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Advertising : 136 wordsReginald Wearne was before the police court, to-day, charged with feloniously slaying Mervyn Flanagan, whilst James Flanagan, said to be a brother of the deceased, was charged ...
Article : 85 wordsTwo voluntary workers, Reginald Wenrne and Charles Thorpe, were driving lorries at Camperdown when they were attacked and assaulted by a mob. Wearne fired, the ...
Article : 80 wordsTom Barker and seven other members of the I.W.W. were sentenced to six- months' imprisonment without the option of a fine ...
Article : 32 wordsAn Italian official message says:--We drove back several counter-attacks which were endeavoring to retake positions on the Bainsizza plateau. We maintained our positions ...
Article : 203 wordsThe Government hopes to have eight collieries working inside a fortnight. The collieries concerned and their approximate daily output are as follows: Wallarah, 1000 tons ...
Article : 280 wordsIt is reported to-day that two thousand men have volunteered since last week at the Government Bureau. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe western miners held another mass meeting yesterday morning, when a report in regard to federation matters was presented by the president, who had been in Sydney for ...
Article : 89 wordsThe later details indicate that a number of men, alleged to be carters out on strike, attacked the lorries in Bridge-road, Camperdown, close to the children's hospital, ...
Article : 650 wordsOn the Western front the British have made an advance of over 2000 yards astride the St. Julien-Poelcapell road. The French communique reports ...
Article : 364 wordsSeveral additional arrests have been made at Broken Hill. Timothy William McCrystal, president of the Wharf Laborers' Union, was arrested to ...
Article : 55 wordsIt was reported yesterday from the Mountains, that there was a probability of a number of Lithgow railway men making applications for reinstatement. Inquiry was made ...
Article : 240 wordsA mass meeting of eight unions--the amalgamated engineers, Australian engineers, boilermakers, moulders, federated ironworkers, blacksmiths, electrical trades and iron, steel, ...
Article : 530 wordsNo surprise was expressed yesterday by local minors in regard to the pit first chosen as a "voluntary labor mine," namely the Invincible at Cullen Bullen. The fact that ...
Article : 123 wordsM. Venizelos stated in the Greek Chamber that before the first Dardanelles attack Gallipoli was defended by only 6000 Turks. If, as desired, they had been allowed to send one ...
Article : 55 wordsAmerica is building a fleet of greater proportions than it was over hoped for, according to a correspondent. He adds that there is no fear that the possibilities of peace will ...
Article : 90 wordsThe equipment for the accommodation of the voluntary workers who are to work the Invincible colliery, at Cullen Bullen went through, to Wallerawang last night, and was ...
Article : 94 wordsTwenty-one patients were in the Lithgow hospital yesterday. There were none in the isolation ward. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Brockbank, sen., have ...
Article : 1,231 wordsA signalman returned to duty on Wednesday. Some of the men appeared to be restless and anxious on Tuesday morning, but at a meeting in the afternoon, at which Lithgow ...
Article : 384 wordsGeneral Maurice says that much depends upon whether General Cadorna can make his new preparations before the Austrian, reserves can arrive. Although there are no dramatic ...
Article : 257 wordsIn the Assembly on Wednesday Mr. Cochran asked the Acting Premier if he had seen a statement published impugning his (Mr. Fuller's) veracity when he said that the ...
Article : 216 wordsThe Admiralty has issued the following report of British shipping movements for the week ended August 26:--Arrivals, 2629; departures, 2680; vessels over 1600 tons sunk, ...
Article : 56 wordsField Marshal Haig reports:--"We successfully raided enemy positions, to the northeastward, of Gonzeaucourt, and to the southwestward of Hulluch. We captured a strong ...
Article : 67 wordsThe following statement, which was made available by the Chief Commissioner (Mr. Fraser) yesterday morning, shows the number of strikers who have been re-employed, and ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Acting Premier expressed regret at the incident. He had hoped that this deplorable hold-up of the services of the State would have passed away without any occurrence of ...
Article : 195 wordsThe "Evening News" states, on the highest authority, that the great storm has disastrously affected the British wheat crops. The position is serious, and will, necessitate most ...
Article : 38 wordsAn Italian official message reports:-- "Having overcome the enemy rearguards on the Bainsizza Plateau, we are attacking the powerful line, which the enemy is defending ...
Article : 80 wordsReuter's Petrograd correspondent says that Russian troops occupied the Parliamentary buildings at Helsingfors. They, prevented Socialist and other deputies from attending the ...
Article : 53 wordsThe police and a procession of strikers came into collision outside Federal Parliament House yesterday afternoon. The police used their batons freely in dispersing the crowd. ...
Article : 65 wordsAs a consequence of the action of the minors in ceasing work, the whole of the works are practically closed, a few hands, remaining on to gradually run down the retorts. All ...
Article : 156 wordsA correspondent with the Roumanians says: -- "The Roumanians, though outnumbered by 3 to 1, successfully, resisted the attempts to cross the river. The enemy losses were ...
Article : 144 wordsThe Inspector General of Police has received word that a shot-gun was fired at a fettlers' camp at Parkes. None of the men wore injured. ...
Article : 474 wordsIt is learned by the Government, that the employees of the Australian' Gaslight' Co. intend to strike on Monday rather than handle coal secured by free labor. Mr. Fuller states ...
Article : 88 wordsSir,--I have been reading various letters which have appeared in your columns re this industrial upheaval. Some think the men don't know what they are on strike over. ...
Article : 549 wordsThe Lord Mayor of Sydney has agreed to mediate in connection with the strike, but the Government declines to recede from its former derision. ...
Article : 28 wordsA Red Cross spinning guild has been fanned and good wool is being spun. The knitters are already using it for caps, bed socks, mitts, and mufflers. The society is not asking for ...
Article : 188 wordsSir,--Having spent 60 years among shearers and workers of very many kinds, it is up to me to know a bit about strikes, etc. I was never in a big strike, but I have several times ...
Article : 217 wordsTom Barker, who is well-known in Lithgow, was arrested at the headquarters of the I.W.W. yesterday afternoon,together with another man. He was charged with being a ...
Article : 41 wordsIn the Federal Arbitration Court yesterday Mr. Justice Higgins withdrew the clause in the award, giving preference to unionists on the water fronts of Sydney, Melbourne, and ...
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Lithgow Mercury (NSW : 1898 - 1954), Fri 31 Aug 1917, Page 4
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