The search for the survivors of the cruisers Good Hope and Monmouth has proved fruitless, and has been abandoned. The cruiser Glasgow, which was reported ...
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Advertising : 83 wordsA case of more than ordinary interest was heard at Lithgow police court on Tuesday, when Daniel Simpson, Frederick Tally, and Ivy Tally were charged that they did, in ...
Article : 1,598 wordsThe death of Earl Roberts has east a deep gloom everywhere in India, particularly in military centres. In deference to the family desire, the body ...
Article : 112 wordsIt is officially stated in Berlin that the Russian advance near Soldau was repulsed. It is also stated that strong Russian forces were thrown back, on Plock, and that ...
Article : 81 wordsOne of the most disastrous fires which have occurred in Sydney for some time broke out in the premises occupied by George Cull and Sons, boot manufacturers, Pitt-street. The ...
Article : 201 wordsAn eye witness with the British headquarters staff estimates that during the attack on Ypres, on the 8th, the enemy's losses in the front of one square of the British section ...
Article : 106 wordsThe Bishop of Salisbury said:--"Earl Roberts was like a voice crying in the wilderness, warning the country of her peril. She was too blind to see. Yet when the storm broke ...
Article : 43 wordsGermany is experiencing great difficulty in moving her guns. The Bavarians are struck with the remarkable physical fitness of the British troops, ...
Article : 262 wordsWhen the Irish Guards departed for the front Lord Roberts delivered to them a farewell speech, in the course of which he said "I am proud of being an Irishman, and I ...
Article : 198 wordsTroopships have discharged Indian cavalry at Marseilles. The troops include Lancers Hussars, Dragoon Guards, Sowars, and Sikhs, and these, as well as their horses, ...
Article : 51 wordsHarry Garber was charged with having made use of indecent language in Main street. The accused, it appeared from the evidence of Constable Hunt, made ...
Article : 204 wordsJoin army Bargain Buyers at Blue House Clearing Sale of Boots and Shoes.--0 A meeting of the Liberal League will be held at Holt's Hotel to-morrow (Thursday) ...
Article : 696 wordsMatters industrial are looking gloomier than heretofore, several men having received notice that their services are no longer required. The experimental retorts are under ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 67 wordsThe qualifying certificate examination at the district school was held on Monday, when 63- candidates presented themselves at the annual test to show whether they had ...
Article : 134 wordsIn the Legislative Assembly yesterday the Premier intimated the intention of the Government to bring in an urgency bill authorising the purchase of the whole of the ...
Article : 281 wordsThe Pope's encyclical appeals for the termination of the present fratricidal struggle. The Pope emphasises the need for extirpating the secret root of all evils, namely, the ...
Article : 72 wordsCharles O'Toole was charged with having been found drunk in Main-street. He admitted the charge and was fined 2s 6d, or the rising of the court. Like the sun--he ...
Article : 116 wordsTwo Sharp actions in the vicinity of Sao, Asiatic Turkey, resulted in the enemy's defeat with heavy losses. Eight British were killed and 63 wounded. ...
Article : 89 wordsAngus McKenzie, son of Sub-inspector McKenzie, of Bathurst, has forwarded a long letter to the "Mercury," giving his experiences before and after enlisting. He says ...
Article : 539 wordsRegarding the departure of Australia's first expeditionary force for Europe, everything was kept as secret as possible for military reasons, but it is now stated that there was ...
Article : 152 wordsDo Wet, the South African rebel leader, is reported to be wounded. He is dispirited and losing the confidence of the rebels, who are continually surrendering. ...
Article : 33 wordsC. E. Thompson v. Robert Glendinning, summoned for openings a railway carriage door while the train was in motion at Eskbank station. ...
Article : 119 wordsThe Kaiser has sent an urgent appeal to all the generals in the Eastern theatre of the war, containing a personal appeal to the soldiers not to let Prussia be invaded again. ...
Article : 113 wordsAccording to the estimates prepared by the Victorian Railway Department the wheat yield for Victoria for the coming season will be only 3,987,225 bushels, as compared with ...
Article : 42 wordsRecently a notification was issued at Petrograd prohibiting the use of vodka by peasants. A wider regulation has now been issued prohibiting the use of wines by officers ...
Article : 45 wordsDavid Owen summoned Robert Varcoe for riding a bicycle on the footway. Inspector Owen said the defendant worked at the small arms factory, and could not be ...
Article : 49 wordsThe budget debate was resumed in the Legislative Assembly yesterday by Mr. Burgess, who said he declined to be bluffed by the Minister for Works. The system followed ...
Article : 252 wordsThe battle of Flanders still remains undecided. The Germans are being greatly inconvenienced by the dead, and are burning the bodies where they are unable to bury ...
Article : 52 wordsG. C. Morris v. A. and W. Gray, claim for £5, work and labor done. Mr. Richards was for the plaintiff. There was no appearance of defendant. G. C. Morris proved the debt. ...
Article : 51 wordsLady Roberts has consented to the interment of the late Lord Roberts in St. Paul's Cathedral. ...
Article : 40 wordsJapanese at Tsingtao behaved with punctilious courtesy. Their siege guns shelled and sank the warships in the harbor; but did not touch a slate of the town. When the 24 hours ...
Article : 77 wordsThe "Mercury" subscription accounts for this year are now being issued. Subscribers who pay before December 31 will have the benefit of the advance rate of 13s for the ...
Article : 202 wordsOfficial: The weather is interfering with the campaign on the Continent. The country is flooded south of Dixmude. The enemy's attempt to cross the canal failed, and they. ...
Article : 66 wordsThe Minister for Defence announced to-day that the prohibition of the exportation of newspapers had been removed as from to-day. Citizens may now forward to their oversea ...
Article : 45 wordsThe Prince of Wales has joined Sir John French's staff. He went to France on Monday. French papers describe the British attack ...
Article : 251 wordsThe Russians in East Prussia are fighting tenaciously in the Soldau and Neidenberg district, hoping to obliterate the memory of General Samsonoff's reverse. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 38 wordsWool sales were held on Monday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 6079 bales, and the sales, including private transactions, ...
Article : 165 wordsThere was a packed house at the Oddfellows' Hall on Monday night, when a special war programme was screened. The two most appreciated pictures, of course, dealt with the ...
Article : 170 wordsAt a social on Wednesday evening last the Rev. F. J. Ball, B.A., and Mrs. Ball were entertained by the Methodist congregation. Representatives of the various departments of ...
Article : 121 wordsA communique states: The retreating Germans in Poland destroyed railways and bridges wholesale, greatly delaying the pursuit as they neared their own territory. There ...
Article : 77 wordsAdvices from Venice state that part of Cracow has been invested by the Russians, and is ablaze. The inhabitants are fleeing. ...
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Lithgow Mercury (NSW : 1898 - 1954), Wed 18 Nov 1914, Page 2
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