Aug. 16.—FLINDERS, 521 tons, Capt. W. W. Robinson, from B'borg. Passengers: Misses E. Dixon, J. Shaw, M. A. Mior, Messrs. C. Hilder, Gorman, K. Krouss, E. Van[?]ysoc, and 2 in ...
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Advertising : 76 wordsIt is officially announced that Japan has issued an ultimatum to Germany stating that it is important and necessary to remove ...
Article : 167 wordsThe Press Bureeau states that the German troops are greatly inconvenienced by the scarcity of horses, thousands of which have been killed or captured by the ...
Article : 88 wordsGermany's troubles grow apace. There is no mistaking the meaning of the ultimatum which Japan has issued to her with respect to the ...
Article : 787 wordsThe Commissioner for Police has been advised, through the Chief Secretary's Office that a despatch has been received announcing that the Imperial Service ...
Article : 67 wordsThe Rome correspondent of the "New York World" states that 200,000 Italia[?]s are concentrating between Mantra (Lom[?]rdy), Verona (22[?] miles from Mantua), ...
Article : 70 wordsThe Attorney-General (Hon. T. O'Sullivan, M.L.C.), who hns returned to Brisbane from a European tour, recently visited the Chamber of Deputies in Rome ...
Article : 149 wordsGrand Duke Nicholas, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army, addressing the Poles, said: "The sacred dream of your fathers and your grandfathers may ...
Article : 284 wordsQuestioned yesterday afternoon, Mr. Stephens (acting manager of the Brisbane Tramways Company) stated that while the actual figures of the tram ...
Article : 89 wordsLieutenant Cesari and Corporal Prudhommean, aviators, left Verdun on Friday evening on separate aeroplanes and reconnoitred at Metz. Cesari was 3000 yards ...
Article : 99 wordsFrom the Prime Minister comes, in the form of a manifesto, a timely reminder that whatever the distractions of war the electors should not ...
Article : 1,142 wordsNo replies to questions will be conveyed by letters; answers will appear in this column. No responsibility can be accepted by the Editor for [?]S., nor can [?]e undertake to return it. ...
Article : 203 wordsFollowing are the details of the Exhibition weight-guessing competition, the bullock having been killed yesterday:— First forequarter, 404½lb.; second 405½ ...
Article : 99 wordsThe French Embassy states that the British, French, and Russian Consuls at Dantzig have been treated with great indignity They w[?]re peremptorily ordered ...
Article : 112 wordsGerman columns can be seen winding along the valley of the Meuse towards Dinant, where there are signs of the preparation of important operations. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe Powerina artesian bore is now down 1600ft. in bad sinking through sticky shale (our St. George correspondent wired yesterday). The Hollymount ...
Article : 44 wordsWhile the Germans were entering Verviers a shot was fired, killing a German soldier. The Germans thereupon razed the entire street, including a large ...
Article : 47 wordsJapan's ultimatum to Germany has caused a sensation here, and there is much concern in official circles. The United States desires that Kia[?]-cha[?] should ...
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Family Notices : 309 wordsOn the arrival of the Pinkenba train at the Central Station at 8.30 a.m. yesterday —after a restful time at Brunswick-street—for some reason three of the rear ...
Article : 197 wordsRussian cavalry on Thursday dispersed an Austrian force, and caused them to evacuate Kielee, in Russian Poland, south of Warsaw. ...
Article : 117 wordsIt is rumoured here that Austrian troops are fighting in Belgium, under Count von Buelow, who is commanding the Second German Army Corps. ...
Article : 34 wordsForty thousand men have been recruited in a week for Earl Kitchener's second army, and men are now being recruited at the rate of 7000 daily. ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Bavarian army corps held a strongly entre[?]ed position before Blamont. A French division opened the attack on Friday night, and, after ...
Article : 166 wordsThe Tsar of Russia has gone to Moscow. ...
Article : 14 wordsA serious outbreak of pleuro has been discovered by Stock Inspector Buhot amongst travelling stock from the district round Winton, and 4000 of these ...
Article : 122 wordsRobertson, a sentry at the Brooklands aerodome, thrice challenged a supposed spy, and then fired. The spy returned the shot, wounding the sentry, and ...
Article : 42 wordsIt is officially stated at Vienna that the Austrians on Friday, after severe fighting, drove the Seri[?]ians from their stroughold on the east side of the Drina, near ...
Article : 95 wordsHer Majesty the Queen is inaugurating a scheme to secure work for women who may be unemployed owing to the war Details of the scheme will be announced ...
Article : 42 wordsParliament will meet at the usual hour this afternoon. In the Legislative Council the Orders of the Day are: Mo[?] yan and Geraldton Tramways Bill, second ...
Article : 122 wordsIt Is semi-officially stated that French warships on Sunday sank two Austrian warships at Budua (an Austrian seaport in ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Hon. Dr. Taylor (vice-president) presided over a large attendance at the meeting of the Royal Geographical Society of Queensland at its rooms, William-street, ...
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Advertising : 108 wordsGreat congregations were the rule in the churches and chapels yesterday, when collections were made for the Prince of Wales's Relief Fund, and in ...
Article : 71 wordsThe "Echo de Paris" states that Great Britain demanded of Turkey, before discussing the future of the German warships Goeben and Breslau, that Turkey ...
Article : 154 wordsFive hundred Germans were captured at Blamont, France, on Friday. [Belmont is a town 17-miles east of [?]me-ville. The population is 2000.] ...
Article : 259 wordsThe Postmaster-General's Department advises that English and other mails ex R.M.S. Morea are due by train to-morrow night, and will be delivered by ...
Article : 49 wordsThe German cavalry occupied Dinant, 14 miles south of Namur, on Saturday morning. Later the French artillery expelled them, and the cavalry pursued ...
Article : 544 wordsGermany has furnished Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, with the names of scores of British subjects and tourists who have ...
Article : 94 wordsThe military authorities have already registered over 2000 names in connection with the Queensland portion of the expeditionary force. ...
Article : 496 wordsThe B.L and Q.A. Co.'s tug Coringa left Sydney for Brisbane yesterday with the Fairlight in tow. The Fairlight is a small vessel recently purchased in Sydney by ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 93 wordsThough to outward appearances the railway traffic during the Exhibition appeared to be just as great as in Exhibition week of the proceeding year the act[?]al ...
Article : 160 wordsFor Brisbane: Messrs. Ford, Fern, Boxhall, Price, Barney, Bla[?]nore, Lang, Campbell, Piggott, Shorn, M'Lerie, Harrington, M'Connell, Roses, Mesdames Galbraith, M'Connell, ...
Article : 81 wordsThe liner Lorraine, which has arrived at Havre with 450 reservists on board, reports that she was chased off the American coast by the German cruiser Dresde[?]. ...
Article : 62 wordsThe High Commissioner sent a cable message to the Prime Minister from Lodon at 10 o'clock on Friday night as follows: "Official: It is now clear that ...
Article : 186 wordsThe first annual meeting af the Local Government Clerks' Association of Queensland was held in the City Council Chambers, South Brisbane, on 11th instant. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 429 wordsLetters have been received which reveal the existence of terrible conditions [?] Dalmatia, Bos[?]ia, and Croatia. Trad[?] has censed, and food is scarce. A[?] ...
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Family Notices : 91 wordsA traveller who has arrived from Berlin states that Scabdubavian mails giving detailed reports of German defeats in Bel[?]um created great surprise in Berlin. The ...
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The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), Tue 18 Aug 1914, Page 6
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