Australia.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 5, 24 August 1914, Page 6

Australia.

HIGH, TREASON.

PROCLAMATION ISSUED.

[Bt EIIOTEIO TULBGBAPH—COPTBiaHT] j£Um*in. rPaww ,A«ioraAirioN. ] (Received. 10.30 a.m.) ' Sydney, August 24*

<,A,(proclamation has Ibeen issued nqtifying. that all. British subjects con-, tributing to any German loan pr,cqn T tracting under the German Government will be guilty of high, treason. It warns everyone commercial relations with residents of the German Empire.

A TOURISTS'TALE.

(Reecived 10.10 a.m.) Sydney, August 24

A party of tourists, who.have return- j ed from a trip to Java .report an exciting voyage across the Gulf of Carpentaria. When the ship reached Port Darwin the captain was informed of the presence of two,German cruisers, but decided to risk return. On the second night out the vessel sighted a cruiser firing rockets as distress signals, but the ruse failed, and the captain maintained a clear course with lights out and port holes painted black. Th 6 ship passed undetected eight miles from a cruiser and arrived safely at Thursday Island.

WICKED INVENTIONS ABOUT THE FLEET.

NO RELIABLE NEWS WITHHELD.

(Received 10.30 ; ,a.m.) [Melbourne, August 24

IjVith reference to the, reckless rum* ours regarding the safety of the Australian Fleet, Mr Mijlen. emphatically, denies the.. wicked inventions, and says: -"No, trust worthy news reaching the Department is withheld from the public."

SHIPPINC,

(Received 10.10 a.m.) Melbourne, August 24

The steamer Port Lincoln has arrived., She reports, communicating with the German steamer >Vismar, jbound for New Zealand., After the. • news, of the war was received' on board the \Vismar,, the fatter refused to answer wireless signals and apparently altered, her course. : \.. .■■. ■ GERMAN SHIP..SEIZED' AT *f m ~.. BRISBANE, j.. .-V !*,( ii. i i-nqt-rrr-:! -■■ ■ '.. ■" I 1 > ' :'. ;;','" i, i ; I'j.ijlji' .■,., August 24v <j j ' A.German merchant ship,.the;jSig-1 nal has, been,»seized.,■■* ' »• < »