WHEN the Legislative Assembly meets to-morrow, it is expected that the Chief Secretary will explain a bill to amend the Licensing Act, ...
Article : 238 wordsThe death occurred at a private hospital in Hobart on Sunday of Mr. William Armstrong, of Middleton, [?]n the Channel district, in the 76th year of his ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 256 wordsWeather forecasts issued at 9 p.m. yesterday for the 24 hours ensuing:— Chiefly fine with variable winds, tending northerly. A tendency for some showers ...
Article : 716 wordsSir,—It has been well said that the primary producer is of all men the most difficult to handle, and the Tasmanian fruitgrower is no exception. After each ...
Article : 496 wordsMOST of the comments which have been made regarding the dramatic action of Herr Hitler recognise the danger which may arise, but ...
Article : 825 wordsNo matter what scheme is devised and put into force for the relief of the traffic jam in certain of the city's busiest streets, an appreciable ...
Article : 269 wordsThe well-meant efforts of experts of the Department of Agriculture to produce bigger, and belter potatoes and more of them in ...
Article : 221 wordsShould the Australian cricketers undertake the tour of England they will play two matches in Tasmania prior to leaving next March. The Board of ...
Article : 249 wordsALL those who have the true interests of cricket at heart will welcome the news from London that the M.C.C. has under consideration a ...
Article : 328 wordsSir,—As one who has had a lot to do with the tourist industry and with an intimate knowledge of how the eastern portion of the State has been ...
Article : 402 wordsWhether they have deserved it or not, it is impossible in the light of conflicting artistic opinion to say, but the present expert adviser of the Felton Bequest in ...
Article : 436 wordsTheres is no logical reason why it should be so, but one scarcely associates members of the Police Force with religious services and other church ...
Article : 203 wordsWhen it is found necessary to appoint boards of inquiry or such bodies to investigate public or semi-public questions, it is regarded as usual for the ...
Article : 208 wordsAn estate- valued at £133,222 has been left by Mr. Michael Seymour Hawker, sheep farmer, who died on August 10. Tho will contained about 8,000 words[?] ...
Article : 98 wordsIn the last two financial years the Vaucluse [?]nfectious Diseases Hospital had a surplus of £6,099, and the Hobart City Council last night ...
Article : 280 wordsTwo of the biegest sporting events in Southern Tasmania will occur in the one week next summer. Hobart Regatta. Day, the premier aquatic event of the ...
Article : 182 wordsThe House of Assembly will meet tonight at 7.30 o'clock, and after formal business the Treasurer (Mr. J. C. Mc[?] Phee) will deliver his financial ...
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Article : 142 wordsSir,—I am sending you this vers[?] by K. O'Neill-Bailey in the hope that you will reproduce it in "The Mercury." It was given me as having been taken ...
Article : 169 wordsThe alleged mutiny on H.M.S. Hood earlier in the week has been amusingly explained. In the course of naval exercises four, cutters, in which the seamen ...
Article : 156 wordsIt is amazing how long the average citizen can remain blind to the wealth of natural beauty in the native flowers of Tasmana. This is partly explained ...
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Article : 80 wordsSir,—Since the question of radio licence fees is under review I would suggest that, instead of a general flat rate on all owners of receiving sets, ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 17 Oct 1933, Page 6
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