The Daily Colonist, August 9, 1914
Sat, 2014/08/09 - 3:03pm
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- British expeditionary forces arrive in Belgium.
- German and Austria threaten to declare war on Italy is they remain neutral (I could not help but hear Zap Brannigan's voice when reading this.)
- Serbians have repulsed Austrians from Belgrade, now considering invading Bosnia to expand their own territory.
- Austria considering attacking Russia.
- The City Clerk and Mayor of Prince Rupert travel to Victoria to ask for coastal defenses.
- The Grand Trunk Pacific Steamer Prince George to be outfitted as hospital ship.
- Construction of the new Hudson's Bay store on Douglas Street in Victoria is having difficulty reaching suitable bedrock for a foundation in the north east corner of the lot.
- In the Sunday pull-out section a full-page map of Europe is printed and there is an educational article immediately after the children's section about the high explosives being used in the war.
- Sightings of a Zeppelin in Victoria are dismissed by the Gonzanles Hill Observatory as actually being the planet Venus (setting precedent for many a "U.F.O. sighting" of the future.)
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