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  2. NEWS IN BRIEF

    Weather forecasts issued at 9 p.m. yesterday for the 24 hours ensuing:— Unsettled with some showers developing. Easterly winds chiefly. ...

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  3. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT

    Pressed by Senator Dunn (Lang Lab., N.S.W.), the President of the Senate (Senator Lynch) to-day admitted that he did not consider trousered women ...

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  4. DAY BY DAY

    THERE are indications that the tennis world may he convulsed this season owing to the growing feeling on the subject of wearing "shorts" by both ...

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  5. LETTERS

    Sir,—There is every indication that the dairying industry will succeed in securing legislation in both Commonwealth and State Parliaments which ...

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  6. MAINLAND NOTES

    THE suggestion that there should be a general spring cleaning of the city of Melbourne in preparation for the Centenary celebrations is one that will ...

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  7. The Mercury

    OCCASIONALLY, as a mental exercise, we try to discover the difference in principle, if any, between the plans of the Country Party and ...

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  8. Swimmers' Paradise

    Hobart has many [?]iddon nooks of beauty unknown to the casual visitor, and often enough unknown to the resident. Some of these delightful places ...

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  9. Philosophic Comfort

    When times were trying, war weary "Diggers" in France used to find consolation in the reflection that the first seven years of a war were the worst, ...

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  10. THE SPANISH ELECTIONS

    FOR the first time since the Spanish Republic was established the Cortes has been dissolved, and the people have had the opportunity of ...

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  11. City Council Reform

    It is many years since the Sydney City Council was entirely free from movements for reformation. There has long been general agreement that some ...

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  12. Lindisfarne Jetty

    Sir,—In regard to the proposed new jetty at Lindisfarne, I think the Lindisfarne ratepayers are entitled to replies from the Clarence Council to the ...

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  13. Street Dangers

    There are several Hobart street intersections more dangerous than others, and one at which there have been serious accidents is that of Davey. Street ...

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  14. Eucharistic Procession

    When it was announced that the Roman Catholic Church intended to bold a Eucharistic procession In the city streets on the occasion of the ...

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  15. WOMAN IN PARLIAMENT

    For the first lime in the history of responsible government in Victoria a woman was to-day admitted as a member of the State Parliament. She was ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  16. Dr. Angus Case

    There was so much publicity in Presbyterian Church deliberatious regarding the soundness of the teaching of Dr. Angus, and all without finality, that ...

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  17. Hospital Wireless

    The wireless receiving apparatus installed in the Hobart Public Hospital some years, ago as the result of an appeal conducted by "The Mercury" and ...

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  18. WAR GRAVES

    The Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) has received the following message from the High Commisisoner in London (Mr. Bruce):— ...

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  19. Town Clerk's Retirement

    Sir,—As a ratepayer who finds difficulty in these hard limes to rake together the Hobart City Council's demands for rates and charges, [?] resent ...

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  20. WIRELESS PROGRESS

    At the conclusion of a meeting of the Australian Broadcasting Commission to-day the chairman (Mr. Charles Lloyd Jones) said that members were well ...

    Article : 109 words
  21. PERSONAL

    His Excellency the Governor, attended by Captain I. K. Matheson, private secretary and A.D.C., left Hobart for Launceston yesterday. To-day he will attend ...

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  22. N.Z. CENTENARIAN

    Mrs. Mary Ann Adamson, of Hastings, celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday. She came to New Zealand 98 years ago with her parents named ...

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  23. Unexpended Votes

    An illustration that Parliament, in its wisdom, agrees to many proposals which at the time are characterised as urgent, and are afterwards found to be ...

    Article : 173 words
  24. FEDERAL ELECTORATES

    The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Perkins) announced to-night that the Federal Cabinet had decided to proceed with a revision of the Federal electoral ...

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  25. AGRICULTURAL CONFERENCE

    At the last conference of Ministers for Agriculture, held at Sydney in May, it was decided that the next conference should be held in Tasmania, in March, ...

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  26. Sheep Ticks

    Sir,—On the question of sheep tick[?] some time ago I wrote suggesting that more dips should be built. It is not necessary that every small farmer should ...

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  27. TOWN CLERK'S RETIREMENT

    Referring to the special meeting of the Hobart City Council on Monday, a report of which appeared in "The Mercury" yesterday. Alderman Ben ...

    Article : 191 words
  28. Advertising

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  29. PARLIAMENTARY SUMMARY

    In the House of Assembly last night the public works schedule, including a vote of £10,000 for the first section of additions to the Mental Diseases ...

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  30. The First Lord, Mayor

    Discussing civic matters with the Town Clerk (Mr. W. A. Brain) yesterday, I was astounded to learn from him that Hobart on one occasion possessed ...

    Article : 172 words
  31. TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    J.C.J. (Geeveston).—Following are the seasonal forecasts made by the late Mr. Clement Wragge in the form published in a letter above the signature of Mr. ...

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  32. LABOUR EXPULSIONS

    EVERY now and again information is conveyed to the public, by way of an official statement to the Press, that some more or less known person ...

    Article : 308 words
  33. OBITUARY

    The death has occurred at the age of 83 of the Rt. Hon. Augustine Birrell, K.C., Hon. Fellow, Trinity Hall, Cambridge, since 1899, and Lord Rector of ...

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  34. NEW STEAM CARS

    The new Sentinel-Cammell steam cars which the Railway Department is obtaining for an improved service on the main Hobart to Launceston line, will ...

    Article : 108 words
  35. AFGHANISTAN

    A message from Kabul says that national representatives, officials, religious leaders, and provincial chiefs of Afghanistan recently met in Kabul and ...

    Article : 63 words
  36. National Spelling

    A Cockney costermo[?]ger was asked why he could not pronounce the name of Mr. Harrison properly, and he answered thus: "Well, if a haitch and ...

    Article : 56 words
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