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  2. DAY BY DAY

    "RING up the Civil Patrol and tell them we shall be out to-night" is a common request heard in houses whose occupants subscribe sixpence [?] ...

    Article : 280 words
  3. MAINLAND NOTES

    THE death on the day following his official retirement from Wesley College of Mr. Lawrence Arthur Adamson (Adamson, of Wesley) has ...

    Article : 311 words
  4. LETTERS

    Sir,—The decision of the Federal Government to grant a general exemption to British ships of not less than 10,000 tons gross register between Hobart and ...

    Article : 560 words
  5. NEWS IN BRIEF

    Weather forecasts, issued by the Weather Bureau for the 24 hours ensuing:—Cool and unsettled, with some further showers, but more particularly ...

    Article : 730 words
  6. NATIONAL ORCHESTRA

    Professor R. S. Wallace, a member of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, who has been in London for some months studying the British ...

    Article : 352 words
  7. The Retiring Age

    The action of Mr. Weaver, Minister for Health, in inviting members of the Medical Board to resign, so that the way might be clear for him to arrange ...

    Article : 260 words
  8. TOURIST ADVERTISING

    THE need for more and better advertising of Tasmania as a tourist resort—the finest, too, that Australia has to offer—was stressed in a letter ...

    Article : 359 words
  9. Fighting Cricket

    For good fighting cricket the play in the State premiership match between the Launceston Scotch College and St. Virgil's College, commenced yesterday ...

    Article : 261 words
  10. Some Impressions

    Dame Sybil Thorndike, Mr. Lewis Gasson, and their English company left here this afternoon for New Zealand. They offered one bit of criticism of us ...

    Article : 239 words
  11. Extension of Moratorium

    The most contentious measure submitted by the Government to Parliament was passed last night, after a stormy and difficult series of controversies in ...

    Article : 217 words
  12. Eggs Fresh and Otherwise

    Sir,—It is time indeed that the sale of eggs in Hobart was brought under control. Milk is, and so is meat, but eggs apparently are just eggs. The ...

    Article : 343 words
  13. A Pat on the Back

    It is one of the basic principles of Rotary to refuse to recognise any useful work as menial. How this principl[?] may be practised in daily life was ...

    Article : 228 words
  14. Election in the Offing

    The split between the Country party and the Young Nationalists would seem to be complete after the division last night on the Flour Bill in the ...

    Article : 318 words
  15. SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

    Mr. Sidney Myer, chairman of directors of Myer Emporium Ltd., has decided to give 10,000 £1 shares in his company for the purpose of ...

    Article : 67 words
  16. The Mercury.

    STILL some few hours of work remain to be done before the session of the State Parliament concludes, but, for practical purposes, it is finished. ...

    Article : 844 words
  17. TAXATION SUGGESTION

    Mr. Archdale J. Baldwin, taxation officer of the Permanent Trustee Co. of New South Wales Ltd., commented before the Royal Commission on Taxation ...

    Article : 179 words
  18. PERSONAL

    Councillor J. Reynolds took his seat on the Zeehan Municipal Council on Wednesday, and was welcomed by the Warden (Mr. W. Thomas). ...

    Article : 530 words
  19. LOAN COUNCIL

    A meeting of the Loan Council will be held early in the new year to consider what action should be taken for financing State loan works ...

    Article : 152 words
  20. KINDERGARTEN GODPARENTS

    THE scheme of financial Godparents for infants launched this week by the Hobart Free Kindeigarten Association is one that richly deserves ...

    Article : 599 words
  21. State and Private Enterprise

    Sir,—In deciding between the two forms of control, State and private enterprise, we have to consider the objective. If it is to secure big dividends ...

    Article : 289 words
  22. END OF TERM

    Children all over the State are planning enthusiastically what they will do during the Christmas holidays, for the last term of the year is nearly over, and ...

    Article : 207 words
  23. Keeping Them in the Game

    While football is admittedly a fine game for both boys and men, there is one difficulty which so far has not been successfully surmounted, and that is to ...

    Article : 224 words
  24. PARLIAMENTARY SUMMARY

    The Legislative Council met at 11 a.m yesterday, and almost all the sitting was occupied by consideration of the Bookmakers Bill. In spite of strenuous ...

    Article : 329 words
  25. Christmas Shopping

    I do not know how shopkeepers [?] about it, but from more than one source I have heard that shopping is so much more difficult this year. This is not ...

    Article : 170 words
  26. Advertising

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    Advertising : 313 words
  27. Examination Time Limit

    Sir,—Regarding the last examination for merit and qualifying, in the interests of all the children throughout Tasmania I would be pleased if the ...

    Article : 193 words
  28. Gambling and Drinking

    Sir,—At the end of your editorial on "Licensing Bookmakers" in Tuesday's "Mercury," you say: "As His Lordship (the Bishop of Tasmania) very justly ...

    Article : 143 words
  29. "3d. Each Way"

    One of the aspects of the Bookmakers Bill that gave rise to discussion in the Legislative Council yesterday was the assertion of one member that the ...

    Article : 133 words
  30. TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    "Comrade" (Zeehan).—We cannot spare space for letters sent also to another paper. Reuter's Cable Service. — By special ...

    Article : 58 words
  31. Broadcasting Races

    Sir,—What influence has been brought to bear on the head of the broadcasting service in connection with the descriptions of racing? Hitherto, although in ...

    Article : 172 words
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