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  2. NEWS IN BRIEF

    Weather forecasts issued at 9 p.m. yesterday for 48 hours ensuing:—Cool, squally north-westerly to westerly and south-westerly winds, and some showers ...

    Article : 987 words
  3. MAINLAND NOTES

    THE reported agreement between the parties to the textile dispute comes as a tremeudous relief to most of us. There seemed to be no limit to the ...

    Article : 323 words
  4. DAY BY DAY

    ONCE more the women are in the forefront while man is appareatly trying to find his place. The film question has been before us a long time, but ...

    Article : 305 words
  5. LETTERS

    Sir,—It has been well and truly said that the Empile has been held together by the labour, the courage and the sacrifice of great men, careless of reward. ...

    Article : 482 words
  6. Amazing Plot

    A strange story was told at the Central Court this afternoon by Detective-Sergeant Wickham when he presented for trial a man named Alex. Zeitlin, ...

    Article : 208 words
  7. Render Unto Caesar....

    It is not always that credit is given where credit is due, but the Scriptural injunction was certainly observed by one prominent member duiing proceed. ...

    Article : 219 words
  8. The Oxford Movement

    Archbishop Head has before to-day shown himself a strong enough man to stand above the warring factions in his church. But in nothing has be won ...

    Article : 182 words
  9. The Town Hall Piano

    Sir,—The recent Moiseiwitsch concerts in the City Hall are still much talked about and many of my musical friends have been loud in their terms ...

    Article : 263 words
  10. "Highbrows" Confer

    The Science Congress is in full swing, aud will continue in session until next Wednesday. Scarcely any of the problems that confront human ...

    Article : 224 words
  11. Cycling Track Needed

    For a city the size and importance of Hobart it must be admitted that we are behind the times in respect to facilities for outdoor sports. Although ...

    Article : 223 words
  12. Tell-Tale Eyes

    "Have you a shifty eye? Do you sometimes fail to look your Interrogator in the face?" Take courage, reader, you are not necessarily a liar. ...

    Article : 450 words
  13. Lake Dulverton

    Sir,—With the splendid rains Lake Dulverton is now full, and I deem it an opportune time to stress its importance to the Oatlands district. ...

    Article : 220 words
  14. The Mercury.

    AT the recent conference in China of the Institute of Pacific Relations, a member of the Japanese delegation, Mr. Shigeharu Matsumoto, ...

    Article : 1,530 words
  15. PICCARD'S SUCCESS

    Professor Piccard and his assistant, Mr. Max Cozyns, who started a flight by special balloon into the stratosphere at 5 a.m. to-day, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 650 words
  16. A Peculiar Tendency

    A man used to tell his students—be told them more than once—of a peculiar tendency in certain parts of the United States of America for theun ...

    Article : 209 words
  17. PERSONAL

    Mr. James Harris, the oldest living exscholar of the Hutchins School, Hobart celebrated his 95th birthday at Garden Island Creek yesterday. The flag was ...

    Article : 192 words
  18. Bruised Fruit

    Sir,—"Your report in Friday's issue of "The Mercury" of tests by a Northern grower, proving that fruit carried on motor-lorries sufters considerably ...

    Article : 186 words
  19. Unobtrusive Philanthropy

    There are a large number of persons, mostly women, in the community who do noble work in support of various forms of charity, and who never expect ...

    Article : 177 words
  20. TASMANIAN WILLS

    The estate of Mr. Samuel Charles Farrall, butcher, of Launceston, who died at Launceston on June 8, has been proved for probate at £7,678 gross, and ...

    Article : 218 words
  21. Overseas Interest

    Sir,—How long have we to wait for a reduction in the interest rates on overseas loans? The borrowers of the Agricultural ...

    Article : 176 words
  22. Advertising

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    Advertising : 495 words
  23. Weeping Memories

    Attention is often drawn to some huge weeping willow tree, and we are told: "That tree grew from a cutting taken from the weeping willow that ...

    Article : 169 words
  24. Risdon Post Office

    Sir,—In regard to "Rest Down's" letter in "The Mercury" on Wednesday, the public of Risdon and Grass Tree Hill know that they have to call for ...

    Article : 138 words
  25. ITALIAN BRIGAND

    When the brigand, Acciardl, saw his wife fall under a fusillade of shots during an encounter with gendarmes, he vowed vengeance. He carried his ...

    Article : 101 words
  26. TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    R.S., Launceston.—Letters must be written on one side of the paper only. "Facts."—There is nothing in the "disqualifications" clause of the Local ...

    Article : 39 words
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