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  2. MAINLAND NOTES

    THE suggestion that the Melbourne Hospital should be removed from the corner of Lonsdale aud Swanston Streets, in the heart of the city, and ...

    Article : 230 words
  3. DAY BY DAY

    "THE Empire is passing from a feeling of anxiety concerning the fate of that fine Australian airman, Squadron-Leader Hinkler, to the almost certain ...

    Article : 273 words
  4. LETTERS

    Sir,—Every lover of cricket will applaud the sentiments so temperately expressed in your sub-leader on what Neville Cardus, the English cricket ...

    Article : 334 words
  5. NEWS IN BRIEF

    Weather forecasts, issued al 9 p.m. yesterday, for the 24 hours ensuing:— Generally fine. Variable winds tending northerly with rising temperatures. ...

    Article : 817 words
  6. PERSONAL

    The Minister for Defence (Sir George Pearce) left Fremantle on the steamer Westralia to-day for Melbourne, and is returning to his official duties at ...

    Article : 697 words
  7. The Mercury.

    TASMANIENS do not always appreciate the facts that vitally concern their own country. Sometimes they confidingly leave its fortunes in ...

    Article : 1,170 words
  8. A Wrong Righted

    A photograph of a bust recently published in our evening newspaper attracted the still sharp eyes of some old timer, and a consequent investigation ...

    Article : 224 words
  9. Cost of Football

    I have often heard the chairman of the Tasmanian Football League (Mr. W. Leitch) hark back to the "good old days" of the sport when it cost a club ...

    Article : 263 words
  10. Film War

    The dispute between American film distributors and the majority of exhibitors looks like ending in a draw, which in effect will be to the advantage of ...

    Article : 220 words
  11. Something for Something

    Sir,—For Mr. A. Dix or Mr. Edward Brooker to hope to solve the unemployment or other social problems by unjust means or any glorified ...

    Article : 226 words
  12. JAPAN AND THE LEAGUE

    A SPECIAL meeting of the League of Nations, consisting of 19 representatives, has completed its report on the dispute between Japan and ...

    Article : 342 words
  13. Commercial Education

    In spite of the fact that comparatively few openings in commercial life are at present available for boys and girls, Melbourne's leading business colleges, ...

    Article : 460 words
  14. A Dangerous Road

    Motorists and users of othor vehicles will endorse the pointed references concerning the dangerous state of the Main Road, between Cross Street and Risdon ...

    Article : 233 words
  15. Hobart Wool Sales

    Sir,—After reading your leading article re wool sales, I was sorry to see so many misstatements, as it would give the general public the opinion that ...

    Article : 208 words
  16. Rabbit Hordes

    A striking illustration of how thickly rabbits are infesting parts of New South Wales is contained in a report from a western district published to-day. Early ...

    Article : 106 words
  17. THE TARIFF SESSION

    Although the matter has not yet been determined, the view is held in Canberra that the special tariff session of the Federal Parliament, ...

    Article : 263 words
  18. CUP DAY

    It has for years been the custom of the Hobart trading banks to observe Cup Day as a full holiday. As the shops are open, and carry on business as usual in ...

    Article : 364 words
  19. OBITUARY

    Mr. Rohert Bell Stewart, an old Hobart business man, died recently in Melbourne. He conducted a jewellery establishmnet in Hobart about 30 years ...

    Article : 379 words
  20. Encouraging Tourists

    Sir,—When one reads in to-day's "Mercury" the list of oversea steamers appointed to carry passengers to and from Tasmania, it appears that now is ...

    Article : 148 words
  21. An Unlooked For Hike

    Strange isn't it, how some forms of amusement have such short lives in Hobart? Take hiking, for instance. This form of amusement had such a ...

    Article : 249 words
  22. THE HINKLER FLIGHT

    VERY little hope can be maintained of the safety of Squadron-Leader Hinkler in his latest flight. Searches are still being made, but ...

    Article : 289 words
  23. BRITISH CABINET.

    The first meeting of the Cabinet this year will be held on Thursday. The Foreign Secretary (Sir John Simon) will return from Geneva in order to be ...

    Article : 110 words
  24. Broadcasting Test Matches

    Sir,—Taking into consideration the past performance, and general all-round lack of service meted out to a long suffering listening public by our so-called ...

    Article : 134 words
  25. MISS BETTY COMPSON

    The police announced to-day that Miss Betty Compson, the film actress, had reported that the jewellery, value at 41,500 dollars (£8,300 at par), which was taken ...

    Article : 50 words
  26. A Good Salesman

    One of the first essentials of salesmanship, I should imagine, should be the salesman's faith in his wares, for there is not much incentive, for ...

    Article : 139 words
  27. Advertising

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    Advertising : 86 words
  28. Big Trees

    Sir,—I noticed published in "The Mercury" of the 13th an account of a huge tree worked at a mill at Ringarooma. Being interested in timber, and ...

    Article : 101 words
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    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons), left, and the member for Balaclava (Lieut-Colonel T. W. White), right, photographed at the Commonwealth Offices after Lieut-Colonel White had been informed of his appointment as Minister for Trade and Customs ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 47 words
  30. TRADE WITH BRITAIN

    Tariff negotiations with representatives of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland have been in progress for some time, and on their conclusion similar ...

    Article : 123 words
  31. TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    Miss N. W. B. (Hobart).—The address you, ask for is: "John o' London's Weekly," 8-11 Southampton Street, Strand, London W.C. 2. ...

    Article : 35 words
  32. The Evils of Dialling

    I have been suffering all day from that languid feeling that haunts a man who has lost a great part of his night's sleep through being roused out of bed ...

    Article : 169 words
  33. GRAND OPERA

    Sir Benjamin Fuller and Mr. Hugo Larsen announce that at the end of this year they will visit Europe and America to engage a company to present grand ...

    Article : 80 words
  34. STARTLING NOVEL

    The Customs Department, it is understood, has banned Aldous Huxley's provocative novel, "Brave New World." The departmental ban is belated, because the ...

    Article : 70 words
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