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  2. LETTERS

    Sir,—The condition of the unemployed is growing more desperate as time passes. Many are finding it increasingly difficult to pay for housing, and ...

    Article : 269 words
  3. MAINLAND NOTES

    A VISITOR from prohibition America, Dr. Haigh, from Los Angeles, is likely to cause some buzzing because of his suggestion that the somewhat stodgy ...

    Article : 255 words
  4. THE GOVERNOR- GENERAL

    The Governor-General (Sir Isaac Isaacs), accompanied by the military secretary (Captain L. S. Bracegirdle), left Launceston by the Nairana on ...

    Article : 202 words
  5. DAY BY DAY

    FROM all appearances, the skirmish between the American film companies and the combine of Australian exhibitors, has ended in favour of ...

    Article : 312 words
  6. NEWS IN BRIEF

    Weather forecasts, issued at 9 p.m. yesterday for 24 hours ensuing:—Becoming unsettled and sultry, with northerly winds chiefly, followed by cool ...

    Article : 962 words
  7. Advertising

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    Advertising : 93 words
  8. SYDNEY

    THE second Labour Conference, the preliminary to the Easter gathering, was opened yesterday, and continued to-day. The first was the ...

    Article : 240 words
  9. The Mercury.

    AUSTRALIA'S concern is not specially with China, or Japan, or the East or the Far East, but with all of these thickly populated ...

    Article : 1,260 words
  10. BIG STEAMERS FOR HOBART

    The Mayor of Hobart (Mr. J. J. Wignall), in appreciation of the overseas shipping companies taking advantage of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 220 words
  11. Bridging the Derwent

    Sir,—Amongst all the talk and ideas re the above subject, it becomes hard to find a scheme that has not been advocated. "Bridget," in your issue of ...

    Article : 743 words
  12. Medical Research Suffers

    That the valuable activities of the Baker Medical Research Institute at the Alfred Hospital are shortly to be practically discontinued, owing to the lack ...

    Article : 239 words
  13. Horses in Favour

    It is only a few years since the extinction of the horse for utility was confidently predicted, though seers generously admitted that a few might be kept ...

    Article : 253 words
  14. A Leg In

    The yachtsmen of Hobart are widely recognised as good sportsmen, eager to win, but quick to congratulate a successful rival when defeated, and as proue ...

    Article : 203 words
  15. A DERWENT BRIDGE

    LAST week the Sorell Council decided that a new bridge across the Derwent is not needed, and would be useless to the district. At an early ...

    Article : 351 words
  16. Relief Work

    The State Government is satisfied, following the recent meeting of the Loan Council, that money will be available for the relief works programme for the next ...

    Article : 230 words
  17. Chaplain Not Wanted

    It would seem that the local Baptists are the most law-abiding section of our community; at any rate, there are very few of that persuasion doing time in the ...

    Article : 217 words
  18. Who Wants the Bridge?

    Every motorist who visited Bellerive Regatta or Sorell races on Saturday would hold up both hands in the affirmative if they were asked whether they ...

    Article : 209 words
  19. PAPER PULP

    The party of directors of companies interested in the Derwent Valley paper pulp scheme, who have been in Tasmania for a week left Hobart on ...

    Article : 219 words
  20. A Cricket Curiosity

    In a paragraph a month or two ago I referred to the difficulty Hobart batsmen were experiencing in reaching three figures in Tasmanian Cricket ...

    Article : 173 words
  21. PERSONAL

    The Rev. K. J. Bickersteth, headmaster of St. Peter's College, Adelaide, has been appointed headmaster of Felsted School, Essex, in succession to the Rev. ...

    Article : 561 words
  22. FLYING EXPERIMENTS

    AS a change from some of the rather futile, and much-advertised, "stunt" flights, we can welcome the latest attempts to establish flying ...

    Article : 266 words
  23. OBITUARY

    The funeral of Mr. William Seymour took place at the Church of England cemetery, Longford, on Friday afternoon, when many persons attended. The ...

    Article : 124 words
  24. Impositions on Producers

    Sir,—Your correspondent, E. McGuinness (Murdunna), speaks in no uncertain voice as to the inefficiency of our legislators to cope with existing ...

    Article : 204 words
  25. CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE

    The annual conference of the Associated Chambers of Commercer of Australia is to be held in Hobart next month, and it is expected that 40 ...

    Article : 214 words
  26. No Donkeys

    Clusters of children were around a man at the Bellerive Regatta on Saturday who was in charge of three ponies upon which many delighted youngsters ...

    Article : 183 words
  27. BANK OF ENGLAND

    The Bank of England has purchased a further £3,000,000 worth of bar gold, making £10,500,000 worth of gold towards the £19,000,000 worth used to ...

    Article : 89 words
  28. STOP PRESS NEWS

    Field-Marshal Sir William Robertson, who rose from the ranks and served with distinction in South Africa, India, and the Great ...

    Article : 54 words
  29. Unemployed and the Land

    Sir,—Kindly allow me to back E. McGuinness's letter in "The Mercury" of the 11th inst., re unemployment and the land. If our Government was to think ...

    Article : 172 words
  30. A Rare Guest

    A mild sensation was caused yesterday in the garden belonging to a medical man in Macquarie Street within a few minutes' walk of the General Post ...

    Article : 122 words
  31. BRITAIN'S TRADE

    Board of Trade returns for January show that the value of imports into Britain during the month amounted to £54,123,000, that of exports £29,205,000, ...

    Article : 96 words
  32. TASMANIA'S RESOURCES

    Mr. R. H. Hunt, American Vice-Consul, stationed at Melbourne, has been detailed by the United States Government to continue his tour of inspection ...

    Article : 159 words
  33. BAKER INSTITUTE

    Although the fund which forms the source of the income of the Baker Institute of Medical Research was so invested as to provide ample income in ...

    Article : 108 words
  34. The Celebrity Concert

    Sir,—I was one of the fortunate people to be in the Town Hall on Friday evening. It was a really wonderful concert, and made me feel very proud ...

    Article : 94 words
  35. Short-Term Finance

    A celebrated English actor, now dead, was always in trouble with his income tax returns. An official of the department, questioning him, said: "Before I ...

    Article : 65 words
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