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  2. NEWS IN BRIEF

    Weather forecasts, issued at 9 p.m. yesterday, for the 24 hours ensuing:— Fresh to strong north-westerly to westerly and south-westerly winds and ...

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  3. PERSONAL

    The King and Queen this afternoon attended a gala performance of a Gaumont British talking film, "Good Companions," based on Mr. J. B. Priestly's ...

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  4. MAINLAND NOTES

    IT is difficult to estimate the numerical strength of those within the Labour movement who advocate the socialisation of industry, or, to use a more ...

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  5. DAY BY DAY

    SO often has the beauty of Hobart been told that repetition grows tedious, yet always there seems to be something new to attract the lover of ...

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  6. LETTERS

    Sir,—"Mt. Seymourite" implies that the Government has exhausted every avenue in searching for a solution of the unemployment problem. I am pleased ...

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  7. Money in Flowers

    One of the surprises of the financial depression has been that business remained good in the selling of flowers. Everyone who has visited Sydney will ...

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  8. A Welcome Decline

    While the number of unemployed registered on the books of the Government Labour Bureau is still great enough to dispel any illusion that the ...

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  9. Like Old Times

    It is not strange to see visitors walking about the streets of Hobart whenever a big overseas liner is in port, but until the last couple of months it would ...

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  10. MORE ROADS

    AN influential deputation of members of Parliament, including an Honorary Minister, has asked the Premier to promise that he will propose ...

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  11. Two Stars

    Sir,—My old friend, Mr. Mac Sprent, is quite right. I retire early, but not too early to have observed our gorgeous planetary companion Jupiter. It did not ...

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  12. The Mercury.

    THERE have been times when British diplomacy stood high, and these have generally been times when Great Britain was the peace bringer of ...

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  13. The Weather

    Although, owing to carefully organised preventive methods, the bush fires which have broken out during the last month have been controlled before any ...

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  14. A Worthy Appeal

    If it is true (and few will deny that it is), that no greater service can be performed than the saving of human life, then assuredly, if for no other ...

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  15. Campaign Against Rabbits

    What might well be called a council of war is being held in Sydney to consider ways and means of tackling the menace arising from the spread of ...

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  16. ROOSEVELT CABINET

    The President-Elect (Mr. Franklin Roosevelt) completed his Cabinet with the announcement to-night of the appointment of Miss Frances Perkins ...

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  17. Derwent Bridge

    Sir,—Sir Elliott Lewis in a letter in "The Mercury" last Saturday compared the building of a Derwent bridge to the Sorell railway. If he had ...

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  18. Windfalls

    At a time when the Hobart Public Hospital, the Tasmanian university, the Public Library and the Museum, and many deserving charities, are ...

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  19. CHILD WELFARE

    NO thoughtful person has any misgiving regarding the result of the Child Welfare appeal now in progress in Hobart. Whatever division of ...

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  20. SECESSION MOVEMENT

    Much harm to the Commonwealth from the secession movement in West Australia is feared by the Attorney-General (Mr. Latham), who ...

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  21. Tram Travelling

    Sir,—I would like to ventilate one or two matters in connection with our excellent tramway system in Hobart, which may lead to improvements and ...

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  22. TIME STANDS STILL

    By the simple process of stopping the clock at midnight the Chamber of Deputies was able to continue the debate on the Finance Bill, which must be passed ...

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  23. Make the Bends Safe

    A cheap and easy means of making traffic on the Huon Road safer might be found by cutting the tops out of the trees that grow in the gullies where ...

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  24. Advertising

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  25. Fruit Loading

    Sir,—With regard to the letter signed "One of the Sufferers" on engaging union and non-union men on wharves during the fruit season; the following ...

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  26. CLOSING OF COAL MINES

    After attending a Cabinet meeting the Commissioner of Railways conferred today with representatives of Amalgamated Collieries Ltd. regarding the price of ...

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  27. BASIC WAGE

    There will be no alteration in the Queensland basic wage at present. In a unanimous decision, delivered by the [?]l Bench of the Industrial Court ...

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  28. The King's Honours

    A Royal investiture of honours is by no means the simple thing that it might seem. When the King is going to confer decorations there is extremely ...

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  29. INDIA'S FINANCE

    The Finance Member (Sir George Schuster), presenting his Budget in the Legislative Assembly at New Delhi today, said that the surplus was ...

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  30. Broadcasting Appreciated

    Sir,—I would like to express thanks to the Australian Broadcasting Commission and station 7ZL for the excellent service given during the Test cricket ...

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  31. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    Electricus.—(1) A machine driven by electricity gains its movement through an electric motor. The current turned into the motor is obtained at a power ...

    Article : 110 words
  32. £600 RETURN

    Provided that eight passengers can be secured, Sir Charles Kingsford-smith will probably fly the Southern Cross to England in August. ...

    Article : 48 words
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