The New Westminster News
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alternative: [New Westminster Daily News]
issued: 2016-06-14
issued: 1914-08-05
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/nwdn/items/1.0316101/source.json
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note: f?,��~'V^' -ne 9, Number 129 NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C.. WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUSTS, 1914. Price Five Cents, Naval Battle Ordered England Declares War In The North Sea Formal Notice Given m i _R i Sends Personal Message by wireless to Sailors of British Fleet���Signal Flashed Through Midnight Darkness to Secret Rendezevous for Greatest Naval Battle Ever Fought���English Commander Is Ordered to Capture or Destroy the Enemy���Location of German Fleet in North Sea Known as English Destroyer Is Chased by German Cruiser���Strict Censorship in Canada. KING GEORGE'S MESSAGE TO THE COLONIES alii sail Immediately English fleet r of, f-ondon, Aug, 4. England's wireless broke loose tonight mldnlgih King eOorge went a personal message to thi i . against the (ierman armada, to clear for action. "I have confidence that the liiritish fleet will revive the old gloriei tho navy, I am sure that the navy will again shield Britain In this hou trial, It will prove the bulwark ef the empire." TREMENDOUS NAVAL BATTLE. This was the lirst message Kent to the fleet since il cleared from Plymouth .'.arbor and sailed to the secret redenzvoUS in the North Sea. Ever since the wireless had heen silent, no word being permitted to go forth until tonight when the signal for the most tremendous naval battle ever fought, Flashed out through tbe darkness from the great wireless station, Immediately after the orders to capture or destroy the enemy had been flashed to the admiral commanding, it was followed by tbe king's own word. ENGLAND DECLARES WAR. London, Aug, 4. The British foreign office has issued the following state roenl Owing to th( summary reectlon by the Cerman government of the request made by his majesty's government that the neutrality of Belgium should be respected, his majesty's ambassador at Berlin has received his passports and his majesty's government has declared to the (ierman government that a state of war exists between Oreat Britain ami Germany from 11 o 'hick p.m., Auk. 4. 4R* Ultim…
note: Titled The Daily News from 1906-03-06 to 1912-04-24; Westminster Daily News from 1912-04-25 to 1912-12-04; and The New Westminster News from 1912-12-05 to 1914-09-04. Published by The Daily News Publishing Company, Limited from 1903-03-06 to 1912-04-24; and The National Printing and Publishing Co., Ltd. from 1912-04-25 to 1914-09-04.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: New Westminster (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0316101
language: English
lat: 49.206667
long: -122.910556
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: New Westminster, B.C. : The Daily News Publishing Company, Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text