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  2. DAY BY DAY

    MUSEUMS are not infrequently regarded as places of shelter in the rain, or just "somewhere to go" to while away an hour or so when waiting for ...

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  3. NEWS IN BRIEF

    Weather forecasts issued at 9 p.m. yesterday for the 21 hours ensuing:— Some further light rain, chiefly in eastern and northern districts, ...

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  4. MAINLAND NOTES

    IN tropical heat the State and other primary schools resumed work today, after almost five weeks of holiday As anticipated, there are at least 10,000 ...

    Article : 241 words
  5. LETTERS

    Sir.—In this morning's "Mercury" there appears this paragraph: "At a meeting of the Hobart City Council last night, Alderman Watkins moved: That a ...

    Article : 269 words
  6. OBITUARY

    The death occurred on Monday evening of Mrs. Aimee Josephine Parker, wife of Mr. Robert Lewis Parker, associate commissioner of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. The Mercury.

    THE Chief Scientific Adviser of the British Ministry of Labour, Sir Daniel Hall, F.R.S., writing in "The Countryman" on "Farming and ...

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  8. Dockyard Economy

    The stem relentless knife of economy is being applied by the Minister of Public Works (Mr. Weaver) to the Wa[?]sh [?]sland dockyard. He declines to ...

    Article : 248 words
  9. Plans for St. Paul's

    With the completion of the three sp[?]res of St. Paul's Cathedral, and the removal of the scaffolding, the citizens of Melbourne are beginning to feel still ...

    Article : 223 words
  10. Adamsfield Development

    Sir,—I was interested in the letter appearing in "The Mercury" of Friday, January 20, on developing Adamsfield, signed by Cecil Cracknell. As a ...

    Article : 243 words
  11. Activity at Treasury

    It was a bewildering scene of activity that met my gaze when I walked into the Treasury yesterday. Even[?] Colonel D. P. Young had no time[?] ...

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  12. Foundation Day

    The holiday in celebration of the founding of Australia will this year be held on Thursday, which is the actual anniversary, instead of on the following ...

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  13. Trained Domestics

    Now the out-of-work girls trained in domestic duties by the Girls' Employment, and Welfare Movement are ready for Jobs, the question of their ...

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  14. Mt. Wellington

    Sir,—I have just concluded a visit to your delightful harbour city, and I must say that, as a summer holiday resort, there is nothing so attractive in the ...

    Article : 138 words
  15. Injuring Flowers

    Do people really appreciate our city reserves is a question which might well be asked when one considers the amount of damage done to them either ...

    Article : 189 words
  16. Fisheries Commissioners

    Sir,—In your issue of yesterday's date Mr. Critchley Parker deplores the absence of any report on the activities of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries ...

    Article : 93 words
  17. AMERICAN CONSTITUTION CURIOSITIES

    MANY people may wonder why it is that after the devastating defeat of President Hoover in November, and the complete submergence of ...

    Article : 227 words
  18. Piggeries Adjoining the Botanical Gardens

    Sir,—In to-day's "Mercury" there is a report concerning the piggeries "in the Botanical Gardens." I would be glad if you would kindly correct this[?] ...

    Article : 99 words
  19. PERSONAL

    Brigadier-General O. F. Phillips, Director of Ordnance Services, has been appointed Base Commandant at Sydney, in succession to Brigadier Heritage, and ...

    Article : 372 words
  20. UNIVERSITY REGISTRAR

    The Council of the University of Tasmania has accepted the resignation of Lieut[?]-Colonel L. R. Thomas, D.S.O., from the position of Registrar, which he ...

    Article : 300 words
  21. Tasmanian Beauties

    There are experts in photographic work visiting Hobart. Their visit is associated with an exhibition of amateur photography that has an ...

    Article : 174 words
  22. Cleaning Up the Town

    Sir,—In the case published in "The Mercury" on Tuesday, a witness at the Police Court at Hobart the, previous day asserted in the course of evidence that ...

    Article : 74 words
  23. BRITISH CABINET

    The first of a series of Cabinet-meetings to discuss disarmament and work that is to come before Parliament when the session is continued on February 7 ...

    Article : 58 words
  24. S. AFRICAN POLITICS

    After prayers in the House of Assembly to-day, a European, escaping the vigilance of the police, rushed across the lobby into the House, and waving his ...

    Article : 225 words
  25. Hail! The Council

    All public bodies come in for a good share of obloquy and little praise, and the Hobart City Council receives a fair portion of the former in all its ...

    Article : 158 words
  26. THE CRICKET CRISIS

    ALL lovers of the grand old game of cricket will regret that, during the visit of the English team to Australia, a crisis has been forced ...

    Article : 456 words
  27. Advertising

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  28. Force of Habit

    A public man, with a metaphorical finger in may metaphorical pies, has an abundance of things to remember, and for that reason occasional lapses ...

    Article : 133 words
  29. EARTH TREMOR

    Frequent earth tremors at Htawgaw, on the Chino-Burmese frontier, are believed to presage the opening of an old volcano in Upper Burma. Htawgaw is ...

    Article : 175 words
  30. MYSTERIOUS VESSEL

    The Comptroller-General of Customs (Mr. E. T. Hall) has received advice from the Customs officers at Thursday Island that a full report of their ...

    Article : 72 words
  31. Always a Something

    An old Scotch woman had a visit from the minister on his return from a holiday, and he inquired how things were with her. "Weel meenister," she said. ...

    Article : 80 words
  32. MAN'S BODY

    The decomposed body of a man, identified as that of Matthew Wilson Dormock, was found to-day near the railway bridge in the Condamine River at ...

    Article : 39 words
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