EXHIBITORS and members of the general public who attend the Royal Agricultural Society's Show at Elwick in October will find a transformed ground. The scheme ...
Article : 649 wordsResidents of King Island have donated two complete Australian-built ambulances, of a total value of £1,000, to the Red Cross Society. The total of the Tasmanian fund is ...
Article : 513 wordsWELL on the way to completion, the new covered grandstand on the Royal Showground at Elwick is designed to accommodate 700 onlookers. The new offices of the show secretary may be seen on the left. The covered grands land is being erected on a new location to the north-east of the old structure. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 59 wordsINSURANCE policies totalling £1,395 were held on the building and contents of the North Esk Rowing Club's sheds, which were practically gutted by a fire on Thursday. The ...
Article : 172 wordsPROBLEMS arising from the war will be considered at a combined meeting of members of the Retail Traders' Association at Launceston on July 23. The agenda will ...
Article : 281 wordsVoting figures at the recent State elections of the Tasmanian branch of the Australian Railways Union indicate that the poll was less than 40 per cent. ...
Article : 128 words"The emphasis placed on governmental expenditure in recent discussions of financial problems." says the monthly summary of business conditions issued by the National ...
Article : 224 wordsA START has now been made to widen Hampden Rd. at its junction with the Southern side of ...
Article : 113 wordsThe following additional interest-free Hans and a gift of interest for war purposes were received yesterday at the Commonwealth ...
Article : 64 wordsConsideration of a scheme to improve footpaths at Bridgewater was given at the Brighton Council meeting on Thursday. Mr. J. L. Fowler, engineer for the ...
Article : 377 wordsAt a largely attended meeting at the residence of Mr. C. H. Geard, Lachlan, on Thursday afternoon, a branch of the Country Women's Association was formed. There ...
Article : 154 wordsCycle retailers who also do repairs are now included in the schedule of reserved occupation under the Military Service Act at the age of 25, reports the Birmington Office ...
Article : 153 wordsSEVERAL prominent citizens have set an example of saving petrol by not using motor-cars unless necessary. One of the first was ...
Article : 111 wordsMr. G. Bignell, who has retired after 32 years of service with the Clarence Council, was bidden farewell by councillors and leading residents at a function at Bellerive on ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 212 wordsMr. W. J. MacMichael, a member of the staff of the English, Scottish, and Australian Bank at Huonville for the past five years, left Huonville on Thursday for Hobart. where ...
Article : 81 wordsAt a meeting of the council of the Hobart Technical College last night, the Minister for Education (Mr. Ogilvie) introduced the Honorary Minister (Mr. McDonald), who ...
Article : 52 wordsGEEVESTON.—An American tea was held on Wednesday at Geeveston at the residence of Mrs. W. H. Burgess, in aid of Red Cross funds. Mrs. Burgess was assisted by ...
Article : 1,953 wordsFrom sub-branches of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League throughout Tasmania applications for enrolment in the R.S.L. Volunteer Defence Corps are coming ...
Article : 94 wordsAt the half-yearly meeting in Hobart of Hope of Tasmania Lodge, P.A.F.S.A., over which the W.M., Bro. W. Belcher, presided, the following officers were installed: W.M., ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 145 wordsSix new cycle parks to meet the needs of those who have taken to cycling since the war are included in a review by the National Committee on Cycling of the provision now ...
Article : 196 wordsTo provide more money for road maintenance the Brighton Council at a meeting at Pontville on Thursday decided to increase the road rate to 1/6 in the £. ...
Article : 86 wordsAn ex-husband eager to find a steady husband for his former wife so that the husband of the first part will be relieved of the obligation of paying alimony to the wife of ...
Article : 358 wordsFreely adapted from "Me and My Girl," the musical comedy that took London by storm, "The Lambeth Walk" is a show with a thousand laughs. It stars Lupino Lane, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 61 words"The police are having a lot of trouble with men riding bicycles on which there are no bells." said Sgt. R. J. Betts in the Hobart Police Court on Monday. The Bench was ...
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Advertising : 48 wordsWilliam Barrell, roadmender, had two obsessions in life—work and thrift. When he started work in his native place— Tarrington. Herefordshire—in 1894, he ...
Article : 245 wordsDESCRIBED by the Warden (Mr. R. H. Hooper) as an event unique in the history of King Island was the presentation to the ...
Article : 175 wordsGene Autry, the sinning cowboy, won many new fans by his performance in "South of the Border, and that show was undoubtedly his best. The title song number was a ...
Article : 317 wordsI make no apology for employing an Americanism to describe aptly "His Girl Friday." This Columbia special is one of the raciest, slickest comedies in months. It gets away ...
Article : 350 wordsInvitations shortly will be issued by the Lord Mayor (Mr. J. Soundy, M.H.A.) and Lady Mayoress to a ball and bridge evening on August 27. The ...
Article : 48 wordsA motor-car valued at £250, and owned by Mr. R. Picone, of Huonville, was destroyed by fire near Judbury on Thursday. Mr. Picone was travelling to the Russell River when ...
Article : 58 wordsLONDON, July 12.—The Secretary for India (Mr. Amery). in the House of Commons, said that the Indian leader, Subhas Chandra Bose, was ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 13 Jul 1940, Page 7
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