A cable message from London suggests that the explanation of the remarkable absence of news from the France-Belgian front may be that the Germans had ...
Article : 651 wordsYesterday saw another partial exodus from the camp at Blackboy Hill, where the Western Australian quota and part of the Tasmanian battalion are under canvas. Two ...
Article : 2,816 wordsThe Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council have come into conflict over the Price of Goods Bill. Last week the measure was passed by the Legislative Council ...
Article : 147 wordsThe statements that the Germans at Charleroi, in Belgium, destroyed the winding machinery on several mines, thus entombing the miners, has aroused a feeling ...
Article : 62 wordsMr. Harper gave notice in the Legislative Assembly yesterday that he would move—"That, in the opinion of this House, the Government, recognising the heavy ...
Article : 92 wordsCount von Moltke denies that the German troops committed atrocities in Belguim. Where harsh measures were taken they had, he asserts, been provoked by the ...
Article : 48 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly yesterday a Bill to amend the Licensing Act, 1911, was introduced by the Attorney-General and read the first time. ...
Article : 582 wordsFurther offers of horses for the expeditionary force have been received by the Minister for Defence (Senator Millen). The Minister stated to-night that he had ...
Article : 110 wordsThe German War Office has forbidden the publication of further casualty lists. ...
Article : 22 wordsGreat satisfaction has been caused by the denial by Sir J. Rennell Rodd (British Ambassador) of an official German statement that the British were defeated ...
Article : 138 wordsA British cruiser caught a German trawler flying the Norwegian flag and laying mines in the North Sea. The cruiser gave the crew three minutes to escape and ...
Article : 199 wordsThe position with regard to the war as affecting Broken Hill reached an acute stage to-day. The Labour unions yesterday showed antagonism to the decision of ...
Article : 234 wordsAn official communique, summing up the situation on the right flank, states that, after particle checks, the allies have taken the offensive, and the enemy is retreating in ...
Article : 277 wordsIt is reported from Berlin that the Kaiser and several "exalted" German personages upon whom, in years past crosses and decorations of English and Russian ...
Article : 54 wordsIt is alleged that members of the German army reserve, Landwehr and Landsturm, who are in Turkish territories, have received orders to concentrate at ...
Article : 42 wordsA cable message from Cettinge states that yesterday Australian troops, supported by warships and the batteries at Cattaro, attacked Mr. Lowitches and Budua and ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Labour Party is forming throughout the South African Union an African legion for service in the war in Europe if required. ...
Article : 70 wordsThe New South Wales quota for the Australian Expeditionary Force has almost been made up. Some further recruits will be taken for the infantry. The other ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Turkish Embassy here discredits the idea that it is possible for Germany to stir up Mahommedan feeling against Great Britain during the war. ...
Article : 29 wordsThe Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund now amounts to £8,058. The Wattle Day campaign in aid of the hospitals and the Patriotic Fund resulted ...
Article : 31 wordsThe German wireless military service states: "The British sailors at Heligoland, without considering their own danger, sent lifeboats out to save our men." ...
Article : 60 wordsA train conveying troops for the Canadian contingent to the Valcartiei concentration camp narrowly escaped disaster to-day on the North Canadian railway. An iron rail ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Governor (Sir Henry Galway) visited the camp at Morphetville this morning, and went through all the lines. At the conclusion of the inspection he said that the ...
Article : 131 wordsAlthough Austria and Hungary have 1,000,000 men in the Field, the Russians are steadily advancing, and are successfully holding back the enemy's attempt to ...
Article : 72 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly last night, on the motion of the Premier, a Bill to amend the Workers' Homes Act, 1911, was introduced and read the first time. ...
Article : 167 wordsIn the House of Commons yesterday the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) was pressed to permit newspaper correspondent to go to the front with the British troops owing to ...
Article : 235 wordsThe leading newspapers publish editorial articles thanking the British fleet for keeping the sea lanes of the Atlantic open, thus enabling the commerce of the United States ...
Article : 148 wordsA rumour is current that General Paubrilliantly defeated the Germans near Peronne, 30 miles east of Amiens, though it is impossible to obtain confirmation of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 587 wordsRussia's overtures to the Poles have had an extraordinary effect upon the German Poles. It is stated that the Poles belonging to the 6th Breslau Army Corps, when ...
Article : 77 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly yesterday Mr. O'Loghlen gave notice that he would ask the Minister for Works—(1) Is he aware that several private sawmills have ...
Article : 113 wordsA German biplane flew over Paris on Monday afternoon, and dropped bombs, but no damage was done. General Gallieni has been appointed ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Premier received the following cable message yesterday from the High Commissioner for the Commonwealth:—"The French Embassy says that the left wing of the ...
Article : 209 wordsAn Imperial order has been issued decreeing that St. Petersburg shall be renamed "Petrograd," thus eliminating the German work "burg." ...
Article : 32 wordsThe "Berliner Tageblatt" states that in the fight on Thursday last 700,000 Germans opposed 400,000 Frenchmen and 40,000 Britishers. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe Geraldton Patriotic Fund is stendily mounting up. It now stands at £505. Various entertainments are begin promoted to augment the fund. ...
Article : 28 wordsAt Earl Kitchener's request all political parties have formed a joint recruiting committee, including the party leaders, the whips, and the chief officials, with the Prime ...
Article : 157 wordsOne of the commissioners, dealing at the present time with the control of trade, returned yesterday from a visit to Albany. During the visit advantage was taken to ...
Article : 481 wordsAn Oxford undergraduate, who was present at the sack of Louvain, states that when he entered the town on Friday morning the greater part of the place was ...
Article : 126 wordsThe remarkable absence of war news suggest that the Germans are waiting for the anniversary of Sedan (September 1), when they reckon on gaining an overwhelming ...
Article : 92 wordsIn pursuance of a motion carried at its last meeting, the Fremantle Council of the A.L.F. held a special meeting last evening to discuss the attitude its members ...
Article : 476 wordsThe Seville correspondent of a London paper states that 8,000 French monks exiled from France under the Religious Associations Law, have enlisted to fight for France. ...
Article : 50 wordsThe first steps to bring before the Prize Court the five German steamships, Pfalz, Hobart, Lothingrin, Wildenfels, and Altona, were taken to-day, and following on ...
Article : 254 wordsThe Board of Trade has warned the joint stock companies against paying dividends that have been declared or interest that has fallen due since the outbreak of the war to ...
Article : 456 wordsThe Antwerp correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle," after paying a personal visit to Malines, reports: "The damage done to the city by the Germans in carrying out ...
Article : 148 wordsThe entire region of the province of Brabank traversed by the Dremer River, right up to Diest, 50 miles east of Brussels, has been evacuated by German troops. ...
Article : 122 wordsThe Hague correspondent of the "Express" states that four of the richest men in Belgium—Messrs. Lodvay (the alkaliking), Lombert (the representative of) ...
Article : 103 wordsAn eye-witness states that those of the citizens at vise who escaped shooting are now forced to build a road connecting Vice with Aix la Chapelle. The Germans ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Wed 2 Sep 1914, Page 7
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