Britain at war – Public announcement

Britain is at war. The last elements of uncertainty were dispelled by yesterday's cablegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and by the momentous public announcement which was made by His Excellency the Governor (Lord Liverpool), outside Parliament House at 3 o'clock in the afternoon to an assemblage visibly moved by the gravity of the occasion. News from the theatres of war is meagre, but the indications given of the movements of the fleets and armies of the combatant nations is significant of momentous events. [Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2221, 6 August 1914, Page 5]