AUSTRALIA
GERMAN WARSHIPS AT SAMOA. SYDNEY, August 12. The steamer St. Louis has reached Newcastle from Noumea. She reports that three German cruisers are believed to be at Samoa. Four German vessels, the steamer Wotton and the barque Susane Ninnen, Carldrudget Ninnen and the ship Olinda have been seized at Newcastle. MELBOURNE, August 12. The German-Australian steamer Hobart has arrived, and has been seized. She only called at Capetown and the captain was unaware that war had been declared.
"KAISER HAS GONE MAD." Olbourne, a young German, applying for naturalisation declares that the Kaiser has gone mad and is trying to fight all the world. No other explanation was possible. Contributors to the expeditionary force include Bensdorp Cocoa Company, 42,000 packages of cocoa. Received 11.20 p.m. FREMANTLE, August 12. Arrived—Morea, from London. MELBOURNE, August 12. The Orvieto's New Zealand passengers are:—Messrs Hartland, Thomas, Hayman, Bernstein, Robertson, Hutchinson, Barnard, Brown, Pollock, Wars, Young and Professors Hi«ks Millroy and Symington, arid Dr. Maret; Misses HSrtland, Wars (2), Heckesine, and Mesdames Hayman, Young, Wars, Robertson, Barnard and child, and 83 third-class. To provide against interruption of the English mail service via Suez, the postal authorities have arranged to send via America. Rceived 9.40 p.m. SYDNEY, August 12. Arrived 5.30. — Marere; sailed 1.30 —Riverina and Southern. Over 5000 miners are on strike or are rendered idle owing to slackness of work in Newcastle and Maitland districts. Received 1.10 a.m. SYDNEY, August 12. The Maunganui has been taken up for transport work and has left Melbourne for Newcastle. Important changes are likely to be announced to-morrow. The Union Company it is understood intended to temporarily cut out Melbourne and Hobart from the New Zealand service and run a weekly Melbourne-Sydney-New Zealand service. The Stock Exchange has contributed £2OOO to the Lord Mayor's Patriotic Fund.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 12864, 13 August 1914, Page 5
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