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  2. MAINLAND NOTES

    THERE is an epigram, the exact wording of which one forgets, to the effect that what is vice in Clapham may be virtue in Martaban. An interesting ...

    Article : 247 words
  3. DAY BY DAY

    EVERY now and then public attention is turned to the now historic subject of the Derwent bridge. It is noticeable as time goes by that it does not ...

    Article : 269 words
  4. FEDERAL PARLIAMENT

    Members were given the afternoon off to-day to attend the Governor-General's garden party, and when they assembled at 5 p.m. they received the unwelcome ...

    Article : 289 words
  5. LETTERS

    Sir,—Your sub-leader, "Clearer Definitions," in Thursday's issue of "The Mercury" is most apposite. There is unfortunately much faulty drafting in ...

    Article : 283 words
  6. THE TOWN CLERK

    AS might have been expected, a storm of public disapproval has broken over the Hobart City Council because of its extraordinary ...

    Article : 431 words
  7. NEWS IN BRIEF

    Weather forecasts, issued at 9 p.m. yesterday, for the 24 hours ensuing:— Unsettled, with some scattered showers, Winds tending westerly and ...

    Article : 1,108 words
  8. Search for Oil

    It is characteristic of the best type of private enterprise that while scores of investigations and inquiries have been held at the public expense into the ...

    Article : 228 words
  9. City and Country

    Members of Parliament, in common with other sections of the community, from time to time have much to say about the division of interests between ...

    Article : 212 words
  10. Town Clerk's Retirement

    Sir,—The amazing position taken up by the City Council in relation to the retirement of the Town Clerk calls for condemnation and vigorous protest. It ...

    Article : 637 words
  11. The Merrury

    WHILE the Country, Party is truculently demanding substantial subisidies for the wheatgrowers, and the Labour Party is insistent that ...

    Article : 865 words
  12. Berry Fruits

    Berry fruit growers in the Dandenongs are complaining about the prices fixed by the Fruit Industries Concession Committee, which are the lowest ...

    Article : 226 words
  13. PAPER INDUSTRY

    A bill to delete from the Wood Pulp and Paper Industry Encouragement Act, 1926, the clause giving the State Treasurer power to ...

    Article : 491 words
  14. City Planning

    Sydney has a very live organisation known as the Parks and Playgrounds Movement. It concerns itself with the protection of public reserves from that ...

    Article : 351 words
  15. LICENSING LEGISLATION

    AS a rule the mere mention of a Bill to deal with the sale of liquor stirs members of Parliament to activity, and gives them opportunities ...

    Article : 294 words
  16. Good Luck

    The news that first and second prizes in the latest Tattersall's consultation have been won by residents ot Launceston and Hobart respectively no doubt ...

    Article : 212 words
  17. Civic Wedding

    The civic wedding next month of the Lord Mayor of Melbourne (Dr. Gengoult Smith) with Miss Cynthia Brooks promises to be such a spectacular pageant ...

    Article : 500 words
  18. Racing Boom

    In common with other States on the mainland, Tasmanian racing clubs until recently had retrogressed, and with the extinction of many of them, owing to ...

    Article : 206 words
  19. PERSONAL

    Their Excellencies the Governor-General and Lady Isaacs gave a garden party this afternoon at Government House, Canberra. The Prime Minister ...

    Article : 396 words
  20. JAPAN'S INTENTIONS

    Lord Marley has returned from a tour in China, Manchuria and Russia, as chairman of the Anti-War Congress. He says that it is clear that the real ...

    Article : 125 words
  21. PREMIER'S HEALTH

    Regret that the Premier (Mr. J. C. McPhee) proposed to vacte his Ministerial office was expressed by members at the annual meeting of the Young ...

    Article : 269 words
  22. Adamsfield Mails

    Sir,—In the last two years the residents of Adamsfield have been able to get their mail each Monday. Wednesday, and Friday evenings. On Monday ...

    Article : 288 words
  23. PARLIAMENTARY SUMMARY

    The Legislative Council met at 11 a.m. yesterday. A bill to amend the Constitution, providing for the reduction of the number ...

    Article : 317 words
  24. Rotary Garden Contest

    A body which is making its presence felt in the community in more ways than one is the Hobart Rotary Club, and one of its latest activities is the ...

    Article : 187 words
  25. YACHTING AND ROWING

    With the promise of the last few weeks for an ideal season for aquatic sports, many yachting and rowing enthusiasts are looking forward with ...

    Article : 310 words
  26. Advertising

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  27. A Rubbish Tip

    Sir,—I would like to invite the aldermen of our City Council to visit York Street on a nice warm day. Immediately upon leaving the Sandy Bay Road ...

    Article : 207 words
  28. Stranger in the House

    Members of the Legislative Council could hardly take it as a compliment that the only member of the stranger's gallery at one period of the debate on ...

    Article : 168 words
  29. HOBART TOWN CLERK

    Alderman Ben. Watkins, M.H.A., stated yesterday that the had addressed the following letter to the Mayor (Mr. J. J. Wignall) regarding the decision of the ...

    Article : 142 words
  30. LABOUR UNITY

    The delegates appointed by the executive of the Victorian A.L.P. and the A.L.P. in the State of New South Wales having considered the present position ...

    Article : 84 words
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