THE OVERSEAS EMPIRE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2232, 19 August 1914, Page 5

THE OVERSEAS EMPIRE.

'"'■ _ ■-. '*■«* TO' SOLDIERS' ; >vr\ WIDOWS, Melbourne; August 18'.'.;. The ■■Ministerfor Defence';.'(Sen"ator.' Millen) ■prbpoßes'Ho gaywidows' of,. prf- . yatos iilledvin tUo'.-Waj-" an"ajiniiity ?o{' for,.caol), , ,child a quarter ot such , amoiinjt. - Payment • to offioers''wivos will -te on a" graduated ■ scalo. '■VfflG^TRM^ORt , FLEET., >■•■■''■' -v>w-''sVflnej;'"ingjist 18.''" ■ T\vcnty-threo.. stcanvets^'- have bs6B taken"up as troopships. '■'...•;,-•■■' ■PATRIOTIC FUNDS. ■ \ Sydnßy;"Augusfc 18.:.... The Lord Slayor's Fuud totals ; £16,000. Other funds are swelling rapidly, but, sofiie, aro clashing, Tbo Cricket Association 'has donated £26. •■''. -. '■':' : '■•■-"' .-•■'■ Melbourne,,.Augu6t 18. ' The Lord "Mayor's totals £40,760. ■■'..;•■■ ■■'":-' ASSISTING TRADE.' .-'•„.- Sydney, August 18!,- ' Though considerable numbers ofworlti. ers, particularly in the rmning'distriots, . are idle; tlie Federal'"'and - StateGoroni"inents are working together^.tb'irniiii misc the dislocation of trade and uuem.. ploymcut. ■'' .., THE EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.'. -: (Hoc. August. 18, 8.55 p.m.) , ~ Sydnoy, August 18.,. v A contingent) of tho Expeditionary: Force marclicd through thfr' City .eit , '-' •"it to Cockatoo Island, and'presented

sa tine spectacle... / There: were remark- ; ablo scenes of enthusiasm, crowds lini ing streets and bands playing patri-i'-otic-'airs. ' • •• .' ' CANADA. "v. GIFT OF HALF A' MILLION. -. The Finance Minister has received a "war - contribution of- £500,000 from Mr. ■Tames' Boss, the Montreal steel magnate. . r ... . ; Mr. Koss built-.the mountain seotion of. the Gaiiadiari-Pacific ' Railway, Joid finnn('oi] n.ii<l buiUf.'-with' otliers" the "tramway 'systems of Montreal, Toronto, - etc., and oxeouted similar works in! England, India,' i and .the West Indies.. He is 6G years of ' age/ 1 and . has practically retired from business.., .. \ I BELGIAN .RESERVISTS RETURN. \ Ottawa, .August 17. \ Two thousand Belgian reservists hare sailed from Montreal for 4 London. The t '.Minister for Militia, sent them the ;fol- ; lowing message prior 'to their departure: "You : are going to defend the .!■' liberties of all humanity and humblo the greatest ;tyrant of mo'dern'tiiries!" •' . * WEST INDIES. - -GERMANS IMPRISONED'. - ~,v new York, August 17.'" The Norwegian ship "Obidenso,. arriv- ' " Jamaica," has. announced that all the German residents in the West :. Indies; have.been arrested.- ■ y • v PRICES IN SOUTH AFRICA: - (Roc. August 18, 10 p.m.). .. Cape Town, "August 17. The Union Government threaten to tako drastic measures with retrospective effect if there are any unjustifiable increases in the prices of foodstuffs. AUSTRIA'S NAVY COOPED UP CRUISER SUNIt BY FRENCH !; '7 i,. -■■■■•;''-.v- :. ' REPORTED BATTLE DISCREDITED London, August. 17. The Press .Bureau states that the Trench Mediterranean Fleet swept the .driatic Sea clear to Cattaro, ana sank \ 2400-ton Austrian cruiser, jllie'Eris's v 'Burt'au states that, there "of a naval battle in e Adriatic, and is inclined'to discredit 9 report. ' • ' ' Die Austrian fleet has retired to Jii.adquarters at Pola, and secured itself •behind'the minefields and destroyer flotilla. ? The Franco-British fleet will probably id .content'*to;maintain a close-watch. i)|i the enemy. .">• BRITISH JOIN IN CHASE. , ; Rome, August 17.. It' isTeported that four British .'battle-'' ships'; chased the : Austrian . cruisers ■Aureo and Szigetvar ■ (2313 tons,- completed at'-Pola in 1901),- which were blockading - Antivan; - The* Austrian,ships took refuge/in the Pola,:'Axistria's"chief'naviil sta■tion.V: MONTENEGRO TAKES A HAND. , ; .-■ ■ . Cettinje, August 17. ".Before" the Austrian warships-Atireo and-Szigetvar fled to r Pola,, Montenegrin iirfcille'ry' on' -. Mount •Lovchen 'fufiously bombarded'and drove 'them out of the Cattaro Harbour.. -■ -