On Monday the Lord Mayor submitted Iris proposals for settlement in a now form. These were:-- "(1) That the men must get back to work ...
Article : 388 wordsSome exciting scones were witnessed in Lithgow shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon, when 102 volunteer laborers, accompanied by a number of police, arrived to work ...
Article : 251 wordsSix German seaplanes raided the south east coast of England on Sunday night, proceeding as far as Chatham. They dropped, bombs on the Isle of Thanet, Sheerness, and the ...
Article : 121 wordsAlthough arrangements were hurriedly made to tender a farewell "smoko" and presentation to Sapper John Kline, quite 60 members of the Federated Engine Drives ...
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Advertising : 96 wordsWord was received from Queensland on Monday that there was a menace of famine, throughout the Gulf district. This is due to the failure of the regular steamship service from ...
Article : 331 wordsSir Douglas Haig reports the advancing of the British lines north east of St. Julian, and a successful raid to the north of Lens, besides the repulsing of raiders. ...
Article : 35 wordsA wireless Russian official message says:-- We evacuated the region of Riga and blow up the fortifications and defences. The retirement continues. The enemy dislodgd our ...
Article : 214 wordsThe new proposals submitted by the Lord Mayor for settlement of the lamentable strike differ only in detail from the terms laid down by the Government. In their amplified form ...
Article : 345 wordsAt the Cabinet meeting this morning the fullest consideration was given to the correspondence with the Lord Mayor, after which Ministers concurred that no good purpose ...
Article : 54 wordsThe Lord Mayor stated yesterday that he had had no communication, in answer to his latest proposals, from cither side. "There seems to be," Ald. Meagher went ...
Article : 172 wordsUp to date, including men sent to Lithgow today, the National Bureau, has engaged 800 men for the mines. The output, it is reported, is steadily increasing. ...
Article : 39 wordsThe Admiralty reports that naval aircraft carried out bombing attacks on submarine shelters, railway station, etc., at Bruges, causing fire. They also bombed several ...
Article : 51 wordsThe Department of Labor and Industry announces that a trade union, the registration of which has been cancelled, has no power to sue for members' subscriptions. ...
Article : 30 wordsThe largest procession to date, followed by a crowded meeting of unionists and citizens, took place yesterday afternoon. The processionists numbered about 450 and carried two ...
Article : 1,713 wordsAbout 500 members or the Gas Employees' Union marched from Burwood this morning to Sydney, and there joined a big procession to the Domain, where speeches were delivered. ...
Article : 33 wordsGerman aeroplanes attacked Dunkirk, Calais, and in the region of Duneville, north of Nancy. There were several casualties at Calais. ...
Article : 26 wordsThomas Bowan, a member of the L.W.W. was today sentenced to six mouths' imprisonment. This makes the 61st conviction since Friday. ...
Article : 26 wordsCabinet has not yet considered the Lord Mayor's latest proposals, but Ministers unofficially state that, they are not acceptable. The Defence Committee says the ...
Article : 87 wordsQuite 70 members of the Vale of Clwydd miners' lodge assembled in the top room of the Trades Hall on Monday for the purpose of bidding farewell to one of their number-- ...
Article : 862 wordsThe trades union congress at Blackheath has decided against attendance at a Stockholm congress, by 2,849,000 votes to 91,000. Mr. Havelock Wilson, seamen's, secretary, ...
Article : 52 wordsThe tramway strikers are holding a meeting in the Protestant Hall to further consider their position. During the past 48 hours 120 tramway men ...
Article : 44 wordsThe volunteer workers in Sydney now number 5883, the majority of whom are in work today. About 200 arrived in Sydney this morning. ...
Article : 28 wordsAn Italian official message reports that 30 aeroplanes bombed military works and naval establishments at Pola and Fasnna canal. Nine tons of bombs were dropped. ...
Article : 27 wordsDean Talbot denies the rumor, that he intends to resign from the church and enter politics, but added that if he were not a clergyman he would certainly be a politician, ...
Article : 48 wordsThe inquest on Mervyn Flanagan was continued this morning, when further details as to the events leading up to the shooting wore narrated ...
Article : 30 wordsThe annual meeting of the Oberon A.M. and P. Society will be held in the pavilion on Saturday, at. 2 p.m., and the stallion parade will take place on September 22, at 3 p.m. ...
Article : 923 wordsThe French report minor engagements in the region of Huerteboise. ...
Article : 15 wordsGerald Austin Keys was charged with having, been drunk on September 1. He pleaded guilty and was lined 10s or 48 hours in Lithgow lockup. ...
Article : 43 wordsThe latest report from Cullen Bullen runs: A full day's work was put in at the Invincible colliery, Cullen Bullen, yesterday by the volunteers sent by the Government, and ...
Article : 193 wordsMr. Beeby states that the volunteer, workers at the gas works, the wharves, and on the railways and tramways are forming new unions to take the place of those the ...
Article : 40 wordsThe Servian Press Bureau has appealed to the Allies to help to save the unfortunate Servian population. It describes their position as deplorable and states that the enemy ...
Article : 75 wordsAltogether 5375 strikers have resumed work, while 3000 new hands have been, employed in connection with the railways and tramways. ...
Article : 200 wordsLithgow "Mercury'' Newspaper Co., v. H. Lynne. Claim for £1 10s 7d, newspaper subscription. There was no appearance of defendant, and after the debt had been proved ...
Article : 56 wordsField Marshal Haig reports that the enemy heavily attacked the British advance posts south east of Havrineourt. The British were compelled to withdraw but recaptured the ...
Article : 193 wordsA pleasing little function was initiated and carried out by two scholars, Gwen. Sheppeard aud Marjorie Wheeler, at the public school. The object was to raise funds to provide the ...
Article : 125 wordsOwing to diminishing supplies of oil, and inability, to replenish the stocks, the forge room at the small arms factory has had to be closed down. The assistant manager has, ...
Article : 117 wordsMr. Justice Higgins in the Arbitration Court today struck out the plaint of the Federated Ironworkers' Association against numerous employers in the different States on the ...
Article : 480 wordsA well attended meeting of all sections of Eskbank railway mon was held at the Trades Hall on Monday. Business of a routine nature was disposed of, while letters read from ...
Article : 49 wordsA Russian official message says:--"Owing to the threatening, situation the Riga region has been abandoned. Westward of Riga we the line Bildewslingsh of ...
Article : 161 wordsA public meeting was held at Kandos on Saturday evening, when a large muster of industrialists attended. It was decided by all unions present that local beer be ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 57 wordsThe 335th list of Australian war casualties, containing 899 names, was issued on Monday, The list gives the names of 241 killed in action and 18 who have died of wounds and other ...
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Lithgow Mercury (NSW : 1898 - 1954), Wed 5 Sep 1917, Page 2
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