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Newspaper
Geraldton Guardian
Location
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 06, 1914
Page
1
August 4 reports Britain declares war on Germany and vows support to France. Sir Edward Grey signals aid if needed as Germany breaches Belgian neutrality. Germany invades Belgium and Switzerland while Britain mobilises its navy and prepares 200,000 reservists in the third fleet.
A July Review of Reviews essay on the Archduke’s death heightens fears of a breakup of the Austrian Empire. It predicts German influence in Austria, Russia seizing Galicia, Hungary becoming a separate kingdom, and Bohemia, Serbia, Italy redrawing borders, risking a continent war and advancing or delaying progress. It notes the assassination by Princip as a ghastly catalyst drawing Europe toward upheaval.
A Monday meeting led by W B Mitchell debated merging recreation and agricultural grounds at Dongarra. Delegates backed pooling land under Crown trustees, urged changes to the Rabbit Act, and called for seven days notice before enforcement with fines refunds sought.
A clipped note reports a bronchitis case growing in a public area called Gare with a character named Papperal involved. It sketches health concerns and possible local responses.
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