WE are too prone to regard the magnificence of the Hobart Regatta merely as a vast, picturesque aquatic pageant of the highest standard, unique ...
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Article : 294 wordsWeather forecasts issued at 9 p.m. yesterday for the 24 hours ensuing:— Cloudy at times, with some scattered showers, chiefly in the south and east. ...
Article : 718 wordsDespite the gloomy forehodlngs of many, Hobart Regatta Day turned out fine and warm, and conditions were ideal, the water being calm for the ...
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Article : 354 wordsWHILE the special committee of the League of Nations is still hopeful of a peaceful settlement of the dispute between Japan and China, the ...
Article : 322 wordsOne of the most important matters on the agenda paper tor the Cabinet meeting to-day is the question of the reconstitution or abolition of tue State ...
Article : 228 wordsThe quietness that has prevailed in matters of industrial regulation will be rudely dissipated next week, when the Industrial Commission will embark upon ...
Article : 281 wordsWhen I watched the smart, lightweight Lindisfarne crew win from start to finish over a three miles' course in the championship eights on Monday ...
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Article : 115 wordsHis Excellency the Governor-General (Sir Isaac Isaacs) received official calls at Hobart yesterday morning from the Attorney-General (Mr. H. S. Baker) on ...
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Article : 16 wordsLONDON'S Labour demonstration may have needed fifteen thousand policemen to deter "Reds" interrupting, but the absence of "incident" ...
Article : 1,268 wordsMr. Stanley E. Solomon, son of the late Mr. A. E. Solomon, a former Premier of Tasmania, has been appointed Lecturer in Economics at Canberra. He ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 129 wordsThe Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Latham) yesterday referred to a statement by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly (Sir Daniel Levy), ...
Article : 182 wordsThe 95th annual Hobart Regatta, which was most successful yesterday, marked the occasion of at least two notable anniversaries. One, and also a ...
Article : 183 wordsNotwithstanding the concern expressed in some quarters regarding the decreased favourable oversea trade balance, it is believed in ...
Article : 267 wordsMr. Percy C. Weetman, of Launceston, who had a heart attack while watching the Hobart Regatta yesterday, and was admitted to the Public Hospital, ...
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Article : 170 wordsLet me give a word of praise to the men with the megaphone at the Tasmanan swimming championships. Followers of the programmes of events ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 8 Feb 1933, Page 8
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