These notes are issued every week under the personal supervision of the Hon. J. L. Trefle, Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experiments of the ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Lithgow Unionists' Strike Prisoners' Release Committee is making efforts to procure the immediate liberation of W. G. Hatton from gaol. A meeting will be held ...
Article : 213 wordsMr. John James' spacious business premises at this season of the year have been specially prepared for Yuletide. The attention of the ladies is directed to the large ...
Article : 339 wordsMr. Sid. Baumashe, of the Hotel Lansdowne, came to our town scarcely three months ago with kindly recommendations from the old Court House Hotel, Dubbo ...
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Advertising : 687 wordsIn the November number of the Victorian "Journal of Agriculture," the Agricultural Superintendent for that State discusses manurial problems, indicating especially the ...
Article : 280 wordsMr. A. J. Northey specialises on tailoring, and by devoting the whole of his attention to this alone is able to give unqualified satisfaction to his numerous ...
Article : 75 wordsA railway re-union and smoke concert was held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Saturday night, and proved a great success. About eighty employees, representing all ...
Article : 232 words"Major" Duncan is the local agent for Speedwell and Conqueror bicycles, and during the 14 months that he has occupied the position he has made himself popular ...
Article : 65 wordsThe department gives a word of warning to poultry keepers, who, in their desire to obtain the cheapest poultry feed, purchase smutted wheat. A case occurred recently ...
Article : 113 wordsThe first speech day since the re-opening of Cooerwull Academy was held under favorable circumstances in the dining hall of the Academy on Monday afternoon. There ...
Article : 1,532 wordsThe Teachers' Conference on Tuesday discussed a motion passed by the Lithgow association some time back, namely: "That, given equal teaching efficiency, the ...
Article : 251 wordsAre bran, pollard, and other cereal products benefited by scalding before they are fed to poultry ? That question, often asked the poultry expert, was put directly to ...
Article : 79 wordsThis old and excellently equipped establishment has enjoyed a year of distinct prosperity, despite the vagaries that characterised the stock market during the past ...
Article : 105 wordsShould tubers from an early crop of potatoes be fully ripe before being planted for a second crop in the same season ? The reply of the department's officers to ...
Article : 138 words"One of the apiarist's best assets is a complete set of straight, strong combs," says the department's demonstrator in apiaculture, and to obtain them the ...
Article : 170 wordsAlways a central and popular house the "Central,"' under the management of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Kelly, has rapidly developed into one of the best recognised houses ...
Article : 83 words"In a good red--soil wheat paddock I have a patch of ground from, which all the top soil has been washed away. What is left is red clay, which I cannot do ...
Article : 170 wordsThough established only a few years, Mr. F. R. Father has sprung into the forefront of western butchers, by reason of supplying only the primest beef and mutton, pork ...
Article : 91 wordsOf the three kinds of inmates of every normal hive, the drone is the least important; his single mission is the fertilisation of virgin queens. Bees nesting in a tree ...
Article : 161 wordsAt this festive time of the year Mr. A. J. Walker, cash grocer, has been very busy sending out large stocks of Xmas groceries, to his many customers. Mr. Walker ...
Article : 114 wordsSix years ago Mr. Burgess, a New Zealand farmer, started testing his dairy herd, and an account of his experience appears in the "Journal of Agriculture" of the ...
Article : 142 wordsThe regular monthly meeting of the board of the above society was held on Wednesday night. Mr. G. F. Taylor, J.P., presided, and there were present: Ald. Slattery ...
Article : 179 wordsThe stationery and fancy goods store of Mr. A. W. Cockerton is just now looking its brightest--with a big array of highclass goods. The windows present a most ...
Article : 84 wordsThis old Lithgow landmark was never more popular than it is to-day, under the supervision of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Milligan, who came here just a year ago. ...
Article : 96 wordsThis farmer estimates that improvement will continue, because in the period under review an exceptional number of heifers was introduced to replace culls. The herd ...
Article : 129 wordsThe annual children's concert was held in the local temple on Tuesday night, but, owing to it not having been advertised, the attendance was very poor. The ...
Article : 265 wordsHarvey C. Smith, plumber, has during the two years he has been in Lithgow built up a large trade in plumbing and gasfitting generally. Having obtained the ...
Article : 120 wordsA distinctly interesting and useful discussion was that which was provoked at a recent meeting of the Coonabarabran branch of the Agricultural Bureau. The question ...
Article : 206 wordsThis firm, has laid in a very extensive range of goods suitable for Xmas and New Year presents. The windows have been made very attractive with electroplated and ...
Article : 85 wordsMr. F. C. Barham's work as a dentist it known throughout the district for its excellence. He claims that while materials have gone up in all directions, his ...
Article : 60 wordsThe branch passed a resolution asking the Department of Agriculture to furnish information as to the best methods of cating inferior grasses and introducing ...
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Lithgow Mercury (NSW : 1898 - 1954), Fri 20 Dec 1912, Page 6
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