CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The present phase of the war, described overseas as "The Battle of the Atlantic," was for Australia "The Battle for the Indian Ocean ...
Article : 448 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—Free French headquarters in London state that they have no knowledge of Vichy reports of attacks on French ...
Article : 412 wordsNo immediate action towards improving methods of transporting meat between the Hobart abattoirs and butchers' shops will be taken by the Hobart City ...
Article : 332 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—A percentage of members: of A.I.F. units who have been in camp for a long time may be permitted to go overseas as ...
Article : 186 wordsThe Minister for Agriculture (Mr. D'Alton) yesterday accused the Launceston City Council of having shown an utter lack of cooperation with the Government in regard to ...
Article : 489 wordsNegotiations have been opened by the Cygnet branch of the Country Women's Association to acquire its own property at Cygnet. Since the branch, which has done splendid ...
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Advertising : 281 wordsBrigadier Basil John Andrew, formerly of Launceston, has died on active service overseas. Brigadier Andrew, who was a son of the ...
Article : 182 wordsFollowing reference at a meeting of the Cygnet Council to the spread of ragwort in the municipality, special efforts are being made to eradicate it. The weed had grown ...
Article : 101 wordsThe matter already had been taken up by Tasmanian members of the Federal Parliament, irrespective of their political views, said Mr. Guy. M.H.R., at Launceston ...
Article : 169 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—There was a surprise last-minute nomination by a candidate for the King's Norton by-election for the House of Commons. It was that of ...
Article : 105 wordsBecause of the official opening by the Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) on Saturday of the new Lower Longley school, the school sports, postponed on Anzac Day because of wet ...
Article : 87 wordsJohn Denham Thomson (77), was found dead at his home, 64 Wellington St., Launceston, at 5.45 a.m. yesterday, with his throat cut. A razor was found near him. ...
Article : 65 wordsWhile offering congratulations to the New Norfolk Council on its progressive policy in the last few years, speakers at the annual council luncheon at the Freemasons Hotel, ...
Article : 461 wordsOrganised by the "Cygnet Merrymakers," a dance which realised £7/10/, was held in the Cygnet Town Hall on Monday night to augment the Lord Mayor's Air Raid ...
Article : 133 wordsWith the increase in mechanisation which has taken place in all branches of the Navy, the Service has found it more than ever essential not only to find men, but to ...
Article : 373 wordsRIO DE JANEIRO, Tuesday.—The German freighter Lech which arrived from Germany on March 3 after having run the British blockade, sailed yesterday, ...
Article : 49 wordsSuggestions that there was any laxity on the part of the police in the supervision of refugees were denied emphatically by the Commissioner of Police (Mr. Oakes), ...
Article : 125 wordsDonations yesterday to patriotic funds were: Red Cross.—Southern division: Acknowledged. £25,039/7/; Tarraleah branch of ...
Article : 193 wordsAustralia is in an excellent position to build up its egg export trade with the possibility of expansion after the war, according to Mr. W. G. Prescott, manager of the ...
Article : 156 wordsEvidence in a charge of stealing and or receiving against James Bowerman, of Cleveland, given in the Criminal Court at Hobart yesterday, disclosed that a car left on the ...
Article : 298 wordsHuman remains found yesterday on little frequented bushland on the slope beyond the Lady Franklin Museum, at Lenah Valley, are considered by the police those of Lilian Maud ...
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Advertising : 8 wordsAnglers and shooters of wild winged game will have their activities curtailed by seasonal restrictions which will come into force tomorrow. The close season for fish in ...
Article : 147 wordsROSS.—A dance organised by the sergeants of the Remount Section of Mona Vale camp, was held in the Ross Town Hall. The secretaries were W. O. K. A. Johnson and Q.M.S. ...
Article : 814 wordsInquiries were made by the South Hobart Progress Association, at a meeting of the Hobart Fire Brigade Board yesterday, as to whether a site had been acquired for a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 65 wordsTwo trophies for which points have been awarded at competitions during the season were decided at a fishing competition conducted by the New Norfolk branch of the ...
Article : 144 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—The "Daily Telegraph" says that Lloyd's Underwriters and marine insurance companies announce that the schedule of rates for voyages to ...
Article : 55 wordsA deputation comprising the Warden of Burnie (Mr. G. Wright), Messrs, A. K. McGaw, R. J. Loane, H. B. Somerset, Cr. H. A. Kirkpatrick, and Col. S. E. Joyce waited on ...
Article : 111 wordsThe Warden (Mr. H. A. Warner) was reelected for the third term at the annual meeting of the New Norfolk Council yesterday. There was no other nomination. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 213 wordsBOMBAY, Tuesday.—When Moslems and Hindus clashed at Cawnpore the police fired on a mob. Ten persons were injured and the situation became tense. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 97 wordsDuring his visit to the Spreyton school on Monday the Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) said that the production of munitions in Tasmania would check, to some extent, the ...
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Advertising : 143 wordsApproval is being awaited by the Government from the Federal Co-ordinator of Works (Sir Harry Brown) for the erection of a new railway station at Launceston. ...
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Article : 10 wordsThe arrangement of "The Last Post" played by the band of H.M.A.S. Derwent (the Royal Naval Reserve Band) at the Anzac Day service at the Hobart Cenotaph is in general use ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 30 Apr 1941, Page 4
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