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  2. EUROPEAN WAR.

    The naval disaster in the North Sea a the outstanding feature of to-day's news of the war. How the British ships fell prey to the enemy can, in the ...

    Article : 623 words
  3. WHITE FLAG TREACHERY.

    A wounded Irish Guardsman reports that the German front line in the Aisne battle hoisted the white flag. A company of Coldstreams, half a company of Irish ...

    Article : 94 words
  4. GERMAN COCKSUREDNESS.

    British ladies, including some Australians who have just arrived from Germany, state that patriotism in the Kaiser's dominions is very strong. The war loan was ...

    Article : 99 words
  5. CANADIA'S AID.

    The Canadian expeditionary force has been increased to 31,200 men and 7,500 horses. The firing line consists of 22,500 men, the remainder to act as a reserve. ...

    Article : 54 words
  6. IRISH PATRIOTISM.

    Mr. R. McGhee, Nationalist M.P. for Tyrone, speaking last night at the headquarters of the United Irish League, assured the Irishmen of the United States ...

    Article : 62 words
  7. WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 334 words
  8. GENERAL VON KLUCK.

    Reuter's Agency at Antwerp telegraphs an unconfirmed report that General VonKluck's staff has been transferred to Mons, thus implying an impending relreat. ...

    Article : 179 words
  9. ANOTHER BLOW TO GERMANY.

    During the past twenty years Germany has established 46 companies to engage in electro, Metallurgical, and mining works in Russia, their total capital being £9,000,000. ...

    Article : 91 words
  10. BRITISH ITEMS.

    The Queen visited some Belgian refugees at Alexandra Palace yesterday. Over 57,000 refugees, mostly Belgians, have arrived at Folkestone during the past 22 ...

    Article : 337 words
  11. EXPORT PROHIBITIONS.

    Proclamations were issued by the Federal Executive this afternoon prohibiting the export without permission of the Minister for Customs of wheat and flour, and of all ...

    Article : 45 words
  12. RUSSIA'S ADVANCE.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "Tribuna" reports that all the fortifications in Galicia have fallen to the Russians, except Przemysl and Cracow. The siege of ...

    Article : 218 words
  13. PRICE OF FOODSTUFFS.

    The prices fixed by the Price of Goods Board were announced by the State Premier (Sir Alexander Peacock) in the Legislative Assembly this evening. The price of ...

    Article : 237 words
  14. BOMBARDMENT OF RHEIMS.

    An eye-witness of the bombardment of Rheims says that the shells killed three or four German wounded soldiers in the Cathedral. Four Sisters of Mercy lay ...

    Article : 186 words
  15. COMMONWEALTH NOTE ISSUE.

    At the annual convention of the Peoples Party to-day Sir William Irvine, the late Federal Attorney-General, in the course of an address, said that although he was now ...

    Article : 370 words
  16. NORTH ATLANTIC WATERS.

    The following cable message has been received from the High Commissioner in London:—September 23, 2.30 a.m.—Official: The British cruiser Berwick, operating in ...

    Article : 87 words
  17. CAMPAIGN IN FRANCE.

    The pressure of the allies at Lassiqny, 10 miles west of Noyon,' was important, since it forced the Germans in the region of Crayonn to make desperate efforts to ...

    Article : 292 words
  18. WAR AND UNEMPLOYMENT DISTRESS RELIEF FUND.

    Previously acknowledged £780 12 7 Har[?]d Redcliffe 2 2 0 Patriotic concert and dance Waroona, per Mrs. A. E. ...

    Article : 614 words
  19. INDIGNANT FRENCH PROTEST.

    M. Anatole France, the well-known French author, has written an indignant protest against the destruction of Rheims. He states:—"The barbarians who invoked the ...

    Article : 73 words
  20. INVASION OF RUSSIA.

    The Petrograd correspondent of the "Daily Chronicle" states that yesterday German troops landed at Memel on the extreme north of East Prussia, and ...

    Article : 195 words
  21. THE BRITISH REPLY.

    Reuter's Agency states that it is reported that two of the German submarines that attacked and sank the British cruisers Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy in the North ...

    Article : 153 words
  22. THE MERCANTILE MARINE.

    The following cable message has been received from the High Commissioners office in London:—The total number of German vessels captured by British vessels at sea ...

    Article : 115 words
  23. AMERICAN COMMENT.

    The American newspapers publish long editorials, denouncing the German destruction of Rheims. The "Tribune" remarks:—"This piece of ...

    Article : 118 words
  24. OFFICIAL CABLE MESSAGES.

    The following cable messages have been received by the Minister for External Affairs (Mr. Arthur) from the High Commissioner's office in London:— ...

    Article : 188 words
  25. SURVIVORS' NARRATIVES.

    The steamer Florres has landed 287 survivors, including a few wounded. Survivors, interviewed, state that the weather at the time of the disaster was beautiful. The Aboukir ...

    Article : 120 words
  26. GERMANS' PREMATURE PRIDE.

    A bag, belonging to a Prussian officer, captured at Verdun, was found to contain a number of iron crosses, inscribed, "Paris, 1914." The crosses were intended as ...

