South Africa embraces Botha amid Rustenburg unrest
In Capetown on August 27 a large crowd backed General Botha with a vote of confidence after threats to disrupt his meeting. General Hertzog addressed 1000 supporters, debating federation and imperial ties as Botha rode to his hotel amid wild ovations.
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Capetown
Rustenburg
Botha
General de la Rey
Hertzog
Honeymoor
Hig Hotel
South Africa
England
Britain
Steyn
New leader sought in reform meeting at Rustenburg
In Cape Town August 27 a Hertzog meeting at Rustenburg passed a vote of confidence in Hertzog and adopted a resolution calling for a new leader who would not be Hertzog or Botha.
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Cape Town
Hertzog
Rustenburg
Hertzog Or
Botha
Labour Party a Myth, Labour MPs Tied to Liberals, Snowden Claims
Philip Snowden, Labour MP for Blackburn, writes in the Christian Commonwealth that Labour in Parliament is a myth. He argues four-fifths of Labour MPs have Liberal arrangements, and the Chesterfield campaign shows weak support from trade unions and the working class.
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London
Philip Snowden
Labour M.P
Blackburn
Commonwealth
Labour Party
Torch sails for Nuva amid denial of ship’s unfitness
Sydney reports the warship Torch has departed for Nuva. Admiral King-Hall, addressing the crew, dismissed untrue statements about the ship’s condition as ridiculous. He said she would not have been ordered to service unless fully ready for sea.
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Sydney
Nuva
King-Hall
Panama Canal Reopens Competing with Newcastle Trade
Sydney dispatch reports the Panama Canal reopening will affect west coast South American routes, shifting traffic to the United States. Newcastle faces new competition from India and China as global trade shifts.
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Sydney
Panama Canal
Newcastle
South America
United States
Newcastle Willlso
India
China
Balkans and Turkey Threaten Treaties Being Ignored
London dispatch from August 26 quotes a Times correspondent in the Balkans accusing Turkey of repudiating two treaties before ink dried. The piece questions the vaunted sanctity of treaties when European powers allow solemn compacts to become waste paper.
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London
Times
Balkans
Turkey
United Europe
Transfer of Gumurjina to Bulgarian Cavalry
Athens reports Gumurjina formally transferred to Bulgarian cavalry today. Refugees in Bulgaria are maintained by the government, with 40,000 destitute from Thrace and 150,000 from Macedonia.
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Athens
Gumurjina
Sofia
Sis
Thrace
Macedonia
Thaw's Flight. Thaw Remains in Gaol
With the aim of delaying proceedings in the Thaw case Thaw's legal representatives including leading New York and Montreal barristers withdrew the Habeas Corpus application He remains in gaol awaiting the next move in the stalled matter.
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Ottawa
New York
Montreal
Thaw
Cheering in Court as Thaw Habeas Motion Adjourned
In Montreal on August 27 Judge Globensky ruled the habeas corpus motion by Thaw and associates inadmissible. Hundreds of spectators, mostly Americans, cheered British justice as Thaw bowed theatrically three times. U S attorneys withheld comment noting the outburst might have been suppressed. The motion was adjourned.
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Montreal
Globensky
New York
Thaw
United States
Turkish Prisoners Held Amid Settlement Talks
The line holds 40,000 Turkish prisoners in Bulgaria and 80,000 in Greece. they remain unreleased to avoid strengthening Enver Bey's forces during ongoing claim settlements with Turkey.
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Turkey
Bulgaria
Greece
Enver Bey
Olympic Games under fire over professional pot hunting
In a London letter to the Press on August 28, Frederic Harrison condemns Olympic fundraising as gate money graft and professional pot hunting. He warns each candidate costs £1000 and requires public nursing and maintenance amid calls of graft, risking Olympia’s tarnished status to match prize fights.
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London
Frederic Harrison
Olympia
Duke of Westminster Replies on National Sports Losses
The Duke of Westminster replies to Mr Harrison claiming America leads in polo racquets yachting tennis and track events with many running and field disciplines won by various nations. He bets that Harrison will subscribe to the fund before it closes.
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London
Westminster
Harrison
Angeland
America
Australia
Canada
Sweden
France
New Zealand
Montreal Court halts habeas corpus case in Thaw dispute
Judge Globensky granted a discontinuance of the habeas corpus action. Thaw is to be jailed in New York. Thaw's lawyers call the ruling a complete victory for their side.
