STEAMER LEAVES HURRIEDLY

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2219, 4 August 1914, Page 5

STEAMER LEAVES HURRIEDLY

(Rec. August 3, 8.40 p.m.) • Sydney, August 3. The German mail steamer Seydlit? "'. cleared hurriedly at the ship's _ ; band playing An--■-' them going down the harbour.'."' Tho vessel headed south-east. Captain Elsass received instructions to ertii tomorrow without discharging cargo.

EXPERIENCES OF TOURISTS

Rec: August '4,/1-5 a.m.) :..";.'...".:. . London,.. August.3. ..,; :,. Ten thousand people,...'including A number of Australians, returned from : the Continent yesterday.s-Mauv of them ■' . relate exciting experiences.. llie rail-'" • v.'ay platforms were crowded with people ' -fighting - and struggling to; obtain scats in the already-packed trains. The Bonythoros, of Adelaide, escaped ," _„i from Dresden, but lost all their lugaage. ■ '... ; Many others arrived in a sorry plight, having been without food for:l6 hours.hours. ''■.

CABLES & 'fELEGRAPHS '

% CENSPMHIP IN FIJI.' (Rec. August 3, 8.32 p.m.) .s '■ " .•'■-•;■■ Suva,; August 3. ■'.. i i A censorship was established here to- [ day for submarine cables' and radio- '>» '; I telegraphy: ■ -j • ■■ ' --' • ~ '! , OFFER BY AMALGAMATED \\ : 'V'"-""'' ; -'. -, ! ..,■■:.:■..'. . .. '.", ~.' s (Rec. August' 3, 9.25 run.) \ Sydney,-August 3. 1 ' 'The Amalgamated Wireless. Company; - has placed the whole of its organisation. f, at the disposal of the' Government, and) • has also offered to. receive and publish • War news, free, on board all British ; • vessels, providing the Governments of Australia and New Zealand arrange to " obtain' tho news and send it from coast stations free, to enable passengers _an<t r crews to avoid the danger which might 7 - otherwise threaten them.