IN AUSTRALIA.
EXPEDITIONARY FORCE MOVING.
" SYDNEY, August; 18. A contingent of the Expeditionary Force marched through the city to-day en route to Cockatoo Island, and presented a fine spectacle. There were remarkable scenes of enthusiasm, crowds lining the streets and bands playing patriotic airs. ' ( Mr Coglilan (the New South Wales'
Agent-General) has Cableditc6'#lrc*Hol->' man, stating that he interviewed the Colonial Secretary, who emphatically expressed the conviction that there need be nn apprehension': .■.that-;'.Gtreat Britain wo.ikl lose command of the sea. . '"•■•' ■ Mr A<;-iu-Wynne, Postmaster-Gen-eral, has returned to Australia by the Omrah, owing to the postponement oi' the Postal Conference. The officers of the Omrah, which has arrived.at Fremantie,,.report that.three days ago they heard Gorman wireless messages between two' vessels, one of i which,is thought possibly to have been i the •l-Joon'.i sMELHOriINTE^ August 18. The German sti-amor-/ Wiklenfels, from New Yorjk, was sjglited oft".Cape Otway at 10 this morning. She has no wireless installation.V\ }"'
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8920, 19 August 1914, Page 5
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153IN AUSTRALIA. EXPEDITIONARY FORCE MOVING. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8920, 19 August 1914, Page 5
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