN VESSELS ORDERED OUT.

    It is reported that the Egyptian Government has ordered six Hansa, two Nord Deutscher, and several other German boats to leave Port Said. They will probably be seized by the British. ...

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  33. OUR LADY OF MERCY'S COLLEGE, GOULBURN.

    The commercial division of the above college sat for examination in typewriting on Monday, 17th August. There were two sets of candidates, elementary and intermediate, ...

    Article : 101 words
  34. HOCKEY.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 144 words
  35. WEEKLY CALENDAR.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 109 words
  36. DELIVERY OF ORDERS ASSURED.

    The Australian Association of British Manufactures and their representatives recently despatched the following cable message to the Association of Chambers of Commerce of the ...

    Article : 90 words
  37. WAR FINANCE.

    Mr. Lloyd George has introduced a War Loan Bill. Tie method of raising the money was not indicated. He asked the House to give the Treasury power to decide when the opportunity ...

    Article : 93 words
  38. ADVANCE ON LILLE.

    It is officially announced that German cavalry patrols have been seen in the, region of Douai, 18 miles south of Lille, but are unable to advance owing to the fear of falling in with ...

    Article : 131 words
  39. C.E.M.S.

    The monthly meeting of St. Saviour's Cathedral Branch of the Church of England Men's Society was held in the Guild Hall on Wednesday evening. Mr. A. M. Betts, ...

    Article : 214 words
  40. GERMAN STEAMER SEIZED.

    A private cable received in Sydney on Wednesday stated that the German-Australian Company's steamer Hamm, which left Hamburg on July 11 for Fremantle, Adelaide, and Sydney, ...

    Article : 39 words
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    But for the great war, started to gorge the insensate ambitions of a ruler who has periodically exhibited every sign of monomania over since he succeeded to the German ...

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  42. TOURISTS FROM SWITZERLAND.

    Eight hundred tourists from Switzerland arrived here yesterday after many discomforts. ...

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  43. MONTENEGRIN SUCCESS.

    A telegram from San Giovanni states that 30,000 Montenegrins have met with a series of successes on the Herzegovinian frontier. In a fierce bayonet fight at Graheve, the Austrians ...

    Article : 60 words
  44. THE LABOUR MARKET.

    As a result of an application by the Furniture Trade Society before the Wages Board, a clause has been inserted in the existing award which will permit members of the society to ...

    Article : 288 words
  45. COUNT ZEPPELIN.

    Count Zeppelin commands an arship. ...

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  46. EMPIRE THEATRE.

    The features for to-night's change of programme at the Empire are "The Night Riders of Petersham," a production by the famous Vitagraph firm, and "The Live Wire," a sensational ...

    Article : 79 words
  47. GERMAN BRUTALITY.

    The Daily Telegraph's Warsaw correspondent states that the Germans fined the town of Kalisch £5000 and shot six of the foremost inhabitants who had been detained as hostages ...

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  48. A RAID NEAR OSTEND.

    The Belgians lost 40 killed and wounded during a raid by Uhlans near Ostend. The Germans suffered more severely. It is stated that a German with a red cross badge was found ...

    Article : 50 words
  49. GERMAN OUTRAGES.

    The Official Press Bureau publishes Belgium's protest against German barbarism, which is based on the report of a committee of inquiry which included among its members ...

    Article : 153 words
  50. GOULBURN STOCK SALES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 193 words
  51. GERMANS RESUME OFFENSIVE.

    This evening the War Office announced that the Germans seemed to have resumed the offensive at the points where it was suspended yesterday, but they are being held by the ...

    Article : 39 words
  52. LABOUR LEAGUE SOCIAL.

    The Political Labour League gave another very successful social and euchre party in the Mechanics' Hall on Wednesday night. There was a very good attendance, and so complete ...

    Article : 435 words
  53. FOOTBALL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 49 words
  54. ALLIES' LATEST POSITION.

    It is officially announced that the allies' movement to their now position is now completed. The French command the outlets from the forest of Ardennes. It it also announced ...

    Article : 93 words
  55. SENTRY SHOT AT.

    A man concealed in church grounds shot at a sentry at Penarth. The sentry fired twice, but the assailant escaped. SYDNEY, Thursday. ...

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  56. CALLING UP THE BOYS.

    The Government has ordered all boys between the ages of 10 and 19 to commence a course of musketry training. Retired officers are being employed in their instruction. ...

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  57. WOOL SALES.

    At a meeting of wool buyers and selling brokers on Wednesday morning it was unanimously resolved that no sales of wool be held for the present. Another meeting will take ...

    Article : 65 words
  58. FEDERAL ELECTIONS.

    Mr. Conroy addressed a gathering at Kenmore on Wednesday night in the open air. He explained the political situation, and pointed out that the elections were unavoidable. He ...

    Article : 103 words
  59. AUSTRIA AND JAPAN.

    Austria has declared war on Japan. London, August 26. Reuter's Agency announces that it is officially stated in Vienna that the Japanese Consul ...

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  60. BRITISH TROOPS.

    Mr. Maxwell, war correspondent of the Daily Telegraph, who reached Mons on Friday, states that Allanby's cavalry division marched north, covering Mons and Fouraine-l'eveque, west of ...

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  61. MAJESTIC THEATRE.

    "The Mystery of the Black Domino," or " The Creed of the Fatalist," a three-reel feature, will be screened in to-night's change of programme at the Majestic pictures. This presentation is a ...

    Article : 306 words
  62. USELESS FOOD.

    It is not enough that the food should be rammed into the stomach in lumps; the food, to do you good, must be digested and assimilated into the system. The first process in digestion ...

    Article : 239 words
  63. FIXING PRICES.

    The Commission appointed by Parliament to regulate if necessary the prices of commodities in New South Wales during the war, consisting of Judge Edmunds (president) and Messrs. A ...

    Article : 249 words
  64. ENTHUSIASM IN CANADA.

    Owing to the enormous number of recruits offering themselves the Militia Department is considering the offer of an additional army corps of 20,000 men for service abroad. ...

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  65. A.L.H. BAND SOCIAL.

    The A.L.H. Band hold another social in the Mechanics' Hall on Tuesday night, the function being an even greater success than the previous dance that the band gave this season. ...

    Article : 135 words
  66. ITALY'S ATTITUDE.

    Reuter's Agency reports that Austria is mobilising on the Italian frontier, especially at Trent" and Innsbruck. It is stated that 70,000 men have already been concentrated. ...

    Article : 48 words
  67. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The Government has decided to permit the wives and families of German and Austrian reservists who have gone to the war to return to their respective countries. ...

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  68. THE DEFENCE OF MONS.

    On taking up their position in the vicinity of Mons., the British blew up the churches and railway station at Jemappes, three miles away, which were in the line of fire; and also the ...

    Article : 233 words
  69. THE WEATHER.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 43 words
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