WAR DECLARED
AN OFFICIAL PROGUMITION " READ BY THE GOVERNOR PATRIOTIC DEMONSTRATIONS THROUGHOUT DOMINIONS FRENCH AND GERMAN FLEETS ENGAGE NO DETAILS AVAILABLE RUSSIAN PORT BOMBARDED BY GERMANS x NO GASUALITIES REPORTED - *. - - • 7 ' ■ ,' '* GERMANS INVADE BELGIUM • __>• • (Received Aiigust 5 th at 2.35 p.m.) LONDON, August 4. In the House of Commons, Hon. H. H. Asquith announced that Germany had been asked to give a satisfactory reply by midnight, respecting Belgian neutrality. - (Received August 5 that 1.00 p.m.) ' LONDON, August 4. It is officially announced that Germany invaded Belgium at Verviois. A Gorman aeroplane bombarded Luneville, but there were no casualties. ' ■ ■ % fgyr^y Turkey is mobilising. ...—•■•■ Lord Morley has resigned. WELLINGTON, August 5. An extraordinary press message states that His Excellency the Governor has announced that war. has been declared between England and Germany.
The following proclamation was published in the New Zealand Gazette Extraordinary, dated sth August, Declaring Notes of Certain Banks to be a legal tender: — LIVERPOOL, . Governor.
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Grey River Argus, 6 August 1914, Page 5
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156WAR DECLARED Grey River Argus, 6 August 1914, Page 5
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