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  2. OUR PARLIAMENT.

    In the Assembly last night Mr. Fuller, gave notice of a bill to amend the electoral law to provide for new system of voting. The method, whether preferential voting or proportional ...

    Article : 124 words
  3. BATHURST BAND CONTEST.

    The Lithgow Band only managed to secure third place in the big competition in connection with the Bathurst Eight-hour Day band contest on Monday. They were beaten by two ...

    Article : 798 words
  4. MR. WILLIAM BUTLER S.M.

    Mr. William Butler, stationmaster at Lithgow, retires from the railway service at the end of this month after 35 years as an officer of the department. Of these 35 years' ...

    Article : 361 words
  5. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 63 words
  6. Blast Furnace Tragedy.

    A tragedy was enacted at the blast furnaces about 4.30 yesterday afternoon as the result of the premature bursting of a tap. One man, William George Cox, a shift foreman, was ...

    Article : 458 words
  7. TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

    To-day's market quotations:--Maize 6s 4d to 6s 5d, oats 4s 2d to 4s 9d, potatoes £14 10s to £17, onions £10 to £15, chaff £6 to £8 10s, new laid eggs 1s to 1s 1d, case and railway ...

    Article : 46 words
  8. TO-DAY'S WAR NEWS.

    United Service.--The Edinburgh correspondent of the "Daily Mail" states that a request was made to Admiral Beatty to provide a vessel for the officers' wives and families ...

    Article : 84 words
  9. INFLUENZA OUTBREAK

    Two more deaths, occurred at the quarantine station this morning. Both were soldiers from the transport Modie. ...

    Article : 23 words
  10. IN THE FEDERAL HOUSES.

    The Minister for Defence has approved of the cancellation of the press censorship restrictions enforced during the war period according to a statement made in the Senate. ...

    Article : 165 words
  11. AN APPEAL FROM LUXEMBURG.

    Reuter, Washington.--President Wilson, on behalf of the Grand duchy of Luxemburg, was asked to-day that he would save the duchy from the passage of German troops and ...

    Article : 53 words
  12. LORD MAYOR'S APPLICATION.

    In chambers to-day an application was made by Joynton Smith for the disclosure of the name of the writer of a paragraph appearing in the "Herald," in which it was alleged ...

    Article : 135 words
  13. WAR CHEST "DAY."

    Next Friday will be War Chest "Day." Some people complain that we have already had too many "days." But that complaint has never been made by the men at the front ...

    Article : 659 words
  14. NATIVES REJOICE.

    Reuter's Capetown correspondent states that thousands of Basutoes, with their chief, assembled on their historic meeting ground to hear the official promulgation of the ...

    Article : 99 words
  15. DEATHS IN LITHGOW.

    The death occurred at the hospital last night of George Hawes (55) an employee of the blast furnaces, from p[?]cumonia. Deceased has no relatives in the town and was not ...

    Article : 90 words
  16. ELLA CASPERS' CONCERT.

    With her voice fresher and stronger and more magnetic Ella Caspers appeared before a delighted audience in the Colosseum on Monday night. Lithgow was privileged to ...

    Article : 459 words
  17. PORTLAND POLICE COURT.

    Ernest Armfield was charged with stealing 25lb. flour from the Portland railway station, the property of the Railway Commissioners, on the previous night. Constable Quinlan ...

    Article : 155 words
  18. AUSTRALIA'S WHEAT.

    Mr. Watt announced in the House of Representatives to-day that he had received a cable, from London which led him to believe that Australia would not be able to sell any more ...

    Article : 46 words
  19. EARLIER CABLES.

    A critical situation prevails in Germany. An independent Republic of Northern Germany, with Hamburg as the capital, has been formed. The Berlin Workers and Soldiers' Council ...

    Article : 435 words
  20. CORONIAL INQUIRY.