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Ottawa
Montreal
Globensky
New York
Labour unrest affects coal supply contracts in Australia
In Sydney on August 28, Mr John Brown of Newcastle testified before the Miners Wages Board that a two year coal supply contract was withdrawn after he could not guarantee continuity of supply. He noted the offer could switch between coal or oil, highlighting disruption from labor troubles.
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Sydney
John Brown
Newcastle
Miners’ Wages Board
Brown
Painters Dispute Sees Majority Accede To Demands
Eighteen firms have acceded to the painters demands with negotiations continuing with the remaining firms. The development marks a partial settlement in a broader labor dispute affecting the trade.
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London
Overcrowded Areas Prompt Civil Housing Report
Sydney August 27. Professor Irvine tables in the Assembly a housing report showing severe overcrowding in Waterloo Surrey Hills Redfern and other districts. One house housed seven families and some rooms served multiple household duties. Street life is blamed for corrupting juveniles and adults.
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Sydney
Professor Irvine
Waterloo
Surrey Hills
Redfern
Irvine
Admiralty invites designs for Cromarty Firth warship repair base
The Admiralty seeks plans for a large self-contained factory at Cromarty Firth to repair warships without dry docking. It would include a foundry and electrical shops powered by a turbine station, with an underbody habitable for 130 officers and men.
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London
Admiralty
Cromarty Firth
Sherborne Headmaster Brands Olympic Fund Degrading
Mr Nowell Smith of Sherborne School condemns the Olympic appeal and the 100000 pound fund as degrading. The Times defends the fund as Britain's only hope to recover athletic prestige, while The Standard doubts success without wealthy pledges or government aid. The Duke of Westminster links victory to organization and training costs.
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Nowell Smith
Sherborne
the Times
Britain
Berlin
Standard
Duke of Westminster
Transport Congress Critiques Strikes For Poor Organisation
At Caxton Hall the International Transport Workers Congress heard German delegate Doring say many strikes in Europe and England failed due to lack of organisation and discipline. He urged remitting resolutions aimed at revolution to a subcommittee for careful reconsideration.
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London
International Transport Workers
Caxton Hall
Doring
Europe
England
Hawker Reaches Oban After Swift Caledonian Crossing
Hawker arrived at Oban in a Propeller era flight at an altitude of 1000 feet. He descended at 6 35 p m and performed two graceful circles over the bay. Wind gusts troubled the voyage along the Caledonian canal.
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London
Hawker
Oban
Hawker Flight Disaster Delays Story of Courage
Hawker and Kauper aimed to reach Falmouth to complete a circuit before Thursday morning. Delays from a leaky float and engine troubles culminated in a 100 foot fall at Lough Shining. Hawker suffered a fractured arm and head injury, Kauper minor injuries, Coastguards and doctors aiding ashore while Sir George Reid sent a message of pride.
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London
Falmouth
Hawker
Oban
Lough Shining
Kauper
George Reid
Australia
State Owned Cable Proposal From Canada to England
The Associated Chambers of Commerce of the Commonwealth received a note from the Federal Postmaster General Agar Wynne about a possible state owned cable linking Canada to England. The Imperial Government indicated that now is not a suitable time to spend large sums on laying such a line.
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Sydney
sAugust
Associated Chambers’ of Commerce of the Commonwealth
Agar Wynne
Canada
England
Ulster Volunteer Force Recruiting Across Province
The Ulster Volunteer Force membership grows steadily across Ulster as the General Staff stays in touch with units. Rifle clubs of Ulster sought renewal of affiliation with the Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs, but Lord Aberdeen said the Irish Government cannot approve under current circumstances.
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London
Ulster Volunteer Force
Rifle Clubs of
Ulster
Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs
Lord Aberdeen
Australian tax proposals shift to income and stamp duties
Brisbane August 27 The Assembly passes four months Supply totaling 8 million pounds. Mr Cann says proposed reforms aim to meet the deficit by revising income tax and stamp duties. Planned taxes include 8d in the pound on company dividends under 5000 pounds and 1d 1/ in the pound on larger incomes, along with stamps on promissory notes cheques inter state steamer and overseas tickets receipts and capital duties for limited companies. Probate duties would tax estates above 1000 with rising rates to a 15 percent maximum. An income tax exemption raise to 300 pounds is also likely.
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Brisbane
Cann
Franco British Travel Union formed with first conference in London
A Franco British Travel Union was established to promote reciprocal travel and mutual knowledge. It will hold its first conference in London in September. The Times defends cooperation, noting the middleman is indispensable, though reforms in distributive cooperation could reduce unnecessary intermediaries.
