After a wet week-end the weather in Queenstown and districts was fine for the last two days of the holidays, and yesterday was gloriously hot, with ...
Article : 171 wordsMr. E. V. Knox ("Evoe") has just finished his first week in the Editor's Chair at "Punch," and he talked to a representative of the "Observer" on the ...
Article : 984 wordsThe stream of traffic from the mainland over the holidays has started to turn backwards, as visitors are returning home in large numbers, and ...
Article : 346 wordsBuyers representing purchasing interests in all parts of the world arrived at Launceston yesterday morning by the Nairana for the Launceston wool ...
Article : 390 wordsDelightful weather favoured the sports at Devonport organised yesterday in aid of the Convent building fund. The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) formally opened the ...
Article : 678 wordsMuch enthusiasm was displayed by the large crowd at the official, opening of the Gaiety, Queenstown's first concrete hall, on Monday night. The new ...
Article : 187 words"The late Mr. Thomas G. Sloane, of Morilla station, Young, New South Wales, was well known throughout the scientific world as an expert on certain ...
Article : 598 wordsComplaints have been made by motorists regarding the position of the brokendown motor transport lorry which is still stranded alongside the West Coast ...
Article : 184 wordsThe rainfall recorded at Mt. Lyell for 1932 was 25.30 inches, less.than that recorded for 1931, being 113.40 inches, which fell on 263 wet days. During ...
Article : 127 wordsThe eighth round of the Australian chess championship was played to-day. Koshnitsky (N.S.W.) added yet another point to his score by defeating ...
Article : 265 wordsAnother of the old residents of the West Coast, in Miss Elizabeth Agnes Keating, of the Empire Hotel, died at Queenstown early yesterday morning. ...
Article : 260 wordsAn interesting experiment [?] the science of gliding is In progress in Christchurch (says the "Press"). A new type of glider, a biplane model, is ...
Article : 369 wordsThe rainfall at Devonport for the month of December was 267 points on seven wet days, which would be above the average, and the total for the year ...
Article : 167 wordsThe attractions of Flinders Island for tourists were stressed by Mr. P. Grant Hay on his arrival from Melbourne yesterday on the Nairana. He remarked ...
Article : 206 wordsMr. P. Cramer, manager of the Australian department of the Norddeutscher Lloyd Line of steamers arrived at Launceston yesterday by the Nairana. He ...
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Advertising : 612 wordsA simple but impressive ceremony took place at Waldheim, Cradle Valley, on Sunday last. The late Mr. Gustav Weindorfers sister had sent [?] bunch of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 201 wordsAfter a week of search over many miles of rough country the police at 5 a.m. to-day arrested a foreigner suspected of having started several incendiary ...
Article : 149 wordsA lift that vanishes through the celling of St. Peter's is the latest addition to the many structural alterations which have been made in the Vatican and St. ...
Article : 263 wordsA dance organised by Mr. E. James was held in the Masonic Hall, Exeter, in aid of the Anti-Cancer Campaign Fund. The dance music was supplied by Mr. E. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 278 wordsThe case of a man who walked about for seven weeks with a broken neck has been revealed by the admittance to the Auckland Hospital of Sumuel Flavell, of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 78 wordsAt the Moonah Theatre to-night the song romance, "Merely Mary Ann," will be screened. Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell play the leading roles. There ...
Article : 122 wordsShaving and writing in the dark is possible with two recent additions to the list of patents. The razor handle is made of bakelite, has a battery and ...
Article : 129 wordsAn open fours competition was played on the A.B.C. green, Launceston, yesterday, Ten teams participated. Richardson, Barnard, W. H. Cox, Atkinson (s.) ...
Article : 40 wordsDuring the month of December 3,400 people arrived in Tasmania. These included 1,555 men and 1,845 women. For the corresponding month last year the ...
Article : 39 wordsA machine which may solve the problem of predicting earthquakes in time to warn persons in affected areas of their peril has been invented by George ...
Article : 224 wordsA holiday of the plebald type was experienced in Launceston yesterday. The Customs House, Launceston, was open, but as warehouses, banks, and ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 4 Jan 1933, Page 5
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