An interesting ceremony took place at the blast furnaces on Saturday morning, when Mr. Walter Simpson, chief engineer, was made the recipient of a presentation on behalf of ...
Article : 406 wordsThe employees at the small arms factory are by no means reassured by Senator Millen's statement that he has the Prime Minister's assurance that no extensive dismissals have ...
Article : 431 wordsThe third annual dinner of the N.S.W. Railway and Tramway Officers' Association was hold in Madafiglio's rooms on Saturday night. There was an attendance of about 33, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 57 wordsReuter. -- The War Office announces that Field Marshal Wilson, chief of staff, has departed for Paris, in response to an urgent summons, to consult with Marshal Foch in ...
Article : 164 wordsA message states that Captain Ross Smith is expected to land at Darwin, where all preparations have been made to give him a great reception, this afternoon. ...
Article : 31 wordsWilliam Holpon was found in his room, Bourke-street, Surry Hills, this morning with two bullet wounds in the head. He died soon after admission to the Sydney hospital. Later ...
Article : 52 wordsWhen several men in an hotel at Young were drinking the health of Constable Cartwright, he replied, "I will bet you £5 I will be dead before any of you. If this gun ...
Article : 77 wordsReuter's correspondent at Rangoon states that Poulet landed safely at Moulmein on the morning of the 8th. He intended to proceed to Bangkok on the 9th. ...
Article : 39 wordsThe correspondent of the ''Times'' at Rome states that Italy's gravest crisis is over. Most of the strikers are again working. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe State meteorologist predicts further extensive rains throughout N.S. Wales the eastern districts being the first to benefit. ...
Article : 23 wordsSir Joseph Cook, in the course of his much interrupted speech on Friday night, laid great emphasis on the inflation of the currency as the cause of high prices. It is certainly one ...
Article : 698 wordsThe "Times" Belfast correspondent states that an extraordinary outrage was disclosed at the Ulster sessions. Three men, each of whom was dressed as a woman and wearing ...
Article : 82 wordsThe election for Lord Mayor resulted yesterday in a deadlock. The voting was equal, 13 votes being recorded for Alderman Richards and 13 for Alderman Lambert. The council ...
Article : 68 wordsThe western miners' federation is at present taking a ballot for the election of a representative to the central council of the A.C. and S.E., Federation, and for three ...
Article : 158 wordsThe "Times." -- Father O'Donnell, in a letter, lengthily reiterates the charges made against him by Churchill. He states that the case has already cost thousands and he ...
Article : 45 wordsPrices of meat were last month 65.5 per cent. higher than in July, 1914, according to the New South Wales statistician's monthly statement. Other food and groceries were ...
Article : 47 wordsA ballot for the election of vice-president, steward, and seven committeemen was conducted on Saturday in connection with Lithgow Workmen's Club. There was brisk ...
Article : 279 wordsThe ''Times'' correspondent states that an amazing story of a woman spy was related at a Lille court martial. The woman kept a special staff near Antwerp where prospective ...
Article : 136 wordsSir, -- In regard to the report in Friday's issue of the "Mercury" where the ironworkers' Association claimed the living wage of £3 17s, and only received £3 12s, it is stated: ...
Article : 330 wordsThe coopers at the various breweries are now on strike, having refused to handle casks which were returned to the breweries, otherwise there is no change in the position. ...
Article : 155 wordsCaptain Ross Smith started from Sourabaya yesterday morning, but the machine became bogged. It sank down in a swampy field above the axle of the wheels. Efforts ...
Article : 296 wordsIn the course of a statement in Sydney Mr. A. C. Willis, secretary of the Coal and Shale Employees' Federation, stated, in reference to the trouble at Newnes, that as Mr. Fell ...
Article : 123 wordsCharles Tresler Nixon, a well-known Bathurst resident, is at present in the Bathurst hospital, suffering from bullet wounds. Mr. Nixon has been a sufferer from an ...
Article : 160 wordsA heavy thunderstorm visited Portland on Sunday. Although it only lasted a short time, about three-quarters of an inch of rain was recorded, which was greatly welcomed by ...
Article : 253 wordsA rather pretty wedding was celebrated in the Mort-street Methodist Church on the 29th ult., by the Rev. R. C. Oakley. The principals were Florence, third daughter of Mr. and ...
Article : 304 wordsIn view of Judge Rolin's declaration of a basic wage of £3 12s for Lithgow, members of the ironworkers' union held a largely attended meeting last night and refused to accept ...
Article : 131 wordsAn enthusiastic welcome home and presentation was accorded Ptes. S. Milton and A. Jenkins, at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. E. Milton, on Saturday night. There were ...
Article : 132 wordsThe Allies have consented to modify the protocol to the Peace Treaty, and it is expected that Germany will now sign. Mr. Lloyd George states that he hopes the ...
Article : 346 wordsThe Trades Hall ballot closes on the 13th instant., and the ballot papers must be at the hall on or before that date. Xmas Cards, the best -- Ashley's.-[?] ...
Article : 1,264 wordsA representative conference of owners and employees engaged in the N.S. Wales coal-mining industry met in Sydney on Monday and yesterday. The questions considered were ...
Article : 119 wordsThe following cases were dealt with at the Mining Warden's Court on Monday: -- Charles Agar Hansard, Bathurst, applied for authority to enter part of portion 192, ...
Article : 237 wordsMr. A. J. H. Collett, assistant returning officer, supplies the following list of officials for next Saturday's polling: -- Presiding officers: Messrs. H. W. Cook, R. R. Ward, G. ...
Article : 194 wordsAt the Parramatta Quarter Sessions yesterday, before Judge Armstrong, Leslie Joseph Foster was charged with stealing from a dwelling the sum of £10, the money of Bridget ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 81 wordsAnnie Elizabeth Morgan was charged with having been drunk in Main-street on Saturday. She was admonished and discharged. The strike of members of the Professional ...
Article : 41 wordsMr. T. Field, of Esk-street, Lithgow, and formerly of Portland, has received from the military authorities extract from the "London Gazette" of July 3, and which states that ...
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Lithgow Mercury (NSW : 1898 - 1954), Wed 10 Dec 1919, Page 2
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