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Detailed lists, results, guides : 33 wordsA special meeting of the Town Committee held in the Council Chambers on Monday night, was well attended, and was presided over by Major Bracey. ...
Article : 461 wordsWounded at the Dardanelles on July 7, is 21 years of age, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Berry, of Inch-street, Lithgow. He was well known locally as a bus driver. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 41 wordsContributions to the Lithgow fund may be sent through Messrs. Ashley and Evans hon. secretaries, Messrs. Colley and Ryan, hon. treasurers, Messrs. Stewart and Bracey, hon. ...
Article : 292 wordsA special meeting of the visiting committee of the hospital was held at the institution on Monday night. Those present were the president (Ald. Slattery), Ald. Heaydon, Messrs. ...
Article : 2,280 wordsWounded officers report from the Dardanelles that the Eighth Victorian and Tenth West Australian Light Horse were practically wiped out in the heavy fighting on the 8th ...
Article : 43 wordsSince Monday eighteen men have enlisted here. Of these 13 were fit and five unfit making a grand total of 438 since the inception of the recruiting movement at the area ...
Article : 92 wordsFurther particulars of the battle in the Gulf of Riga show that three transports with troops approached Pernau shore last week under cover of a German squadron of guns. ...
Article : 151 wordsA local resident has donated a fine large gramaphone and a number of records to the soldiers in the depot camp, while donations of books, papers, and other useful articles ...
Article : 79 wordsMrs. C. Williams, of Roy street, has received a communication from Colonel Luscombe, District Headquarters, Victoria Barracks, to the effect that her son, Pte. A. J. Garratt, ...
Article : 152 wordsThe local branch of the Juvenile Rechabite Order held its meeting in the Protestant Hall on Tuesday evening. The attendance was a record, there being 50 members present. ...
Article : 616 wordsThe Lithgow district school contribution to the Mothers' Thirty Thousand amounted to £120, a cheque for which was forwarded a few days ago. In view of the various local ...
Article : 166 wordsGermany admits the loss of a destroyer at Ostend. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe Government won an easy victory in the Senate last week in regard to the Canberra folly. But the win carries no consequences, and the discussion was so much waste ...
Article : 501 wordsIt is reported that the Russians have stopped the whole of the German advance on the northern and south-western fronts. The enemy at Brest Litovsk are bombarding the ...
Article : 43 wordsThe sixty eighth casualty list published on Monday contains the following:--Killed in action, Corpl. W. Geddes, 1st Light Horse, Katoomba; severely and seriously wounded. ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Italians blew up some Austrian ammunition depots at Golgaria and Lavorone during a bombardment. The Italians captured several enemy works. ...
Article : 29 wordsEdward Morris was charged with having been drunk in Main street on the 21st inst. Plea guilty. Fined 5s, or 24 hours. Paid. ...
Article : 42 wordsSome time ago a man working on the railway duplication works was taken seriously ill. He was removed to the hospital, and died there a day or two later. His sister was ...
Article : 911 wordsIt is estimated that during the first year of the war Germany lost a million and a half men, of whom 450,000 were killed. ...
Article : 33 wordsA solemn requiem mass was celebrated on Monday, in the Catholic Church, Sunny Corner, for the Australian soldiers who have fallen in the war. Sunny Corner people, who ...
Article : 63 wordsCorderoy v. Donnelly, claim for £1 16s 4d, milk sold and delivered. No appearance of defendant. Heard ex parte. Verdict for amount claimed, and 5s costs. ...
Article : 40 wordsIt is understood that Servia and Bulgaria are on the eve of an agreement favorable to the Allies. ...
Article : 24 wordsThe managers of all the collieries in the Newcastle and Maitland districts have received notices asking that the wages of employees be increased. The claim is based on ...
Article : 260 wordsThe Italians have captured upward of three thousand square miles in the Freull, Cadore and Trentino district, despite the disadvantage of a long battle front. ...
Article : 33 wordsThe French have repelled several violent attacks by the Germans in Alsace. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe landing of British troops at Suvla is described as the most brilliant work yet carried out at the Dardanelles. The battle following was highly successful. The ...
Article : 154 wordsSir,--Speaking to a friend recently who has two sons at Gallipoli, she said that she secures all the old and half-worn-out woollen and cotton singlets possible, and after washing ...
Article : 128 wordsThe death took place at her late residence, Cupro-street, Extension Estate, early on Tuesday morning, of Mrs. James Kirkwood. The deceased lady (who was 65 years of age) ...
Article : 153 wordsSir,--John French told a member of the house of Commons who visited the front that the British guns were better than the Germans. "Tell the people when you get ...
Article : 63 wordsThe next term of the Lithgow trades school will begin on the 30th inst., as advertised. An open social, under this auspices of the Caledonian Society, will be held in the Town ...
Article : 371 wordsThe British fleet bombarded Zeebrugge on Monday. The fire was concentrated principally on the inner harbor, where the parts of new submarines are being assembled, and ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 223 wordsMr. H. Wright, chief inspector at the small arms factory, left the factory last night. He is leaving for Hartford, Connecticut, per the s.s. Marama, on September 11. His contract ...
Article : 177 wordsRussia has officially announced that in the Gulf of Riga between August 16 and 23 her fleet sunk or put out of action two German cruisers and not fewer than eight torpedo ...
Article : 97 wordsA Petrograd communique states that the situation at Riga (Baltic provinces) on land is unchanged. Stubborn enemy attacks occurred in the Bielsk region (25 miles south of ...
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Advertising : 59 wordsAmerica's course of action towards Germany regarding the Arabic will be determined "when all the facts have been ascertained." This is interpreted as suspense of ...
Article : 43 wordsAuthoritative quarters in Rome expect that Italy's action against Turkey will have decisive results in inducing Balkan neutrals to follow suit, and in compelling the Turks to ...
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Lithgow Mercury (NSW : 1898 - 1954), Wed 25 Aug 1915, Page 2
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