Instructions of a definite character have been received at the Ballarat military depot regarding the enrolment of volunteers for the Commonwealth Expeditionary. ...
Article : 161 wordsThe following donations have been received by the Ladies' Committee for comforts for the soldiers:— Mrs Cortell, 10/; Miss M'Kay, 5/; Mr Graham (tannery), ...
Article : 115 wordsThe Porte has assured the British Ambassador at Constantinople of the intentions of Turkey to remain neutral. Assurances have been given to Turkey ...
Article : 118 wordsGood health is favoring the troops mobilised here, and the men are apparently being well looked after. Each day a detachment is detailed to ...
Article : 66 wordsSince the last bank return the Bank of England has received over three and a half millions in gold. The "Evening News" states that the ...
Article : 92 wordsCapt Robert H. Weddell, area officer, recently received notification from head quarters to the effect that he had been appointed to the command of a battalion of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 85 wordsThe Federal liner Wiltshire, which arrived at the Semaphore to-day from Liver pool, obtained the first reliable information regarding the European war on ...
Article : 159 wordsBrigadier Albiston, of the Salvation Army has received word per cable from the international headquarters. London, and through the Melbourne ...
Article : 94 wordsThe United States Government has allowed the steamer Mazlatan to clear the quay. the department has declared that any ...
Article : 107 wordsA further batch of 25 volunteers left Mary borough to-day for the Broad-meadows Camp, and were enthusiastically fare welled. This makes a total ...
Article : 47 wordsJapan's declaration of war against Germany has set free the British China s[?]uadren which now has the whole Pacific for its cruising ground or may ...
Article : 326 wordsThe following were the principal contributions received to-day to the Lord Mayer's Patriotic Fund:— M'Hwrait[?], M'Eachran and Co. Pty, Ltd., £500; ...
Article : 80 wordsMr Felix Vague, of Broomfield, who has enlisted for the Expeditionary Force was on Monday evening entertained at a farewell social by the residents of ...
Article : 97 wordsThe following cablegram has been received to-day by the Premier (Sir Alexander Peacock) from the Agent-General, Mr M'Bride:— "Am advised Zieten left ...
Article : 47 wordsThe trumpet sounded far and wide ''The call "To arms! To arms!" And nobly did Australia's sons Answer the war's alarms, ...
Article : 236 wordsThe St. Petersburg agent of Lloyd's reports that the Dutch steamers Houtdi[?], 2338 tons, and Alice H. 3052 tons, sank after striking mine off Dager[?]t, the ...
Article : 74 wordsThe Australian branch of the Red Cross Society, of which Lady Munro Ferguson is president, has sent £5000 to be banded to the British Red Cross Society. In ...
Article : 96 wordsThousands of Frenchmen are singing the "Marseillaise" to-day in various parts of the world. An article has just been published in "Musical Opinion," London, ...
Article : 1,393 wordsThe draft of 50 horses sent to the Defence Department for the use of Commonwealth troops by residents of Caster-ton and district is estimated to have ...
Article : 44 wordsIn connection with the loss of the Danish steamer Maryland, which struck a mine when bound from Copenhagen to England and sank, it is reported that the ...
Article : 40 wordsSir Harry Barron, the Governor, addressing the troops in training for the Expeditionary Force, said that he was greatly struck by the class of men they ...
Article : 280 wordsAVOCA, Tuesday.— A patriotic meeting was held at Avoca on Monday evening, when £52 was subscribed in a few minutes The Avoca branch of the A. W.N.L. has ...
Article : 428 wordsPrincess Patricia, daughter of the Duke of Connaught. has presented the colors worked by herself to Princess Patricia's Light Infantry Regiment, which ...
Article : 94 wordsBatches of volunteers continue to arrive at the preliminary camp at Broad meadows. Late this afternoon an artillery force reached the camp by road. ...
Article : 234 wordsMr Balfour on behalf of the Government, is meeting Lord Joic[?]y, a large English colliery proprietor, and Sir Alfred Haslam, principal proprietor of the Has ...
Article : 69 wordsThe Postmaster-General (Mr Agar Wynne), whose trip to Madrid to attend the International Postal Congress was interrupted by the outbreak of war, ...
Article : 68 wordsConsideration is being given to the proposal that some of the best-trained police horses should be utilised as mounts for officers of the Victorian portion of the ...
Article : 35 wordsGeneral Pau, who is leading the French force operating in Alsac[?]-Lorraine, is a voteran of the 1870 war. He lost his right arm in the battle of Fro[?]schweiler. ...
Article : 73 wordsThe question of the large amount of unemployment which may arise in connection with the restriction of trade and industry through the effects of the war were ...
Article : 269 wordsSince the declaration of war the British Red Cross Society has received £50,000, including £200 from the Empress Eugenic. [The Empress Eugenic, since the ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Patriotic Fund now amounts to £39,500. Large sums continuo to pour in from all parts of tile Slate. Numbers of people ...
Article : 60 wordsThe Lord Mayor stated this afternoon that a movement had been instituted to raise about £500 with which to purchase band instruments for use on the troop ...
Article : 127 wordsIt is mentioned in a telegram received in Amsterdam from Berlin that the trustees of the Cassel Foundation for Necessitous Englishman has agreed to help all ...
Article : 61 wordsHis Excellency the Governor announced to-day that many offers of goods had been received, including one of £200 from Mr J. A. T. Hassell to provide them with ...
Article : 141 wordsThe following shipping intelligence has been posted:—Arrival at Plymouth, Medina. Departures for Sydney: Atna, Curtis, and Valetta. ...
Article : 22 wordsReplying to representations that there had been undue censorship in connection with the march of troops through Sydney, the Minister for Defence, Mr Millen, has ...
Article : 140 wordsWhile the Lord Mayor was inspecting the Broad meadows camp this morning, Lieut-Col M'Cay intimated that the troops would be pleased to receive a number of ...
Article : 79 wordsThe Canadian Trade Commissioner at Rotterdam has telegraphed that the Dutch Government has seized the wheat in all the warehouses. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe Commandant has received an offer from the members of the Victorian Scottish Regiment Association, placing their services at his disposal for the defence of ...
Article : 41 wordsAt a meeting of public servants to-day a resolution was adopted recommending a minimum voluntary contribution of 1 per cent of the year's salary to a fund to be ...
Article : 75 wordsFifty papers, mostly trades and sporting journals, have suspended publication since war broke out. ...
Article : 19 wordsLieut Sydney Cook, who has enlisted in the New South Wales section of the Expeditionary Force, is a son of the Prime Minister. He is about 27 years ...
Article : 68 wordsMr Cook the Prime Minister, replying to-day to Mr Fisher as to whom credit was due for the naval policy, said that the present was not a time for ...
Article : 466 wordsIn the Police Court to-day a tobacconist was bound over in two sureties of £25 each, under the Justices of the Pease Act, for having put in his window false war ...
Article : 52 wordsA profit of £1700 was made at the annual meeting of the Kalgoorlie Racing Club, which concluded on Saturday. The club decided at a meeting to-day, to ...
Article : 74 wordsThis wonderful Danish remedy completely destroys superfluous hair. It works on the hair roots and permanently eradicates the growth. Why not ...
Article : 51 words"What is your name?" came the sudden wireless challenge through the night to a British merchant ship, which reached Fremantle this morning. ...
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The Ballarat Courier (Vic. : 1869 - 1886; 1914 - 1918), Wed 26 Aug 1914, Page 4
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