Demanding closer scrutiny of defence works contracts let by the Commonwealth, the Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Curtin) to-night alleged that serious abuses, involving large unnecessary expenditure on works, were being ...
Article : 321 wordsMiss D. Nelson, a New Zealand visitor, riding Mr. J. J. Gatenby's Red Sails at Longford yesterday. Later Miss Nelson had a fall which necessitated her removal to hospital. —Burrows. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 34 wordsSince the outbreak of war, the Australian Navy has taken over more than 30 merchant vessels, ranging in ...
Article : 215 wordsThe German crew of the steamer Heligoland mutinied when ordered to sail for Hamburg. They claimed there was ...
Article : 63 wordsThe appointment of an investment control board was announced by the Federal Government to-day. It will be known as the advisory board on investments, and, according to the official announcement by the Assistant Treasurer (Mr. ...
Article : 509 wordsCertificates will be issued to men who wish, to enlist in the defence forces, but are required in industry, ...
Article : 342 wordsThe Turkish Premier (Refik Saydam) announced to-day that the negotiations with the Soviet failed because the ...
Article : 334 wordsAbout this time last year I published a note concerning a very prolific strain of Corriedale which belongs to Mr. Claude Evans, of Wyena. ...
Article : 237 wordsNothwithstanding the efforts by the Commonwealth Government to regulate prices during the war, substantial rises in a number of commodities during September— the first complete month of the war—were revealed to-day by ...
Article : 261 wordsThe Germans seized three Finnish ships near the Aaland Islands. The Scandinavic and Tarmo, bound for Holland, were taken to Kiel, and the ...
Article : 175 wordsThe Associated Agents report that at Cooee sale yesterday there was a light supply of fat cattle, for which competition was keen and prices firmer. Most ...
Article : 658 wordsMEMORIAL SERVICE—A large congregation attended the Cressy Methodist Church on Sunday morning when Rev. F. Woolhouse conducted a service ...
Article : 956 wordsThe naval authorities are probing the fate of the Myoko Maru, which is missing off Vladivostok after fragmentary wireless messages indicating that it was ...
Article : 39 wordsPRESENTATION—The stall of the Beaconsfield Post Office assembled on Saturday morning to say farewell to Mr. Colin Laing, who has been ...
Article : 308 wordsThe French press has been commenting with approval on the promptness and candour of the British announcements, whether good news or ...
Article : 147 wordsAn increase in the price of petrol in England, although it has been taken as an indication of a rise in other British countries, has not yet been followed ...
Article : 137 wordsRED CROSS—A public meeting was held in the Presbyterian Pavilion, Hagley, to consider ways and means of supporting the Red Cross appeal. The ...
Article : 273 words"The Times" Rotterdam correspondent says Germany is apparently bargaining for conditions in the east which would facilitate carrying on the war in the west, but Russia is believed to be putting up very stiff terms. ...
Article : 432 words"Up the Republic" shouted John Evans, John Gibson. Daniel Jordan, and James Oregan as they left the dock after having been sentenced to 20 ...
Article : 75 words"The Times" says Stockholm newspapers report an epidemic of suicides in the Baltic states because many Germans prefer ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Federal Government is not likely to introduce daylight saving in Australia. The full Federal Cabinet considered the ...
Article : 52 wordsNo permits will be issued for the exportation of sheepskins until a scheme has been adopted to supply Australian fellmongers with adequate supplies. ...
Article : 59 wordsA Sydney businessman, who made a hectic escape from Germany after Great Britain's declaration of war, arrived in ...
Article : 242 wordsWhen he fell down a companion way on a ship at Hobart to-day, Harry Woods (51), a seaman, believed to reside on the mainland, suffered head ...
Article : 46 wordsAlthough several Federal Ministers recently have advocated that the Federal Government take over certain functions from the State Governments, ...
Article : 155 wordsThe Grand Mufti of Jerus[?]em is reported to have escaped from Lebanon. where he was exiled. ...
Article : 25 wordsPig production was the subject of a talk by Mr. R. W. Wilson (Agricultural Officer) at the monthly meeting of the Lilydale branch of the Tasmanian ...
Article : 236 wordsIn the Oatlands Police Court on Tuesday, Bertha Grace Appleby, of Launceston, claimed £7/12/10 from James George Scott, of Whitefoord, for ...
Article : 228 wordsAn amendment of the wheat acquisition regulations gazetted to-night extends the power of the Australian Wheat Board to enable it to purchase ...
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Advertising : 28 wordsNobody regretted missing the Longford Show more than Mrs. J. R. Alcock, of Silver Springs, Needles. For 30 years she and her husband looked ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Thu 19 Oct 1939, Page 7
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