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London
The Professors Remedy for Housing and Town Planning
Sydney report by Professor Irvine details families driven to squat in bush huts due to rising rents. He urges a general housing and town planning Act, rural village provisions, state control, slum demolition, sanitation, rehousing, park playgrounds, co partnership loans, decentralisation, garden city centres, and shared household services.
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Sydney
Irvine
Centenary Celebrations in Kelheim Mark German Unity
In August Berlin, rulers and representatives marked the War of Liberation centenary at Kelheim. An imposing assembly heard Kaiser Wilhelm II affirm that strength lies in unity and that Germany must maintain its lofty place through continued effort.
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Berlin
Germany
Kelheim
Discoveries at Tasel tin Castle Unearth Ancient Tombs
Labourers sinking wells at Tasel tin Castle uncovered at 50 feet depth extensive catacombs with mummies a lamp inscribed with hieroglyphics and various antiquities. Authorities call the find highly important and plan immediate further excavations.
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Cairo
Taseltin Castle
Natives Kill French Planter in New Hebrides Four Arrested
Four indigenous people murdered a French planter named Guitel on the island of Lapi in the New Hebrides. In response a French warship, the Kersaint, threatened to burn villages, prompting the surrender of the four murderers who were taken to Vila for trial.
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Sydney
Guitel
Lapi
New Hebrides
Kersaint
Vila
Hawker Uninjured After Waterplane Sideslip
A waterplane struck in a sideslip leaving the left wing broken. Hawker, B Kauper, and others escaped injury though Hawker was later taken to a hospital. Officials cited an oily boot causing a press on the rudder valve as the accident cause.
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Hawker
Kauper
Londonderry Police Inquiry Refused by Viceroy
The Viceroy of Ireland declines to authorize a sworn inquiry into the conduct of police at Londonderry without Parliamentary authority. The move sparks debate over policing and governance in Ireland.
Submarine Tests Firth of Forth Defences Reaches Rosyth
A Dundee flotilla submarine breached shore batteries near Inchkeith and approached Rosyth while testing the Firth of Forth defences. Authorities at the new naval station learned of the visit only after the submarine returned to Dundee.
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London
Dundee Flotila
Firth of Forth
Forth Bridge
Inchkeith
Rosyth
Dundee
Hawker Wins Daily Mail Award for Long Distance Run
The Daily Mail awarded Hawker £1000 for a long distance effort covering 1043 miles in 1260 minutes.
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Daily Mail
Hawker
Emden Repels Chinese Rebel Attack at Wuchu Forts
German cruiser Emden engages rebels at Wuchu China, replying to cannon and rifle fire with 25 rounds, silencing the forts in August. German vessel maintains pressure as conflict erupts near Berlin.
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Berlin
Wuchu
China
Emden
Life is real sought cure in pepper mint remedy
Poem-like verse extols Woods Great Peppermint Cure as a remedy for ailments. It praises earnest living while humorously noting the sneeze wornness of life and suggests the product helps soothe ill health.
The Rubber Horrors Warrants Issued in Putumayo Atrocities
Lima reports on August 27 that twenty-three warrants have been issued for arrest of persons suspected of complicity in the Putumayo atrocities. The dispatch notes received August 28 at 11 a.m. details the action.
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Press Association
Lima
Vienna youths halt mail tram. royal Lancashire visit noted
Fourteen armed youths halted a mail tram in Vienna by pulling the alarm cord and shattered its windows with revolvers before fleeing to a forest. Meanwhile King George toured a calico printing works in Lancashire and spoke with veteran worker John Hartley, who claimed 61 years of service with the firm and a strict daily schedule.
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Vienna
Lemberg
Lancashire
George
Calico Printing Works
John Hartley
Cable Bits From The News Briefs
A cloudburst tears through Ely Nevada causing one drowning and several narrow escapes. A Leeds steel works boiler explosion kills four and injures sixteen. Brussels reports the Colonies Minister welcomes delegates to the International Colonial Congress. A Blue Book notes 1812 UK share of South Africa imports at sixty percent amid rising foreign competition. Shanghai reports Government troops in Nanking and safety assurances to citizens. Laon Court rules a passenger reserving a seat by placing an article there is entitled to the seat even if temporarily leaving.
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Ely
Nevada
Leeds
Brussels
International Colonial’ Congress
United Kingdom
South Africa
Shanghai
Nanking
Chang-shun
Laon
Edwood Mead Resigns Water Supply Commission Chair
Melbourne reports Edwood Mead resigns as chairman of the Water Supply Commission after accepting a position in California.
