The fortnightly meeting of the Lithgow Brotherhood was held in the lodge-room of the Oddfellows' Hall yesterday afternoon Mr. J. McCall, loader, occupied the chair ...
Article : 606 wordsIt was officially announced in St. Petersburg that the meeting of the Czar and the Kaiser had not caused any change in the present grouping of Powers. ...
Article : 36 wordsThe Lithgow and Hermitage collieries each worked 9 12 days during the past fortnight. At the Vale of Clwydd colliery the miners went down the mine ten days, but ...
Article : 141 wordsThe fire brigade social will be held in the Trades Hall next Friday night. The annual general meeting of the School of Arts will be held in the games room on ...
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Advertising : 138 wordsThe Grand National Hurdle Race was won by Wingarara, Uxbridge being second, and Lion third. The winner started at 10 to 1. ...
Article : 24 wordsInterest in the proposed centenary celebration at Mt. York is increasing. Delegates have been appointed to attend the public meeting at Mount Victoria on Saturday ...
Article : 961 wordsAustralians received their worst defeat of the English tour on Saturday, when Lancashire again secured the verdict, this time by eight wickets. The county had lost ...
Article : 178 wordsA clerk named Schatz has been imprisoned for four months for having turned a bust of the Kaiser to tee wall in a cafe at Saarbrucken, Germany. ...
Article : 34 wordsAt the Industrial Court on Friday the constitution of several new boards was recommended. In regard to:--No. 12 Board.--Employees engaged in or ...
Article : 158 wordsThe strike committee of the London dockers distributed 100,000 free food tichets for the week end Ben Tillett declares that the transport strikers have arranged ...
Article : 47 wordsMr. Walter Long, one of the leaders of the British Unionist Party, says that Germany has 29 battleships available for instant action in the North Sea, while ...
Article : 97 wordsIt is evident from the results of Saturday's matches that there are only two Rugby teams in Lithgow. Both were in action on Saturday, and not only won their ...
Article : 417 wordsThe Katoomba women's branch of the Liberal Association has asked the Liberal Conference to consider this week the following proposal:--"That a largo bonus be ...
Article : 176 wordsThe Civil Court of Paris has ordered Mr. Farman, the famous aeronaut, to indemnify a farmer for damage caused to his stock through an aeroplane alighting upon his ...
Article : 41 wordsMr. Lloyd George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, must by this time be the undisputed bete noire of British Toryism. His strenuous opposition in the late nineties to ...
Article : 868 wordsAbbe Piton has been sentenced to eight months' imprisonment for misappropriating money belonging to the church. ...
Article : 22 wordsThe Lithgow Prisoners Release Committee has turned its attention to the case of W. G. Hatton. The following motion has been sent to every union in the State for ...
Article : 152 wordsTo-day's, market quotations:--Wheat 4s 2 12d to 4s 3d, maize 4s 11d to 5s, oats 3s 5d to 3s 6d, oaten hay £8 to £9, lucerne £5 to £6 10s, flour £9 17s 6d to £10 ...
Article : 68 wordsIn the interest of workers and miners, we have been requested to state that, although the Commonwealth Oil Corporation's. r?-torts are being repaired with a view to the ...
Article : 61 wordsAcconding to a statement by the Secretary for Defence, Mr. S. A. Petheoridge, the men at the small arms factory are being engaged in batches, and trained in the ...
Article : 178 wordsWe have received from the publishers the first copy of "The Australasian, Coal and Iron Trades Review," published at Newcastle, N.S.W. The editor sets out that ...
Article : 134 wordsIt is reported that some of the men engaged at the ironworks have, in consequence of the slackness at the works, left Lithgow, having obtained work at Yanco ...
Article : 67 wordsThe only "soccer" match in Lithgow on Saturday was that between the Lithgow Thistle Club and Small Arms Factory, a good game resulting. The final score was ...
Article : 42 wordsMr. D. Owen, the Council's sanitary, inspector, stated on Friday that during the previous eight days eight cases of infectious diseases had been reported--seven cases of ...
Article : 229 wordsMessrs. Ware and Co., Tamworth, have just completed tho sale of 24 acres of lucerne land, at West Tamworth, at £67 10s per acre, on account of Mrs. I. M. A. ...
Article : 67 wordsThere was an extraordinary finish to the fight for the world's lightweight championship at Los Angeles on Thursday. Both Wolgast and Rivers sprawled on the floor ...
Article : 75 wordsAt the Warden's Court here, before Mr. A. B. C. Burke, no less than 41 cases were listed. About 31 mining tenements of various kinds, including residence areas ...
Article : 419 wordsThe first pay in connection with the Lithgow Co-operative Benefit Building Society was held on Friday night, at the secretary's office, Main-street. The sum of £25 ...
Article : 99 wordsA naval, hydro-aeroplane, carrying a wireless installation and an operator, was flown toy an officer 194 miles in 195 minutes. He ended the journey with enough ...
Article : 309 wordsThe Australian eight-oar crew has further impressed the critics "at homo" by heating the Canadians in a heat of Henley Regatta by a length and a half. The race was a ...
Article : 226 wordsSir,--The proposal of the Federal Government to pay a £5 bonus for babies was discussed at the monthly meeting of the Women's Single Tax League, on the 4th ...
Article : 456 wordsThe funeral of the late Mr. W. C. Hayes, was was killed on the railway on Wednesday night, took place oh Friday. The body had been, removed from the Lithgow ...
Article : 136 wordsThere was a very large attendance at the Trades Hall on Saturday night, when an exceptionally fine programme of moving pictures was presented. By the request of a ...
Article : 271 wordsThe returns of business at the local, Crown lands office for the year ended, June 30 show that there were 57 applications for annual leases, the amount received in ...
Article : 166 wordsThe second round of "knock out" competition for Major and Mrs. Bracey's trophy resulted as follows:--W. E. Holdship (25) beat A. R. Lloyd (19), 6 up and 5. R. C. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 46 wordsThe 'Wang brach P.L.L. held a meeting at the Commercial Hotel on Saturday evening, with Mr. Lendster in the chair, and a good attendance of members. A letter ...
Article : 129 wordsThe weather set in cold and wintry on Saturday night, and early on Sunday morning some rain fell, registering 27 points yesterday was a typical wintry day, with ...
Article : 60 wordsDuring the censure debate in the Federal House on Friday Colonel Ryrie made an all-round attack on the Government. He referred to the small pay of area officers ...
Article : 102 wordsO.T. has some similar properties to Gin, and is most beneficial for Ladies when weeding a stimulant. The Palatability of Gin blended with O.T. is a revelation. There ...
Article : 113 wordsSen.-constable Scott, of Gilgandra, and formerly of Capertee, was recently bitten by a man whom he was taking into custody. He has contracted blood poisoning ...
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Lithgow Mercury (NSW : 1898 - 1954), Mon 8 Jul 1912, Page 2
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