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  1. GRANVILLE TRAM.
    Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Monday 3 March 1930 Edition: DAILY p 6 Article
    ... GRANVILLE TRAM. Overseer Stedman will lay out the work on the Granville tram to-day, and as a lot of the material required has been obtained, while the men have been waiting for word to start, the tram line should soon be put into good order again. ... 46 words
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  2. A "Flapper'
    Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Wednesday 17 March 1926 p 9 Article
    ... A "Flapper'* A customer placed an order for a six-cylinder car with a Oastlereaghstreet strect concern. He insisted that before h'e took delivery the word "Flapper" must be painted across the radiator. When pressed for his reasons why he Kad chosen the word, hie replied, "Streamline body, good ... 73 words
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  3. HEARD THIS ONE?
    Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Monday 2 June 1947 p 2 Article
    ... HEARD THIS ONE? The Thc lonely American entered a ! tea-room in London. i "May I take your order?" the ) sprightly waitress iquired. ^ "Yes," he replied. "Two aggi':- i and a kind word." The ... word?" he said. . The waitress leaned over and» whispered, "Don't eat the eggs." ; ... 70 words
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  4. The Word Marmalade Has A History.
    Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Wednesday 29 April 1936 Edition: DAILY p 4 Article
    ... The Word Marmalade ?Has A History. THE word 'marmalade" comes down from the Greek. Although to-day ... Greece it meant "apple and honey," and was formed a compound word which deno ted "quince.'" The. ... suffix "ada," making it "marmelada." The French also took a part in. the formation of the word- as ... 135 words
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  5. Round-the-World Flight. SIE KEITH SMITH PREPARING.
    Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Monday 13 November 1922 p 1 Article
    ... Round-the-World Flight. SIE KEITH SMITH PREPARING. SHANGHAI, Saturday.-Sir Keith Smith, Sail th, the well-known Australian crossworld flier, flier," left Shanghai yesterday en route for Japan and the United States in order to lay a route round the world for an air 'plane flight next April, ... 50 words
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  6. HEARD THIS ONE.
    Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Thursday 14 June 1928 p 2 Article
    ...ly ly a bright-eyed waitress i I rea» approached him and asked: "Can I take an order.'" "Yes," he replied, "two boiled eggs and a kimi word." The waitress brought the eggs and was moving on when tho stranger said: "Hay! what about; Hie kind word.'" The waitress leaned over and whispered: "Don'I eal ... 72 words
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  7. GERMAN PRISONER KEPT HIS WORD AMSTERDAM, Friday.
    Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Saturday 24 February 1940 p 1 Article
    ... GERMAN PRISONER KEPT HIS WORD AMSTERDAM, Friday. A German air force sergeant, ant, who is interned in Holland, land, Was permitted to go to Germany in order to marry, on condition that he returned. He kept his word, bringing his bride, who is living near Edam, where her husband is interned. It has ... 103 words
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  8. HEARD THIS ONE?
    Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Friday 25 January 1952 p 4 Article
    ... HEARD THIS ONE? "But I thought-" began the typist, meekly. "It's not your business to think," snapped the manager "Just you take down what Ï say, word for word, and keep your own ideas to yourself." ... on? Twenty per cent! Make it thirty? Righto. Awaiting your esteemed order, I nm yours truly. That's ... 110 words
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  9. A Question Answered.
    Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Saturday 24 October 1931 p 12 Article
    ... A Question Answered. (From "Kingsholm.") "What is the real good!" I asked in musing mood. "Order," said the court; "Knowledge," said the school; "Truth," said tho wiso man; "Lovo," said tho maiden; ... "Each heart holds tho secret; 'Kindness' is tho word." ... 76 words
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  10. STOCKS OF SOAP SAID TO BE SUFFICIENT
    Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Wednesday 5 June 1946 p 6 Article
    ... STOCKS OF SOAP SAID TO BE SUFFICIENT CANBERRA, Tuesday.-Provided there Provided tli ero was no panic buying, stocks of soap in Australia were sufficient to meet domestic requirements, it was ... was imminent. .* It was stated to-day that in order to conserve soap stocks for local con sumption ... 67 words
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  11. WHAT IS GOOD?
    Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Saturday 12 April 1947 p 8 Article
    ... WHAT IS GOOD "WHAT "TXfHAT- is the real good?" : ? . I asked in pensive mood. "Order," said the law court, ""Knowledge," said the school; "Truth," said the wiso man, "Pleasure," said the fool. ... Then within my bosom, > Softly this I heard, "Each heart holds the 6ecret: Kindness is the word." ... 87 words
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  12. PLAIN TALK
    Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Monday 19 July 1948 p 2 Article
    ... I| PLAIN TALK Hazlitt. VIOLENCE ever defeats its own ends. Where you cannot drive you can always persuade. -perauade. A gentle . word, a kind look, a good natured »mile can work wonder* and ... order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him ««peet you. -Hazlitt. j ... 69 words
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  13. What is Good?
    Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Wednesday 4 September 1935 Edition: DAILY p 9 Article
    ... What is Good James WHAT is the real good ? I asked in morning mood. Order, said the Law Court; Knowledge, said the school; Truth, said the wise man; Pleasure, said the fool; Love, said the maiden; ... heard: "Each heart holds the secret; Kindness, is the word." -James Boyle O'Reilly. ... 86 words
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  14. FAST OF RAMADAN. Important Changes in Turkey. OPPONENTS IN GAOL.
    Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Friday 30 December 1932 p 1 Article
    ... For the first time in five centuries the word of Allah will not be heard when the call to prayer is ... Cf abstinence). Thc Turkish word Tauri will bo substituted, whilo in every mosque tho Koran will be. chanted in Turkish instead of Arabic^ Tliis change was ordained in order to placo tho faith upon a ... 109 words
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  15. Reg. A. Plummer. COASTAL DISTRIBUTOR DODGE CARS AND TRUCKS.
    Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Thursday 31 October 1935 Edition: DAILY p 5 Article
    ... giving the world an entirely new concept of a motor car. There existed no single word adequate to describe this car. Then the goodness of the product inspired the word "dependability." To-day others use this word, and make use of its implication. But is, the public mind Dodge and dependa bility will ... 253 words
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  16. COASTAL CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Friday 22 January 1926 p 3 Article
    ... ! strength, what economy, thero is rn order, 'material'order, intelloctual or ! dor, .moral order. To know whero one ; is going and what ono wishes-this is order, to keep ono's word and one's I ... one's ohances profita biy-all this belongs to and is included in the word order. Order is command over ... 670 words
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  17. PAYMENT OF TRAM FARE Review of Decision Granted AMENDMENT TO CHARGE REFUSED.
    Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Tuesday 20 August 1929 p 4 Article
    ... and moved fur un Order nisi to review the decision of i lie police magist rate on July % Hie caso^in ... principle in volved was importun!. He applied f°r thc order, on tho grounds that tho com plaint did ... bo amended as desired. Mr. Young added that the view was taken that the word "passenger should havo ... 193 words
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  18. Branding of Dairy Butter.
    Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Thursday 26 November 1931 p 6 Article
    ... . word was correct, and dairymon could chooso for them selves which word they used on their brands. The branding of tho product as farm or dairy but ter woe quite in order, as no dis tinction was mado ... 146 words
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  19. TENNIS SQUABBLE. Marsh's Telegram Hurt. WAS PATTERSON INSULTED?
    Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Wednesday 15 December 1926 p 5 Article
    ...teuse truso feeling has been aroused.' Tennis nis players "expected you to keep your word and play; a man's word is his bond; they demand that you honor yours, having promised only serious illness or ... ho had not intended making tho correspondence publie, but ho did so in order that tho publie/ might ... 141 words
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  20. The Advocate Fair and impartial. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1954 LOST IN A MAZE OF WORDS
    Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Saturday 2 October 1954 p 4 Article
    ... to the proposal but considered that consideraba information would have to be obtained in order to ... shortest word is always the best word to use; nor is the briefest expression always the best expression. Sometimes the shortest word is the most ambiguous, because the short word is so convenient that ... 324 words
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