    Article : 57 words
  27. CENSORSHIP OF MESSAGES.

    With the approval of the Federal Executive Council, Colonel W. H. Hall was yesterday withdrawn from the retired list of officers and was appointed Deputy Chief ...

    Article : 195 words
  28. POSITION IN BELGIUM.

    A Reuter's message from Ostend states that the Germans are entrenching strongly between Wavre, Louvain, and Gembloux. A number of ...

    Article : 423 words
  29. INVASION OF BOSNIA.

    Reports from Nish state that the Montenegrins and Servians have formed a firing line over a radius of 58 miles about Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia. The first ...

    Article : 93 words
  30. TAKING A POSITION.

    A wounded non-commissioned officer stated yesterday that early in the battle of the Marne the irish Guards were selected to dislodge the enemy commanding a position. ...

    Article : 302 words
  31. PRIME MINISTER'S REGRET.

    The Prime Minister expressed his great legret this afternoon at the disaster in the North Sea. "These losses," he added, "must not in any way sway our ...

    Article : 46 words
  32. AUSTRALIA.

    Brigadier-General W. T. Bridges, who is to command the Australian Imperial expeditionary force for Europe, was to-day promoted to the bank of Major-General, with ...

    Article : 198 words
  33. ITALY'S REUTRALITY.

    Reports from Milan indicate that Austria has made preparations to meet an attack from the Italian frontier. The fortress at Trent has been equipped with 37 mortars ...

    Article : 102 words
  34. GERMAN SHIPPING LOSSES.

    A list of 73 German and 13 Austrian vessels, detained or captured by Russia, has been gazetted. ...

    Article : 25 words
  35. NEW CABLE RATES.

    The Postmaster-General (Mr. Spence) stated to-day that the new provision with regard to 10 letters being considered as one word in cable messages by the Eastern ...

    Article : 60 words
  36. BATTERING THE PEGASUS.

    The Admiralty report of the disablement of the British light cruiser Pegasus, by the German protected cruiser Konigsberg in Zanzibar Harbour, shows that the attack ...

    Article : 167 words
  37. THE WAR DECLARATION.

    The Marquis of Lansdowne, speaking at Nottingham last night, said Germany's aim was to establish a military despotism from the North Sea to the Mediterranean and ...

    Article : 114 words
  38. DETAINED GERMAN VESSELS.

    The Chamber of Commerce has received the following later from the secretary to the Department of External Affairs (Mr. Atlce Hunt), dated September 23:—"With ...

    Article : 108 words
  39. RED CROSS MOVEMENT.

    A meeting of ladies interested in the Red Cross movement will be held in the Mayor's parlour. Perth Town Hall, to-morrow, at 8 p.m. The Mavoress (Mrs. Prowse) will ...

    Article : 47 words
  40. FREMANTLE PATRIOTIC FUND.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 111 words
  41. THE AUSTRALIAN TROOPS.

    The Imperial War Office has intimated to the Federal Ministry that only one Australian correspondent will be allowed at the front with the Commonwealth ...

    Article : 124 words
  42. THE DESPOTIC KAISER.

    The German humanity League has issued an appeal to the civilised world from Rotterdam. In this it states:—"The inevitable end of the war must be ...

    Article : 139 words
  43. THE FIGHTING AT NOYON

    Wounded soldiers brought back from the front report that the Germans made a determined stand near Noyon Heights. The French brought more artillery from their ...

    Article : 130 words
  44. TOURISTS IN BOHEMIA.

    When the war broke out there were 200 English visitors at Carlsbad, the fashionable medicinal springs resort in Bohemia. Most of these were invalids, among them being ...

    Article : 212 words
  45. QUEENSLAND.

    —In connection with patriotic celebrations here to-day a regrettable incident occurred at the railway works. Some of the men employed in the brass shop erected a ...

    Article : 124 words
  46. A BELGIAN MOVE.

    Several divisions of Belgian troops have left Antwerp and are advancing against a German army corps based on Brussels. ...

    Article : 29 words
  47. MARINE DISASTER.

    The Premier (Mr. Scaddan) yesterday received the following cable message from the High Commissioner (Sir George Reid):—"The British armoured cruisers Aboukir, ...

    Article : 114 words
  48. THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.

    The announcement authorised yesterday by the State Military Commandant (Colonel Kyngdon) will be received as welcome news by the citizens of Perth. It is to the ...

    Article : 2,355 words
  49. NECESSARY COMMODITIES.

    Mr. Adrian Knox, K.C., appeared to-day before the Necessary Commodities Commission to put the case for the Australian Gaslight Company and the North Shore ...

    Article : 332 words
  50. GERMAN BOMB-DROPPING.

    A German aeroplane dropped a bomb while flying over the Dutch town of Noostricht, just over the Belgian frontier. house was wrecked, and other damage was ...

    Article : 47 words
  51. NEW SOUTH WALES.

    The Government still holds almost intact 140,000 bags of wheat, which it seized last week. To-day only a few small sales were made, mostly to firms, supplying grain to ...

    Article : 149 words
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