"I think that the accident was due to want of judgment on Fraser's part. Although I think that it was due to want of the ordinary caution of the ordinary ...
Article : 1,054 wordsForced to fight her way in the teeth of a howling gale and through driving rain and thick, low-hanging cloud drifts, the t.s. Nairana, with 256 passengers ...
Article : 404 words"My idea is a broad one, to start a new era of reciprocation and to give Tasmania the opportunity of benefiting by the Centenary celebrations to be held in ...
Article : 351 wordsOf more than usual interest was a document which was brought to Launceston yesterday by a visitor from England, and a former resident of the ...
Article : 722 wordsElla Shields on Friday, night will make her final appearance with the Midnight Frolics at the Theatre Royal, Hobart, and on Saturday two new vaude[?] ...
Article : 60 wordsDense smoke pouring out of premises situated in a lane off Charles Street, Launceston, about 10 o'clock last night, attracted the attention of passers-by. ...
Article : 241 wordsAt a meeting of the Perth Water Trust at Perth on Monday the treasurer's statement showed a credit balance of £173. ...
Article : 134 wordsThe visiting British tennis players, H. G. N. Lee, F. J. Perry, and F. H. D. Wilde, accompanied by the Australians H. Hopman, B. G. Tonkin, and R. W. ...
Article : 520 wordsThe last three days at the Strand are announced of the J. C. Williamson Australian production "The Hayseeds," featuring Cecil Kellaway as "Dad," and ...
Article : 83 wordsThe current programme at the Prince of Wales features Douglas Fairbanks, junior, and Bette Davis in "Parachute Jumper,." a thrilling story of aerial ...
Article : 61 wordsCanberra, January 9.—Mr. B. T. Crutchley, the representative of the British Government in Canberra, who left Melbourne during the week-end to ...
Article : 107 wordsThe attractions at the Avalon Theatre this week are "Thark," starring Tom Walls and Ralph Lynn, the British film comedians, and "The Love Contract," ...
Article : 45 wordsDamages amounting to £15 15s. against the Launceston Corporation were awarded to John Hedley Stephenson by the Commissioner (Mr. E. L. ...
Article : 379 wordsThe Gaumont British film, "The Good Companions," adapted from the novel by J. B. Priestley, will be shown at His Majesty's Theatre for the last time on ...
Article : 39 wordsThe rain which fell in most districts in Tasmania on Monday continued throughout that night, and the countryside will benefit greatly. Falls were ...
Article : 522 wordsThe Warner Bros. musical comedy, "42nd Street," will be presented at the Moonah Theatre to-night and to-morrow night. The picture enjoyed much ...
Article : 47 wordsThe National Bridge Association of America arranges each year a world contract bridge olympic, on which a series of 16 "sealed" hands sent out by ...
Article : 73 wordsInteresting sidelights on the changes in social and economic conditions in London are contained in the "P.L.A. Monthly," the organ of the Port of ...
Article : 294 wordsThe rough weather prevailing in Bass Strait during the last few days disorganised the services of vessels trading to Tasmania. The Holyman and Sons' ...
Article : 343 wordsParticulars are advertised of tea and supper dances at the Imperial, Hobart, this week. ...
Article : 16 wordsA fair will be held in the Memorial Hall, Apsley, on Saturday on the 20th anniversary of the Presbyterian Church at Apsley. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe final match of the first round of pennant matches in the St. Helens Tennis Association was played at St. Helens on Saturday afternoon, when the ...
Article : 254 wordsThe caterpillar pest is continuing its course of destruction on the North-west Coast, abating in some districts and increasing in others, while many ...
Article : 328 wordsThe lesson he wished to drive home was the need for improved quality, said Mr. F. Warren, of London, prior to leaving Launceston by the Nairana ...
Article : 191 wordsA new world record for a tunny (says the London "Daily Mail") has been set up by Mr. J. R. Storr, skipper of the Whitby motor fishing boat Pilot Me, who ...
Article : 279 wordsNearly every steamer to and from Launceston during the last week has brought or taken away a contingent of young visitors to the State under the ...
Article : 207 wordsThe outcome of an alleged shoplifting incident in a Launceston business establishment on Christmas Eve was a case that was commenced in the Launceston ...
Article : 274 wordsFollowing were the results of the tennis tournament held recently at Deviot:— Men's Doubles.—L. G. Hesketh and L. ...
Article : 256 wordsThe monthly meeting of the Campbell Town Council was held at Campbell Town on Monday, when there were present—the Warden (Mr. A. E. Jones), ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 145 wordsAdjutant A. J. Dusting, who has been in charge of the Salvation Army at Launceston for 12 months, returned to Melbourne by the Nairana yesterday. ...
Article : 83 wordsAt the Campbell Town Police Court before the Warden (Mr. A. E Jones), and Mr. E. T. Gibson, Js.P., Sergeant Kirkham prosecuting. ...
Article : 183 wordsAt the meeting of the Deloraine Methodist circuit it was reported that the deficit had been reduced considerably, as the result of a floral fair, and ...
Article : 98 wordsTunny were landed wholesale. Lord Egerton arrived in the trawler Nordale, having caught two fish on one line. He hooked a 699lb. fish, which in its ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 83 wordsThe monthly meeting of the East Tamar Rural Producers' Association was held on Saturday in the Rocherlea Hall. It was decided to ask the Director of ...
Article : 236 wordsA meeting of the North-Western Municipal League is to be held at Ulverstone on Wednesday, January 17. Among the subjects it is proposed to consider ...
Article : 75 wordsThe funeral of Mr. Clarence Walter Parsons, second son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Parsons, of Ormley, who died at Campbell Town, took place at Fingal on ...
Article : 71 wordsAwake at last to the menace of smoke as a destroyer of health and property, great cities of the United States have opened campaigns against it (says the ...
Article : 206 wordsAt a well-attended meeting of returned soldiers at Longford on Saturday night, at which Major H. J. Dumaresq presided, the Longford ...
Article : 118 wordsHolland has adopted Greenwich Mean Time. Previously it had retained a time of its own, known as Amsterdam time, ...
Article : 167 wordsThe Campbell Town Licensing Court, which was adjourned in December, held a sitting at Campbell Town on Monday, when the Warden (Mr. A. E. Jones) and ...
Article : 77 wordsA meeting of the City Councils Wages Board will be held at Launceston on Tuesday next, at which the chairman (Mr. R. J. Meagner) will preside. ...
Article : 134 wordsCream supplies to the Flinders Island butter factory are dwindling, and the season will be a short one. Last month 7d. a lb. was paid for choice grade ...
Article : 125 wordsA memorial service to the late Mrs. P. H. Gilbert, sen., was held in the Deloraine Methodist Church on Sunday night, when there was a large ...
Article : 100 wordsThe Flinders Island municipal elections were held on Saturday, and resulted as follows:— North Ward.—A. Stackhouse ...
Article : 40 wordsAs a result of reports received by the police at Deloraine of sheep-stealing in the Montana district investigations were made yesterday, and Troopers R. C. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 10 Jan 1934, Page 5
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