The Daily Colonist, August 9, 1914

[mbarrick]

#dailycolonist1914 - This was a Sunday edition.

• 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\240voice 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.)\240

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