To-day's market quotations:--Maize 4s 5d, to 4s 6d, oats 3s to 3s 4d, onions £20, potatoes £4 10s to £11, eggs(case),10d, now laid 11d, honey 4d to 512d, beeswax 1s 8d to 1s 9d. ...
Article : 50 wordsThe third great push on a wide front cast of Ypres began yesterday morning. Progress is satisfactory. Heavy fighting was still proceeding yesterday afternoon. The ...
Article : 139 wordsThe remains of the late Pte. Joseph King, whose death at the Lithgow hospital was reported in Wednesday's issue, were interred in the Catholic portion of the general cemetery ...
Article : 485 wordsThe position in regard to the employment of coal miners, though it has not improved to any great extent since Wednesday, yet now shows prospect, as was generally anticipated, ...
Article : 849 wordsOfficial intimation was received here of the and finely acted. June Caprice played in the death in action of Pte. J. Summers, a local volunteer. Private Summers loft here in June ...
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Advertising : 117 wordsThere was an unusual development in the Guiot divorce suit to-day, when Mr. Justice Gordon said he intended to reopen the case in order to recall Madame Guiot and Colonel ...
Article : 159 wordsA report from Newcastle this week ran:-- The minutes submitted by the Coal and Shale Federation Council to the delegate boards and the lodges, on which the lodges of ...
Article : 126 wordsAdvice has been received that Pte. L. L., Gullen, son of Mr. William Cullen, grazier, of Lowther and brother of Mr. James Cullen, of the small, arms factory, was killed in action ...
Article : 98 wordsReuter's correspondent at headquarters, emphasising the importance of the fact that we retained the gains won in the recent push, says that in this war to take a position is one ...
Article : 210 wordsIt Was hoped that the Hon. W. A. Watt,u who was in Yetholme on Wednesday, would be able to visit Lithgow this week in fulfilment of his promise to personally inquire into ...
Article : 124 wordsMr. and Mrs. Thos. Doig, Hermitage Flat, have received the following official communication in regard to their son:-- "It is now reported that Pte. Leslie Doig admitted 16th ...
Article : 117 wordsThe executive of the Amalgamated Railway, and Tramway Service Association has prepared a list of alleged victimised ex-railway employees. The number for Eskbank are:-- ...
Article : 63 wordsThe Acting-Premier last night reviewed the general strike position, which, he said, was still full of difficulties. The Government will at once proceed with its amendment of the ...
Article : 346 wordsIn last issue it was stated that Sapper Arthur Leslie Hodder, who was killed in action in France on September 18, was a son of Mr. W. Hodder, of South Bowenfels. The name ...
Article : 52 wordsThere were 10, patients in the Lithgow hospital yesterday. Nicholle's Blue House is noted for its good values in Footwear. 0 ...
Article : 1,436 wordsPremier Holman, speaking to a gathering of Chicago business men, said while Australia was the most poace- loving of all nations, and had the least to gain, yet she had entered ...
Article : 76 wordsGerald Austin Keys was charged with having been guilty of riotous behaviour in Main-street the previous night. He pleaded guilty, and after evidence by Constable Smith was ...
Article : 135 wordsWhen it was decided by the general committee two or three weeks ago to postpone the local Eight-Hour demonstration, the secretary immediately advised both the Chief ...
Article : 179 wordsA wireless Russian semi-offiicial message, from general headquarters socks to allay the uneasiness in the Allied press regarding Russia's inability to fulfil her duty as an ally. ...
Article : 247 wordsMr. Phillip, Gibbs telegraphs that the artillery battle round Ypres continues fierce on both sides. Rain foil on Tuesday, and the ground in craterland is already sticky again, ...
Article : 632 wordsA large house viewed the screening of the full Fox programme at the Trades Hall on Wednesday night. The star drama, "A Child of the Wilds," was a romantic story of merit ...
Article : 285 wordsAsked yesterday what the direct cost of the strike had been, Mr. Fuller stated that he could not give definite information at present. "There is no doubt that the loss is very ...
Article : 72 wordsSeven out of the 12 collieries on the South Coast started work on Wednesday, but not with full complements of men. Twenty-four collieries were working in the ...
Article : 263 wordsIt has been decided to close the branches of the National Service Bureau in Newcastle and Wollongong. The city bureau, however, will be continued. ...
Article : 177 wordsReuter's Amsterdam correspondent states that Count Czern, speaking at a banquet at Buda Pesth, said: "Now that we have dispelled the idea that Austro-Hungary is in a ...
Article : 266 wordsDuring the quarter ended September 30 there were only 94 births in the Lithgow police patrol district, which is a much smaller number than usual. Included in the number were ...
Article : 56 wordsThe miners lately employed at the Commonwealth Portland Cement Company's Ivanhoe mine held a meeting this afternoon when it was decided by a majority to go to work ...
Article : 106 wordsAt a meeting of the subscribers of the Hunter River District Red Cross Convalescent Home it was decided to send the 30 beds with their lockers, strips of carpet, and chairs, ...
Article : 131 wordsNumerous questions were asked of Ministers on Wednesday in the Assembly in connection with the resumption of work in the mines. The Minister for Mines (Mr. Fitzpatrick) stated ...
Article : 354 wordsThe Carcoar iron mine are still idle. As soon as the strike commenced the train service to the mine was cut off, but the men were kept at work for two or three weeks after ...
Article : 77 wordsThe 340th Australian casualty list is a heavy one. It contains the names of 347 killed, 213 wounded, 210 sick, and 19 prisoners of war. The total casualties are 34 ...
Article : 73 wordsA hitch has occurred in the industrial position here. The miners turned up at the tunnel month on Tuesday morning and signified their willinguess to go to work on the ...
Article : 107 wordsThe British Cabinet has practically decided to establish an air Ministry. It is expected that England will shortly be in a position a to carry out extensive air reprisals on German ...
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Lithgow Mercury (NSW : 1898 - 1954), Fri 5 Oct 1917, Page 4
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