A remarkable manifesto has been issued by the German Humanitarian League. In the course of this it states: "Our ships were welcome in every ocean, our citizens enjoyed ...
Article : 174 wordsThe military hospitals will do much for our wounded heroes; but, as we showed last week, they cannot do everything. It is the maimed men who will need unremitting ...
Article : 442 wordsTo-day's market quotations: Barley 5s to 6s, maize 5s to 6s, oats 5s 3d to 5s 6d, onions £8 10s to £10, potatoes £9 10s to £11, eggs 1s 6d. ...
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Advertising : 149 wordsThe Minister for Defence is appealing for more men to maintain the units already at the front at normal strength, to replace those fallen, and to support and strengthen the ...
Article : 217 wordsQuite a number of engineers and others employed at the blast furnaces assembled at Bloom's Imperial Hotel on Saturday to make a presentation to one of their ...
Article : 654 wordsCapt. O. G. Howell Price, in a letter to Mr. Edward Burns, dated "Gallipoli, June 6," says:--"It is with the deepest regret that I bring to your mind once more the sad ...
Article : 207 wordsPte. C. Purdon, writing from the convalescent camp, Alexandria, to his mother, Mrs. Hy. Purdon, Bloom Hill, says:-- "After leaving Egypt we spent a fortnight ...
Article : 861 wordsJames Frederick Wells proceeded against John Dwyer for unlawful assault on June 29. Mr. Tartakover appeared for Wells. Dwyer pleaded guilty, under provocation. ...
Article : 303 wordsRecruits for the Australian Imperial Force will, on and from to-morrow (Thursday) be despatched from their home town to the nearest recruiting centre, and will be sent thence ...
Article : 160 wordsIn the House of Commons the Prime Minister applied for a further credit of £150,000,000 to meet the war expenditure, making a total of £1,012,000,000 since the outbreak ...
Article : 92 wordsA meeting of the Lithgow recruiting centre committee was held in the Town Hall last night, Major Reay, O.C. area 41B, presiding. There was a small attendance. ...
Article : 338 wordsOn Saturday the pupils of the Lithgow in fants' school held a bazaar in the school grounds, in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund. Miss. Jones (head mistress), and the ...
Article : 132 wordsThe complete rout of the Austrians is predicted along the Isonzo front within the next few hours. ...
Article : 25 wordsAt the police court yesterday William Evans was granted a district auctioneer s license. It's a genuine money-saving opportunity ...
Article : 609 wordsThe Allies have achieved further successes in the Souchez region. ...
Article : 13 wordsMr. J. Dixon, secretary of the Ironworkers' Union, is in receipt of a letter from Messrs. Hoskins, Ltd., to the effect that they are willing to contribute £100 to the ...
Article : 126 wordsIt appears that during the Russian retirement the officers knew that the Germans would make an attack at 3 a.m. They consequently retired in the darkness to trenches ...
Article : 59 wordsOne hundred thousand hands were involved in a strike at Krupps'. The directors granted a Portion of the men's demands, and patched up a temporary peace. ...
Article : 73 wordsStanley Thew, who expects to leave with the next contingent of Light Horse for active service, was home on final leave last week. He was entertained in the local hall by a host ...
Article : 212 wordsA German bulletin claims extraordinary success against the Russians, also that 51,000 prisoners have been taken. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe "Mercury" staff, which for many months past has contributed a percentage of its wages to the Patriotic Fund, has decided to double the ordinary contributions in ...
Article : 44 wordsThe Russian army has been entirely re-organised since it was shattered during the check of the Russian centre in Galicia. The Kaiser has telegraphed to the Queen of Greece ...
Article : 111 wordsIt is officially announced that the South Wales coal strike has been settled. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe contributions to the "Mothers' Thirty Thousand" in connection with the public school are coming in freely. A large quantity of produce is already promised for disposal on ...
Article : 156 wordsA meeting convened by Sergt. Robertson was held in the courtroom on Saturday night for the purpose of forming a local recruiting association. Mr. R. H. Bulkeley, J .P., ...
Article : 414 wordsA Paris message states that what the Kaiser meant when he said the war would be over by October, was that there would be a quick capture of Warsaw, a crushing drive ...
Article : 97 wordsIt is reported from Athens that the Allies are attacking vehemently the whole line in Gallipoli. The warships are co-operating. It is further stated that all the attacks have ...
Article : 92 wordsAn ex-Senator, and a personal friend of the editor, has in a letter offered to care for a couple of years or more for one of the children of the late Pte. Upton, aged 43, who ...
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Advertising : 428 wordsMr. W. P. Pederson, the able and popular secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers in Lithgow, who was recently promoted to the position of section hand at the ...
Article : 237 wordsA sister of mercy says Arras is shelled day and night, with the greatest intensity, and the destruction is indescribable. Religious orders have suffered terribly. Chapels are ...
Article : 48 wordsGerman newspapers indicate that a disagreeable impression has been caused by the success of the British war loan. At a joint meeting of the Austrian and ...
Article : 106 wordsDr. Dillon, the famous war correspondent and journalist, alleges that the Vatican is supporting Germany. It is reported from Gothland that several ...
Article : 81 wordsOn the Carse plateau, the Italians captured several lines of armored trenches, with 2000 prisoners, and a quantity of munitions. Submarines attacked and sank the Italian ...
Article : 51 wordsCasualties at the Dardanelles, to the and of June, were:--Officers: Killed, 541; wounded, 1257; missing, 135: Men: Killed 7543, wounded, 25,557; missing, 7401. ...
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Advertising : 226 wordsMembers of the Cabinet have conferred With the minors' executive. Mr. Lloyd George pointed out to the conference the extreme gravity of the situation. No Government, he ...
Article : 158 wordsIt is possible that on skilled engineers will be allowed to leave Australia, in response to Messrs. Vicker, Sous, and Maxim's request for 1000 men, and it may almost be taken for ...
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Advertising : 139 wordsFor the first time for nearly five years the Council meeting, fixed for Monday night, lapsed for want of a quorum. Some years ago it was the rule rather than the exception for ...
Article : 175 wordsIn consequence of the attack on the Orduna, it is expected that America's next note to Germany will be in the form of an ultimatum, amounting to rupture of diplomatic ...
Article : 46 wordsAt Victoria Barracks yesterday 393 men offered themselves for service at the front, 99 of that number being rejected. Mr. Holman states that over 5000 names have already been ...
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Lithgow Mercury (NSW : 1898 - 1954), Wed 21 Jul 1915, Page 2
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