An officer of the Grenadier Guards states that 15,000 British troops received orders to hold a front eight miles long at any cost until reinforcements arrived. They were opposed ...
Article : 126 wordsAt the Lithgow Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. C. Jeninings, P.M., Charles Jones was charged was having stolen on or about November 25 a bullock valued at £10, the ...
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Advertising : 93 wordsTo-day's market quotations.--Chaff £5 10s to £7, derrick straw £4, oaten hay £6 10s lucerne £1 10s to £4 10s, barley 3s 9d to 4s, maize 3s 9d to 4s, oats 3s 8d to 3s 10d, ...
Article : 58 wordsThe Lloyd Copper Co., Burraga, which in September last was granted a two months' suspension of labor conditions, applied at the Barmen Mining Warden's Court on Monday. ...
Article : 693 wordsJohn James Guillille was charged with having been drunk in Main-street on November 28, Plea guilty, Fined 5s or the rising. Allan Culla was fined a similar amount for ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 408 wordsWhile three Chinese market gardeners residing at Manly were driving towards the markets in the city early this morning two men sprang out from behind some bushes and ...
Article : 115 wordsIt is reported that the Sydney wharf lumpers are not willing to work with Germans There is reason to believe that serious trouble is likely to ensue and a mass meeting has ...
Article : 57 wordsA heavy force of Germans has been sent to Ypres to make a supreme effort to capture the town. A great battle is now raging between Yures and Lys. ...
Article : 174 wordsArthur Winnacut was fined £3 at the police court this morning for signing the names of three of his lodgers to an electoral claim for the West Sydney roll. The magistrate pointed ...
Article : 56 wordsThe up-to-date fancy goods shop--Ashley's. Tenders are invited by the Board of Fire Commissioners for the erection and completion of a fire station at Lithgow. ...
Article : 593 wordsMax Bauer was summoned for having allowed one horse to stray at Lithgow on November 24. Defendant pleaded guilty and was fined 5s, and 3s costs ...
Article : 452 wordsThe Broken Hill-Condobolin Railway is to be constructed at once, and the loan estimates are to be amended to include the cost of the undertaking. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 189 wordsThere has been obstinate fighting at Louviz in Poland. The German efforts to force their way into that region were repulsed with heavy losses. ...
Article : 185 wordsThe fiends of Mrs. M. Reeves, formerly of Snake's, Valley, in the Oberon district, but for the last few years; of "Corenth," Queen-street, Woollabra, will be sorry to hear of ...
Article : 261 wordsMr. R. L. Moore has received post cards from "Major" Duncan and Mr. W. Wilson, who are on their way to the seat of war. The former says: "All the boys are well, and ...
Article : 147 wordsMr. Jas Green, manager of the Mount Gossan gold mine, situated about four miles north from Oberon, states that he is now engaged sinking the main shaft. The dimensions of ...
Article : 192 wordsLast week Mr. H. C. Glover, the inspector of rifle ranges, visited Hampton for the purpose of inspecting the proposed rifle range. The two delegates, duly appointed at the ...
Article : 401 wordsA newspaper correspondent who interviewed the Crown Prince described him as a sober, earnest, thoughtful young man with a sense of his responsibilities. The Prince said the ...
Article : 106 wordsAt the Oddfellows' Hall on Monday night "At the Risk of Her Life" was the star drama. The Keystone was a splendid subject, "Champion Driver," being greeted with roars ...
Article : 117 wordsN. Basser v. T. Carter; claim for £6 1s 9d, goods supplied Defendant did not appear, and plaintiff said defendant had paid £1 into Court. Mr. Tartakover stated that defendant ...
Article : 463 wordsMr. Thos. Deegan, who is in charge of the above expects to have all vats--ten in number--for cyaniding soon ready for filling. The engines are now under steam, and he hopes ...
Article : 94 wordsIn connection with "Young People's Day" at the Methodist Church, the Christian Endeavor Society's anniversary was celebrated on Sunday in the Gannon Memorial Hall. The ...
Article : 406 wordsAt a well attended meeting of the Lithgow Federated Ironworkers' Union last night the question of patriotic contributions was considered. It was stated that there were several ...
Article : 70 wordsPresident Wilson considers that if America commenced to strengthen her forces Germany might take it as directed against her. As the United States hopes to hold the position of ...
Article : 86 wordsThe secretary of the Essington Rovers Tennis Club states that the team defeated by Mt. David in a tennis match a few days ago was not composed of members of his club, but a ...
Article : 43 wordsThree puddling furnaces were restarted at the ironworks on Monday morning. These have been idle for a very long period, and as a matter of fact have not worked more ...
Article : 75 wordsIn a match last Saturday, between C. Ransley and H. Rowe, two members of the Small Arms Rifle Club, the conditions were seven shots at 300, 500, 600 and 700 yards, for £5 ...
Article : 67 wordsA Paris communique states that the enemy remains on the defensive in Belgium. The artillery fire is feeble. The Allies caught the Germans napping at night in the region of ...
Article : 134 wordsThere was a good attendance of motor cyclists at a meeting held at Souter's room last night, Mr. Caswell in the chair. On the motion of Messrs. Child Goodwin and ...
Article : 236 wordsRev. F. and Mrs. Brown, who have been conducting a mission station at Weipa, North Queensland, for the past 19 years, are touring the country under the directorship of the ...
Article : 146 wordsSir,--I have to intimate that a communication was received some time since from the assistant superintendent, Immigration and Tourist Bureau, Challis House, Sydney, requesting ...
Article : 165 wordsThe Holy War proclamation in Constantinople has been ignored. The festival of Moharram; in Persia, passed without the slightest hostility towards the Russians. ...
Article : 86 wordsThe Germans west of Lowiez are abandoning their wounded and transports in the retreat, but the rearguard is fighting stubbornly. The German force which was ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 57 wordsThe discussion of the Wheat Acquisition Bill was resumed in the Assembly last night. Mr. Hall explained that if the bill is. passed farmers could bring in their wheat to the ...
Article : 85 wordsExclusive of Saxons, Wurtemburgers, and Bavarians, official lists give the German losses at 627,073. The French Government is officially ...
Article : 62 wordsAt the Lithgow police court on Tuesday an auctioneer's license was granted to George Sidney Brock, of Lithgow. Hawker's (pedler's) licenses were granted to Rosie O'Brien. ...
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Lithgow Mercury (NSW : 1898 - 1954), Wed 2 Dec 1914, Page 2
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