The War. Sydney, Friday, 8.5 a.m
The survivors of the North Sea disaster state that the Aboukir felt the shock on the port side. An explosion followed and a column of water rose…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1914
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Earlier War News. London
French prisoners pasting through Liege dropped a piece of paper from a train, reading "We are 15,000 prisoners from Maubeuge, but the Germans…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WAR. (Later particulars appear on another page.) North Sea Disaster. Further Details
The cruisers, Aboukir, Hogue and Cressy had for some time prior to the disaster been patrolling the North Sea --in the words of a bluejacket, "out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. (Earlier particulars may be found on another page. Germans Driven Back. Violent Fighting. The Approaching Russians
An official report states that there has been much activity on the part of the enemy all along the line. Some heavy counter attacks have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"A Soldier's Fortune"
Mrs. Kep.'s amateurs reproduced "A Soldier's Fortune " in the Empire Hall on Friday night and there was a good attendance. The piece went with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. the Issue in France. Still Undecided. te Russians. Battle of the Aisne. The Grenadiers Brilliant Dash. London, Monday night
A large party of Britishers, by crossing the Aisne on pontoons, fortunately escaped peppering. Directly they got over concealed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War the Australians at Work. Austrian Vessels Sunk. German Casualty List. Von Moltke Dead. 50,000 Unburied Corpses. (By Cable.) London, September 26
The Australian troops occupied Kaiser Wilhelm's land on September 24 without opposition. Four officers and thirteen others surrendered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Rumours
The Orange "Advocate" had the following very sensible remarks in its loading columns on Tuesday, which we fully endorse:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ireland and the War Germany's Responsibility
Mr. Asquith, speaking at a recruiting meeting in Dublin, received a tumultuous welcome. Thousands were unable to gain admission. Traffic was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Sydney, Thursday, 8 a.m
The "Daily Chronicle's" Paris correspondent, telegraphing at midnight from the front, says that it has been long to wait for good news, but it is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The War. Sydney, Tuesday, 8.15 a.m
Lieut Verlin has been mentioned in despatches for a brilliant exploit. Re-conneitring with a party of fifty he encountred a force of many thousands of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Possibilities of the War If Germany Is Beaten
Anything and everything is possible on the result of this dread war, which mocks lull, Anno Domini. Here are some of the possibilities…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Germany As a One-man Country. Who Willed the War?
Mr. Frederic William Wile, the Berlin correspondent of the London "Daily Mail," prior to the outbreak of war, writes as follows on the "All Highest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Local Soldiers
On Tuesday evening 75 members of the Wellington company of the 42nd regiment of infantry, under the command of Lieut. Edgar Moseley, left by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Penny War Fund
At a meeting of the collectors of the "Penny War Fund," held in the Town Hall, the contributions were considered satisfactory, Macquarie-street…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War
11 a.m. The Kiel canal is crowded with German warships. The Germans declare that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →500 War Queries Answered
The average man who eagerly reads the war cables is constantly puzzled by such queried as "What is an army corps!" '? Which nation owns the most…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Meat War in Mudgee
A public indignation meeting was held at Mudgee on Wednesday to protest against the increase in the price of meat in that town. One speaker…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rabbiters and the War
On Wednesday the rabbiters of the Dubbo district, as elsewhere in the State, gave their cathces for that day to the War Fund. Eleven hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Earlier War News. London
The Government has sanctioned the despatch of a French-Canadian expeditionary force 5000 strong. It is estimated that the daily…
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