The steamer Colliboi, which arrived at Launceston on Friday night from Flinders and Kangaroo Islands brought 438 sheep and 54 head of cattle. Besides ...
Article : 250 wordsThe citizens of Launceston are hoping that the advice given by Mr. L. S. Bruce, of the Tourist Bureau, Melbourne, in his address to the 50,000 League last ...
Article : 153 wordsWith our own Show only a few weeks away it was interesting to read in the Melbourne Notes in this paper on Friday that a Tasmanian competitor in the ...
Article : 1,254 wordsCharles Colin Douglas Brammall (23), reporter, of 195 Brisbane Street, Hobart, sustained a fractured right leg in a motor accident at the intersection of ...
Article : 172 wordsOur Flinders Island cortcspondent writes:— A public meeting has been held in the Whitemark Hall to further discuss ...
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Advertising : 52 wordsA meeting of the Charity and Wattle Day Committee was held in the Temperance Hall, Launceston, on Saturday evening. Mr. H. Murphy presided. ...
Article : 502 wordsThe Ouse Horticultural Society was fortunate in having perfect weather for the annual spring show, which was held in the Ouse hall on Saturday afternoon. The ...
Article : 1,380 wordsAmerican shipbuilders spent 143,000 dollars (£28,600 approximately) seeking to obtain the passage of the Jones White Merchant Marine Act of 1928, according ...
Article : 248 wordsA somewhat amusing situation has arisen in Launceston in regard to the use of the Albert Hall for the Prime Minister (Hon. S. M. Bruce) when he ...
Article : 340 wordsA motor load of people intending to witness a football match at Latrobe, in a car driven by a young man named Harold Kearnan, had a sensational ...
Article : 99 wordsPerth, September 22.—Herbert Smith, 62, of Victoria Street, Cottesloe Bench, was drowned when a boat from which he was fishing with a friend capsized off ...
Article : 103 wordsThree motor-cycles were involved in an accident yesterday afternoon. The rider of one of the motor-cycles received fatal injuries, and the other two ...
Article : 191 wordsThe Cabinet has decided to instruct Japanese Ambassadors in Washington and London to present Japan's views urging lower parity in cruiser strength, ...
Article : 56 wordsThe annual report of the East Launceston Bowling Club, which will be submitted to members in the club house on Tuesday, states inter alla:—"The past ...
Article : 426 wordsThe pageant play, "The Gift," acted at the Albert Hall in 1926 to mark the jubilee of the Mothers' Union, was beautifully filmed, and the central office of ...
Article : 859 wordsAn all-talking feature, supplemented by all-talking short subjects and charming orchestral numbers, are factors which contribute to the high-class ...
Article : 652 wordsThe annual report of the South Esk Swimming Club, which will be presented to members in the Launceston Trades Hall on Wednesday night, states:—"In ...
Article : 688 wordsOn Saturday evening at Longford nearly 300 Masons assembled for the dedication of the new temple for Lake Lodge, No. 29 P.C., which was followed ...
Article : 228 wordsA little girl was killed and eight persons injured, two very seriously, when a motor-car and a motor-cycle came into head-on collision on Ironbark Hill, ...
Article : 238 wordsAt the fortnightly meeting of the Loyal Federal Lodge, No. 19, at Glenorchy, the N.G. (Bro. T. Commane) presided over a well-attended meeting. ...
Article : 179 wordsA meeting of commercial motor truck and bus owners has been hold at the Mechanics' Hall, Scottsdale (under the auspices of the C.M.U.A.. of Tasmania). ...
Article : 245 wordsOwing to the steering gear apparently locking, a motor-car, driven by A. McDougall, of Adelaide, swerved and struck a tram standard in Hanson ...
Article : 111 wordsProfessor L. F. Giblin, who occupies the Ritchie Chair of Economics at the University of Melbourne, mentioned the proposed[?] entertainments tax in the ...
Article : 202 wordsA spell of nice warm weather broke with strong wind and light rain, and was followed by light snowstorms. The highlands are thickly covered with ...
Article : 46 wordsSaturday was a great day for both the past and present pupils of the Collegiate School, being St. Mathew's Day—the "back to school" day—set apart each ...
Article : 250 wordsThe annual Church of England ball was held in the Chudleigh Town Hall. The hall had been beautifully decorated with pink and green streamers. The ...
Article : 176 wordsA meeting of the committee of the Launceston branch of the League of Nations Union was held on Friday night. Present: Messrs. A. Raeburn ...
Article : 223 wordsThe two days' hospital ball at Scottsdale, which was concluded on Saturday night with a children's fancy dress night in the Lyric Theatre, proved a very ...
Article : 102 wordsThe weather at Lilydale on Thursday was exceptionally wet. It rained heavily all day, and during the night showed every prospects of continuing. ...
Article : 24 wordsWomen shrieked and men ran for safety when the McMahon's PointLavender Bay service ferries, Koree and Kuramla, collided off Dawes Point ...
Article : 92 wordsThe weather at Bracknell during the last few days has been very unsettled, and a heavy rain was experienced on Thursday night. There have been ...
Article : 83 wordsThe weather at Flinders Island has been very boisterous. Stormy winds and heavy rain squalls have been prevalent, and a heavy hailstorm passed over the ...
Article : 49 wordsMr. O. L. Davis, who has been in charge of the Whitemark school, has left the island. Mr. R. Points, of the Lughrata school, ...
Article : 89 wordsIn a special issue of the "Commonwealth Gazette" yesterday, extra time is allowed for submission to the Government of the report being prepared by ...
Article : 76 wordsMessrs. J. Bewers, of Fairfield, and F. Smith, of Lakemba, arrived at the G.P.O., Sydney, at 10 a.m., on Saturday, after having motor cycled round Australia in 78 ...
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Advertising : 48 wordsThe third meeting of the Classical Association will be held in the University this evening, when Mr. L. H. Lindon, M.A., will address members on the subject, ...
Article : 92 wordsShocking burns were suffered by Florence Wright, 16 years, of Henry Street, Randwick, when the bath heater at her home exploded. It was a chip heater, and ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 23 Sep 1929, Page 5
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