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  2. DAY BY DAY

    TO-DAY marks the aniversary of the assassination of one of the noblest men who over led humanity towards its ideals. On April 14, 1865, Abraham ...

    Article : 266 words
  3. MAINLAND NOTES

    OUR Easter differs in one important respect from that of 10 years ago, although in one matter one understands we are in accord with the opinion of 30 ...

    Article : 225 words
  4. NEWS IN BRIEF

    Weather forecasts Issued at 9 p.m. yesterday for the 72 hours ensuing:— Some further showers over the southWestern half but improving and ...

    Article : 1,066 words
  5. Advertising

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  6. LETTERS

    Sir.—A few days ago a paragraph appeared in "The Mercury" that a large pelican had been'seen on the Derwent a few miles from New Norfolk. ...

    Article : 445 words
  7. Holiday Movements

    There is probably no busier place in Australia to-day than the Central Railway Station in Sydney, for the traffic is abnormally heavy, even for the ...

    Article : 231 words
  8. Railways Innovation

    The railways are trying out this Easter a plan that the Commissioners have put into practice on a small scale for a long time. This is to use motor ...

    Article : 193 words
  9. Tests of Sobriety

    The average person is capable of forming a fairly shrewd idea of whether or not a man is under the influence of liquor, but the matter, assumes a vastly ...

    Article : 221 words
  10. The University

    Sir.—It must have been very disappointing to the Tasmanian applicants to find that the University Council had passed them over for an outsider. ...

    Article : 389 words
  11. Labour Parliament.

    The annual conference of the State Labour party, that is the Laug division, will be opened on Good Friday, and probably will continue for the best part of ...

    Article : 230 words
  12. Combating a Pest

    The Turips Investigation League yesterday decided that a chemist should be appointed to assist in the work of obtaining a suitable repellant and spray ...

    Article : 392 words
  13. A Worthy Career

    A personality, indelibly associated with the history, of mining in. Tasmania is the Secretary for Mines (Mr. W. A. Pretyman), who, in consequence of ...

    Article : 212 words
  14. PERSONAL

    The Lieut.-Governor (Sir Herbert Nicholls) will receive an official call from the commander of the German cruiser Koln (Captain O. Schniewind) next ...

    Article : 785 words
  15. An Enthusiastic Coach

    The Tasmanian Rowing Association was decidedly fortunate in its appointment of Mr. Gordon Westbrook as coach. A more enthusiastic mentor for the ...

    Article : 214 words
  16. Wharf Workers

    Slr,—I congratulate Warden T. Murdoch on his attempt to reduce the shipping: charges on fruit shipped overseas, but he has adopted the wornout policy ...

    Article : 166 words
  17. The Mercury.

    SOME confusion: seems to exist as to the exact date of the birth of Samuel Pepys. In some quarters the tercentenary was celebrated more than ...

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  18. GERMAN CRUISER

    Communist agents have been distributing propaganda among the crew of the German cruiser. Koln at Port Melbourne. Leaflets printed in German ...

    Article : 88 words
  19. Labour Leader and Secession

    Sir,—Mr. A. G. Ogllvie is pleased at the blow struck by West Australia at Australian unity. Henceforth we shall be wise to inspect this stalking-horse, ...

    Article : 146 words
  20. Harmony of the Spheres

    The success of Rotary Club luncheons is contributed to in no small degree by the band of enthusiasts who constitute the Rotarian choir, and each week lead ...

    Article : 181 words
  21. STOP PRESS NEWS

    Signor L[?]nida Robbiano, the Italian airman, who left England on Saturday in in attempt to lower Mr. Scott's time record for a flight to Australia, made a ...

    Article : 112 words
  22. NOT APPRECIATED

    A recent appointment to a vacancy at an important public Institution in' Tasmania, which has been the subject of a press controversy, has confirmed the ...

    Article : 326 words
  23. Agricultural Bank Interest

    Sir.—The borrowers of the Agrictural Bank are pleased to read that the Minister (Sir Walter Lee) has seen the justice in the claim that exchange on ...

    Article : 136 words
  24. Easter Fish

    In spite of the fact that Tasmanian fish enjoy a wide reputation for their excellence, it has been a matter for concern on the part of commercial ...

    Article : 166 words
  25. Oatlands Health Officer

    Sir.—I was much (surprised, on reading the report of the Oatlands Municipal Council, that no steps are proposed to be taken in connection with the ...

    Article : 117 words
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