W. Turnbull wins a standing l0in. chop from G. Hind at the North Hobart ground on Saturday. A number of chopping and running events were held in conjunction with the Police v. Umpires football match in aid of the Queen of Sport. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 594 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—A Royal Air Force Middle East communique states that on Wednesday and Thursday nights Benghazi was raided by heavy bombers of the ...
Article : 223 wordsTHE American Republican A Leader (Mr. Wendell Willkie), writing in an American magazine, referred to "the ...
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Advertising : 146 wordsSentences of imprisonment for six months for imposition and 12 months for having unlawfully used a motor-car were imposed on Edwin Harold Elliott in the Launceston ...
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Advertising : 401 wordsA caution to persons not to insert contraband goods in parcels for prisoners of war or to give in letters information which could be used by the enemy for propaganda, was ...
Article : 388 wordsIn a drive for funds which has extended over about five weeks, Ross has raised nearly £1,160, which will be divided equally among the Red Cross, ...
Article : 271 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.—Mr. Ambrose Pratt, a well-known Melbourne journalist and businessman, has had conferred on him by the King of Thailand the title ...
Article : 92 wordsAn 8,000-ton mass of concrete, set on rock 110ft. below the surface of the Derwent, and projecting just above the water, represents a triumph aver a ...
Article : 589 wordsAt a well-attended meeting of flax growers at Oatlands on Friday, the Warden (Mr. W. M. Lester) presided, and there were also present the Superintendent of Agriculture ...
Article : 476 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—Bomber Command aeroplanes on Friday night raided the docks at Dunkirk, Rotterdam. Antwerp, and Brest. Coastal Command machines ...
Article : 138 wordsBrisbane, Sunday.—One of the biggest post-war projects to be undertaken in Queensland will be the Mingoola dam. to harness waters of the McIntyre and ...
Article : 55 wordsThe invigorating title of the Australian Army and Air Force Journal, "Salt." is jus tified by the stimulating character of its contenus. The first number of this publication, ...
Article : 143 words"The Mercury" Special Service CANBERRA, Friday.—When John Curtin, Prime Minister elect, wants to think he goes to his room, draws the ...
Article : 517 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—"The Times" correspondent in Stockholm says that, as a preliminary to the next phase in the fighting, the Germans ...
Article : 435 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—The Soviet Information Bureau announces that many of the most important Russian factories have doubled their daily output in the ...
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Article : 37 wordsA dance and euchre tournament organised by Mrs. T. Scurr in aid of St. Oswald's Church Were held in the Town Hall on Saturday. Euchre prizewinners were Miss Stacey and ...
Article : 82 wordsThe Launceston 50,000 League has written to the Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) asking that the Government should introduce a daylight saving bill. ...
Article : 29 wordsIn the Hobart Police Court on Saturday, before the Police Magistrate (Col. J. P. Clark), Detective-Inspector Fleming prosecuting. ...
Article : 285 wordsBRIDGEWATER.—An American tea to supplement funds for the Country Women's Association branch was held at the rest room on Saturday. A jumble stall was ...
Article : 449 wordsA successful dance held at the Town Hall on Saturday was conducted by Mrs. Russell Ashman, assisted by Mr. W. Darke. The takings exceeded £7. and proceeds were in ...
Article : 82 wordsA dance organised by Mr. A. Harriss in aid of Red Cross funds was held in the Town Hall, Oatlands, on Saturday. The profits from a football match and the dance ...
Article : 66 wordsThere was a large and representative gathering at the cremation at Cornelian Bay yesterday of Mr. J. W. Clinch, for more than 50 years an officer of the Postal Department. ...
Article : 282 wordsThe Jubilee colliery has been idle since Thursday because of the failure of the pumping machinery that keeps the water at working level in the mine. Work will be ...
Article : 85 wordsA tramcar on the Glenorchy line left the rails outside the Moonah tramway depot about 7.5 p.m. yesterday, when it was turning into the sheds. Traffic was delayed for ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 6 Oct 1941, Page 5
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