Criticism by sawmillers and others of the new duties on timber in the tariff schedule introduced in the House of Representatives on Thursday was ...
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Article : 511 wordsThe Minister for Defence (Mr. Green), in the House of Representatives to-day, in reply to Mr. Guy (T.), said that an amount to cover the cost of erecting a ...
Article : 82 wordsAn appeal waa made in the House of Representatives to-day by Mr. James (N.S.W.), for a grant from the Federal Ministry to aid sufferers from the floods ...
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Article : 135 wordsA double-seater motor oar was stolen from Wellington Street, Launceston, on Monday night, according to a report lodged with the police by Montague ...
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Article : 269 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin), in the House of Representatives to-day, in answer to Mr Mackay (Q.), said that he was not aware that any ...
Article : 177 wordsThe closing of hotels at 1 o'clock on Saturdays and a reduction in the number of racine days were requests made to the Acting Premier (Mr. Buttenshaw) ...
Article : 128 wordsThe industrial correspondent of the "Dally Telegraph" states that the most important topics to be discussed at the fourth British Commonwealth Labour ...
Article : 240 wordsA well-attended meeting of the Longford district committee for the Blind, Deaf, and Dumb Institution was held yesterday afternoon, at the residence of ...
Article : 139 wordsAn outbreak ot chicken-pox occurred on the Union Co.'s steamer Maunganui during the voyage from Auckland. When the vessel arrived to-day she was ...
Article : 81 wordsJudgment was given to-day by Mr. Justice Ferguson in the Banco Court in a test case in which Henry Spratt, an engine-driver in the employ of the New ...
Article : 126 wordsReginald Clnrldge, a young motor, cyclist, of Garfield Street, Carlton, was wounded in strange circumstances tonight at Brlghton-le-Sands. ...
Article : 93 wordsIn the Launceston Supreme Court yesterday. Mr. Justice Clark gave his reserved Judgment in the suit in which James Fairholme McDonald applied for ...
Article : 188 wordsWeather conditions at Flinders Island during the present month have been mild, with exceptionally calm days. There is little or no growth of grass, ...
Article : 307 wordsThe monthly meeting of the Ringarooma branch of the Agricultural Bureau was held in the Court House, Mr. A. Hughes in the chair. ...
Article : 256 wordsSpeaking at the luncheon given by the Board of Trade to-day, the Australian Trade Commissioner (Mr. McGregor) asserted, that the Commonwealth offered ...
Article : 46 wordsTo-morrow afternoon, representatives of gold mining interests in several States will wait on the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) to ask the Federal ...
Article : 88 wordsAt a largely attended general meeting of members of the Northern Tasmanian Totalisator Staff Association held at the Stock Exchange, Launceston, last night, ...
Article : 209 wordsThe Vacuum OH Company advise that Mr. John H. Meara, a New York millionaire, will leave New York at the end of June on a flight round the world, in ...
Article : 275 wordsThe rumour that, at the request of the Australian Loan Council, the Queensland Government had agreed that £1,500,000 of its loan funds should be ...
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Article : 62 wordsThe death of Mr. Bernard Vincent (Barney) Collins, which took place in Launceston yesterday, removed from the city a very old and esteemed identity. ...
Article : 198 wordsThe subject of Secession will be debated by members of the Nelson Public Speakers' Class at the Hobart Y.M.C.A. to-night. The question to be argued is: ...
Article : 57 wordsA special meeting of the Westbury Council was held on Monday. All councillors were present. Councillor McCulloch, in accordance with notice, ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin), replying to Mr. Crouth (V.) in the House of Representatives to-day, said that the inmates of Borstal institutions in ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 25 Jun 1930, Page 5
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