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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers
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The British fleet got in touch with the German hilgh sea fleet south of the Dogger Bank. After an engagement it is chasing the Germans towards…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The death is announced of Rear-Admiral Charles Lucas, who was the first naval officer to win the Victoria Cross…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Speaking at the Lord Mayor's luncheon in Melbourne yesterday, the Prime Minister (Mr. Cook) said that he was confident that in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE semi-official statement has been made at Vienna, the capital of Austria, that the war between Germany and Britain does not constitute a state…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney ore buyers were not exactly astonished yesterday when they were officially acquainted with the fact that copper, lead, zinc, wolfram,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Supreme Court yesterday William Thomas Young came up for sentence for seditious utterances during the late strike trouble. The court…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Joffre, commanding the French army, in a proclamation issued after the occupation of Mulhausen, said:—"Children of Alsace, after 41…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many members of the metropolitan police are anxious to serve in Europe with the expeditionary force, and Germans in various parts of the State are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Saturday, at about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, three German army corps entered Liege, and now remain in possession…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The responsibilities of a neutral State in time of war are almost as clearly fixed as are those of a belligerent country. Neutrality consists, says…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Japanese Embassy in London considers that the report of a Japanese ultimatum is false. Tokio, Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Details from all the war centres are meagre. Reconnaissances in force have temporarily ceased. The French advance into Alsace has apparently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There was another big rush at the Victoria Barracks yesterday for enrolment in the Australian expeditionary force…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The pride of the British navy—the First Fleet—has been ordered from its base at Portland, England, under "sealed orders," and to all, except…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE opinion has been expressed more than once in this column of "The Miner" that it will be a long time before the wars just started are brought…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seven thousand citizens of London have been enrolled as special constables. Sir Ronald Manro-Ferguson,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lord Islington has been appointed Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies in the British Cabinet in place of the Right Hon. Lord Emmott and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Five hundred volunteers have already enlisted in the English foreign legation, including three. Russian princes, and several Italian officers. The Danish…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three thousand men are enlisting daily for service, and it is expected that Lord Kitchener's 100,000 extra troops will be obtained much sooner than was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Large numbers of all classes are volunteerihg in Melbourne, including numbers who saw active service in South Africa. Amongst the latter is an…
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