The Potato Export Committee had nothing whatever to do with the importation of New Zealand potatoes, said Prof. D. B. Copland. Commonwealth Prices Commissioner, in an ...
Article : 374 wordsThe annual meeting of the Northern Tasmanian sub-district of the Australian Journalists' Association was held at Launceston on Saturday. Officers elected were: ...
Article : 140 wordsThe funeral of Mr. Albert Francis Archer, of Huntworth, Jericho, took place at Oatlands on Saturday. A brief service, attended by close friends and relatives, was held at ...
Article : 315 wordsLONDON, August 11.—The King yesterday inspected 4,000 members of the Home Guard. This was the biggest parade of this citizen military force yet held. All ...
Article : 149 wordsA demonstration of waterfront fire fighting was given on Saturday, when the Government yacht Premier, equipped as a fire float, appeared in a new role. The five streams of water shown in the upper part of the picture ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Advertising : 106 wordsFollowing tha lead given by Bridgewater branch, members of the New Norfolk branch of the Southern Tasmanian Licensed Anglers Association decided at the annual ...
Article : 211 wordsLONDON, August 11.—The German News Agency's latest story of "British panic" is that British are frightened that the architect who erected the ...
Article : 62 wordsMr. Charles F. Monds, a widely known figure in public life and community service in Launceston, died suddenly at his home. Adelaide St., Launceston, yesterday. Mr. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 427 wordsLONDON, August 11.—The Overseas League has given a hostage to Providence by inviting members of His Majesty's forces from overseas to attend a tea party ...
Article : 64 wordsThe policy of co-operation by Hobart musical bodies in organising patriotic concerts was amply justified on Saturday by the excellence of the programme given in the City ...
Article : 487 wordsAbout 200 old boys of the Hutchins School have enlisted for service overseas, said the headmaster (Mr. J. R. O. Harris) at the annual dinner at Hadley's Hotel. Hobart, ...
Article : 227 wordsMANILA, August 11.—The Philippines Assembly passed the Emergency Powers Bill, granting the President (Dr. Quezon) control of virtually every branch of ...
Article : 69 wordsWASHINGTON, August 11.—The Secretary to the Treasury (Mr. Morgenthau) forecast a record peace-time deficit of approximately 5,700,000,000 dollars ...
Article : 57 wordsLONDON, August 11.—The flying boat, Clare, has completed her round Atlantic trip to New York which began a week ago. Her flying time for the journey from ...
Article : 75 wordsMELBOURNE, August 11.—"Let us unite in our resolve that a new order shall be born of this agony," said Prof. Walter Murdoch in a national broadcast on "The ...
Article : 144 wordsWhen she grasped a live wire which was lying on the road, Edna May Westerway (16) was electrocuted at Zeehan on Saturday. ...
Article : 116 wordsMr. James Anthony Leeper, a native of Wollongong (N.S.W.) died suddenly at Hobart on Friday. Mr. Leeper arrived in Tasmania some time ago, and purchased a ...
Article : 59 wordsMELBOURNE, August 11.—Sales of wheat and flour for oversea destinations though making some headway were falling behind the expected programme, said ...
Article : 105 wordsLONDON, August 11.—Since war began New Zealand has sent the Royal Air Force 300 trained pilots and non-commissioned officers, and there are now between ...
Article : 79 wordsThe president (Mr. S. Weaving) on Saturday presided over the 33rd annual meeting of delegates representative of all sections of the Southern Tasmanian Friendly Societies' ...
Article : 137 wordsBRIDGEWATER.—At the annual meeting of the Bridgewater branch of the Red Cross Society the president (Mrs. D. James) presided. The secretary (Mrs. Ivo Taylor) ...
Article : 491 wordsSYDNEY, August 11.—More Sydney detectives arrived at Wollongong tonight to augment the already large force searching for a burglar who shot dead William ...
Article : 62 wordsOATLANDS.—A dance organised by Mrs. N. V. Saltmarsh, and Mrs. J. Fish to assist Mrs. Saltmarsh's candidate in the Popular Boy competition to raise funds for the ...
Article : 164 wordsCANBERRA, August 11.—Registrations of new cars and commercial venicles declined by almost 50 per cent during June compared with May, according to the ...
Article : 95 wordsCHUNGKING, August 11.—There were about 1,000 casualties, mostly civilians, when 100 Japanese aeroplanes bombed Chungking. ...
Article : 69 wordsLONDON, August 11.—A German aeroplane machine-gunned a high-speed Royal Air Force launch, which was going to the rescue of the survivors of a merchantman ...
Article : 70 wordsZURICH, August 11.—The casualties in the disastrous munition works explosion at Piancenza (Italy) were 600 workers and soldiers killed or severely injured. The ...
Article : 33 wordsLONDON, August 11.—Ulster has banned strikes and lock-outs for the duration of the war, and is establishing a threeman arbitration tribunal for the ...
Article : 41 wordsCANBERRA, August 11.—The only discord in the British Empire is the discord which exists between the Empire and Germany, said the Prime Minister (Mr. ...
Article : 48 wordsLONDON, August 11.—The War Office announces that the Duke of Gloucester has been appointed Chief Liaison Officer to the Home Forces. ...
Article : 26 wordsCANBERRA, August 11.—Flying arrangements which are being made for the American journalists should enable them to visit at least four States, although they ...
Article : 128 wordsHONOLULU, August 11.—The American Navy discloses that it is planning the largest naval aviation base in the Hawaiian area, comprising a 2,700-acre airport on ...
Article : 41 wordsLONDON, August 11.—The Spanish War Office has decreed the reincorporation of all officers who voluntarily retired during the past 12 months, and promises ...
Article : 36 wordsLONDON, August 11.—The "Sunday Times" says the Petain Government has ordered Syria to close her frontiers to all combatant subjects of ...
Article : 64 wordsNEW YORK, August 11.—President Roosevelt stated that it was "100 to one against" National Guardsmen or American regular Army troops being assigned ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 92 wordsBERLIN, August 11.—French ships and planes flying General de Gaulle's colours will be combated by every means, German sources state. They are said to be ...
Article : 50 wordsSYDNEY, August 11.—The Minister for the Navy (Mr. Cameron) said today that the policy of Australian manufacture of naval armament supplies, consistently ...
Article : 84 wordsBERLIN, August 11.—The Lithuanian Legation staff is defying the Russians, who are endeavouring to assume control of the Lithuanian Legation. The ...
Article : 61 wordsMELBOURNE, August 11.—The appointment of Emeritus Professor W. A. Osborne, of Melbourne, as honorary adviser on dieteties in the ...
Article : 67 wordsWhen a cat ran in front of the motor-cycle on which Ronald Bradshaw (20). of Molesworth, was riding up Elizabeth St. near Tasma St. last night, the motor-cyclist ...
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