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Melbourne
Edwood Mead
Water Supply Comission
California
Demand for mutton spurred by army influx at Posen
Municipal authorities fearing food shortages purchased 1500 carcases of Australian and New Zealand mutton and sold it rapidly at low rates amid the army review in Posen.
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Berlin
Posen
King’s Dock Opens Largest East of Suez in Singapore
Singapore reports The King’s Dock has been opened as the largest east of Suez. The dock, located at The King’s Dock complex, is described as capable of accommodating the Olympic.
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Singapore
King’s Dock
Suez
Ship safety record shows most voyage pairs reach shore
Analysis of North Atlantic travel from 1892 to 1911 notes 95 000 Britain America voyages with 850 000 crew and 9 390 000 passengers. Of 1 187 deaths 39 in seven founderings 187 in 10 strandings 9 in six collisions 195 in 113 on board accidents and 707 lost on 29 missing vessels.
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North Atlantic
Britain
America
Insanity Admissions, Recoveries Reported in New South Wales
The Inspector-General of Institutions for the Insane in New South Wales reports 1912 admissions totaling 1213 with a 40.06 percent recovery rate. The August dispatch highlights the annual figures and outcomes in state asylums.
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New South Wales
SY Daly
Inspector-General of Institutions For the
Rakaia coal ship to resume voyage after bulkhead repair
Perth reports on August 27 that the Rakaia coal vessel will resume its voyage once the damaged bulkhead is fixed. A day later August 28 notes the re loading of wheat into No 3 hold is nearly finished.
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Perth
Rakaia
Dominions Exhibition Plans Tied to Imperial Conference
London hosts a 1915 exhibition by The British Dominions Exhibition Limited to coincide with the Imperial Conference. Supporters include Joseph Chamberlain, Colonel Seely, and Winston Churchill.
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London
British Dominions’ Exhibition, Limited
Joseph Chamberlain
Seely
Churchill
United States Demands End to Huerta Regime
President Wilson sent a message to Congress declaring pacification of Mexico unlikely and signaling action. He ordered Mr Lind to be dispatched while hoping good offices might help, though Huerta’s regime stood firm for peace to be restored.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
United States
Lind
Huerta
Wilson vows no armed intervention in Mexico
President Wilson declares there will be no armed intervention in Mexico under any circumstances. He emphasizes strict neutrality and vigorous protection of American subjects and property as his policy.
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Washington
Angie
Wilson
Mexico
Wrecked Devon Crew Secures Ship Papers at Scene
Wellington August 27 The wrecked Devon remains intact with decks high above water. Captain Canuce and most of the crew visited the wreck aboard the Karaka but rough seas prevented boarding. The party hoisted the papers from the vessel and will return tomorrow morning to resume search.
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Wellington
Canuce
Shipwrecked Sailors Relief Society Advances Funds
The Wellington committee is authorized by the Shipwrecked Sailors Relief Society to draw up to £240 through the Bank of New Zealand for the Devon crew relief. Inquiry into further relief needs will follow.
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Dunedin
Smallpox Epidemic Bulletin From Auckland and Matapōuri
The District Health Officer of Auckland reports that a suspected case from Auckland city has been moved to isolation. Five children and one adult European were admitted to Kaikohe Hospital yesterday. A fresh case is reported from Matapōuri in the Tauranga district.
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Wellington
Auckland
Dr. Monk
City
Ware
Kaikohe
Matap Vehi
Tauranga
Otago Medical Students Aid Auckland Smallpox Effort
Twelve senior students from Otago Medical School left Dunedin to assist in the small-pox outbreak response in Auckland. They travel north this morning to join ongoing public health measures and support medical staff in the region.
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Dunedin
Otago Medical School
Auckland
Startling Disease Spread Report From Whananaki
In Whangarei August 28 Dr East visited Whananaki where forty patients once treated for smallpox show almost half have fled across the Opuawhanga River to Wairaki. The doctor views this movement with alarm noting natives remain infectious and had been told not to leave the settlement. He fears sufferers are scattered nationwide.
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Whangaret
East
Whananaki
Opuawhanga River
Wairaki
Southern Cross and Ashburton Clash in Rugby Final
The third grade final of the Ashburton rugby medal series was played at the Domain grounds this afternoon. Southern Cross led Ashburton 8 to 0 at halftime as spectators, including many ladies, watched a keenly contested match.
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Ashbearton Centy
Domain
Ashburton
Southern Cross
Southern
Cross
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