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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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War Declared on Belgium. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 2

Germany has declared war on Belgium. Lord Haldane has temporarily taken over the British War Office, until the…

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War Notes. a Fight for Life

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 3

Britain is at war. It is not a Boer war this time. It is a fight for life. In the old country. Britain has been plunged into it in order to…

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European War. (Our Daily Cables.) Monday, August 3rd

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 10

Germany has declared war on Russia. The Australian fleet has been got ready…

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Latest Telegrams. European War. Wednesday, 10.9 p.m

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 9

Definite announcement regarding Britain's intentions under grave affront expected in the House of Commons…

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War Risks on Shipping. Extension of System Desired. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 3

Mr. Mackenzie, New Zealand High Commissioner, is asking the British Government to include in the war…

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British Cabinet Changes. Lord Kitchener As War Secretary. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 3

Sir. C. V. Trevelyan has resigned from the position of Parliamentary Under-Secretary of the Board of Education…

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London's War News. Unreliable and Scanty. Diminishing Paper Supplies. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 3

There is an entire absence of reliable war news in London. The crowds are confused with the sensational rumors and reports of battles…

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War Risks on Wheat. Securing 64,000,000 Bushels. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 2

A Government proclamation prohibits the exportation of articles useful for naval and military purposes. The Government announces that it…

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The War. Special Announcement. Local Infantry to Be in Readiness for Mobolisation

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 2

Lieut, McLood, C.C. "A" Company 44th Infantry, has handed us the following special announcement:— "Instructions have been received at…

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Industrial Awards and the War. Variations May Be Sought. Judge Heydon's Suggestion

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 4

In consenting to the withdrawal of the cases, Judge Heydon said that as the fact that an extensive European war had broken out, in which the…

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The War. The Latest. Each Finds Its Mark. Russian and German Cruisers Sunk

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 2

A naval battle occurred of Wai Hai Wai, a British port of the Chinese Peninsula of Shantung, between the Russian cruiser Askold (6,500 tons)…

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The War. Germany Declares War on Belgium. italy Determined to Maintain Neutrality. British Cruiser Chased Eludes Pursuers. American Proclamation of Neutrality Issued. Canada's Patriotism. Broken Hill Mine and Steel Works at Newcastle to Close Down. SYDNEY, Thursday, 9 a.m

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 4

It is reported the German steamer Seydlitz was captured by the Sydney war vessel Parramatta, and is being escorted back to Sydney…

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War Declared. Britain Against Germany. British & French Successes Big Naval Battle. Seven German Battleships Sunk. and Two British London

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 2

New York Press Association reports the Britain has declared war. The mobilization of the British army has been officially ordered for to-morrow…

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Excluding Alien Soldiers. New American Legislation

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 2

WASHINGTON (U.S.A.), Thursday.—A Bill to exclude all aliens who leave the United States for any warfield has been introduced into the…

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A World at War Struggle for National Existence Australia's Imminent Peril. a German Fleet at Fiji. Desperate Fighting at Liege. Belgians' Gallant Stand. Series of German Disasters. Numerous Captures of Ships. Invaders Decimated in Belgium. Serious Industrial Position. Eight Nations Now Engaged. State of War Declared in Holland. Movements of German Fleet. Cruiser Coming South. Attack on French Fleet Directed. Berlin

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 2

A German cruiser has left Honolulu for the southern seas. The German Mediterranean squadron has been ordered to join the…

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War Fever in England

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 4

Enthusiasm in favor of war spreading amongst Britishers…

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A State of War

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 5

The proclamation of a state of war confronts the Commonwealth with dangers from which hitherto she has happily been free. But her people,…

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The Elections and the War

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 4

Most thoughtful people are beginning to realise the fatuity and the felly of holding a general Commonwealth election at a time when the Empire…

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Lord Kitchener Secretary for War

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 2

Lord Kitchener has accepted the position of Secretary for War. Sir John French has been appointed Inspector General of Forces…

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War Service at Cathedral. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 5

An impressive war service was held St. A[?] Cathedral this afternoon, and [?] congregation. An a [?] Dean…

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