    A coronial inquiry was opened at the courthouse this morning by Mr. A. Boyd, J.P., of Portland. Mr. R. J. Burns appeared for Messrs. G. and C. Hoskins. Sergt. Hunt ...

    Article : 107 words
  21. AMUSEMENTS.

    The Trades Hall audience on Monday night was especially pleased with the star, "The Victory of Conscience," which Convoyed a great moral and told an interesting story. ...

    Article : 74 words
  22. THE FUNERAL.

    The funeral of the victim will take place to-morrow. The cortege will leave the hospital at 2 o'clock, and proceed to the Baptist Church, where a short service will be ...

    Article : 45 words
  23. (Before A. Boyd, F. T. Goodman, and P. Denis, Js.P.)

    Auctioneers' licenses were granted to John Simpkins, Walter E. Tweedie, William H. Walsh, of Portland, and William Titus, of Cullen Bullen. ...

    Article : 34 words
  24. COMING EVENTS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 103 words
  25. LITHGOW MINING APPLICATIONS.

    The following applications have been received at the Lithgow mining office:--Wm. Walter Rea, Lithgow, 20 acres in the parish of Lett, to mine for felspar, granite, and ...

    Article : 130 words
  26. WENTWORTH FALLS.

    The dog poisoner is in action. On Sunday Mrs. Viney lost a favorite dog, and Mr. Burke's fox terrier was also poisoned. Dog owners should note. ...

    Article : 417 words
  27. AN APPRECIATION.

    The Bathurst "Times" says:--"One of the most delightful items given on the showground last night was the hymn Nearer My God to Thee," by the Lithgow Town Band. The ...

    Article : 114 words
  28. KANDOS.

    On Saturday the management of the cement works pulled up all departments for 15 minutes to bid farewell to Mr. E. Chetwynd Jones, who has been transferred to the ...

    Article : 419 words
  29. WELCOME TO ANZACS.

    The official welcome to the party of 186 original Anzacs who returned on Sunday took place on Monday. The streets were gaily decorated with flags and hunting, and the men ...

    Article : 106 words
  30. THE INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

    Dr. Elkington, acting chief quarantine officer, stated on Monday that the influenza situation was improving daily. The second of the cases from the Medic has proved fatal ...

    Article : 150 words
  31. SOLDIERS ACKNOWLEDGE COMFORTS

    The ladies of the local Soldiers' Comforts Fund, of which Mrs. C. Knight is secretary, have received another batch of letters from soldiers at the front, all of whom convoy their ...

    Article : 697 words
  32. MONARO ELECTION.

    Ministers, and members of the National Party generally, are perturbed over the Monaro by-election result. That a Labor candidate, who had no advantages as far as ...

    Article : 365 words
  33. BREVITIES

    An A.L.P. Social will be held in the Trades Hall on Friday night. A special meeting of the motor ambulance (committee is advertised for to-morfow night. ...

    Article : 317 words
  34. NAVAL SURRENDERS CONTINUE.

    The French advance continues in Belgium aud Luxemburg. The cavalry have reached the eastern frontier of Luxemburg. Three hundred thousand people deliriously ...

    Article : 401 words
  35. FOUR MORE DEATHS.

    Four more deaths have occurred at the quarantine station, and there are six additional cases. The death roll is now 22 out of a total of 570 cases. ...

    Article : 176 words
  36. BATHURST STATIONMASTER'S APPEAL.

    The Railway Commissioners have decided to allow the appeal of Mr. H. H. Melville, stationmaster, Bathurst, and restore him to his first-class status, from which he had been ...

    Article : 68 words
  37. FORMER BAND CONTESTS

    In connection with the band contest held at Bathurst during the week-end it is interesting to note that a contest between the Lithgow and Bathurst bands was held as long, as ...

    Article : 167 words
  38. HEARING THE LAST.

    Two casualty lists issued on Monday contain the names of 165 deceased and many wounded, gassed, and ill N.S Wales men. ...

    Article : 33 words
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