#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

• Italian ministers confer on Italy's position in the war, still no official stance.
• Portugal declares it will stand with France and Britain, if need be.
• Story in German…

#dailycolonist1914 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

• Nothing really new in the European theatre. Heavy fighting continues on both the Western and Eastern fronts. In the west, Germany is still stuck in the vicinity of…

#dailycolonist1914 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

• I've decided to start with the weekly Children's section summary, which is always excellent an often includes news I haven't touched on previously such as:
  • Princess…

#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

• In retaliation for the internment of Austrians in Britain and the British Empire, Austria initiates programme of arrest and internment of British subjects.
• Speech by…

#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

The first headline pretty much sums up the news day, "One Calm Day on Battle Line. French Official Communication Says Nothing Important Occurred Yesterday." Nonetheless…

#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.

Nothing quite on the level of underwater knife-fights with octopi today (I doubt that is ever going to be topped) but some interesting and almost as exotic news today…

#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.

• Chancellor of Exchequer proposes increased taxes to parliament in London, including doubling the income tax [so much for that old myth that income tax was "invented" to…

#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

• Founder and proprietor of the Victoria Times, William Templeman, dies suddenly. There is a large picture on the front page and the lead headline is basically a lengthy…

#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

• [Any former students of Lord Roberts Elementary in Vancouver will find this interesting] Lord Frederick Roberts dies of pneumonia while inspecting Indian troops in…

#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago ...yesterday.

News from the Canadian camp on Salisbury Plain that I almost missed yesterday:

• Forces are banned from corresponding directly or indirectly with press
• Hailstorm…