A barn containing six tons of hay was destroyed by fire on Sunday night on Mr. George Carey's property, situated about one mile from Scottsdale. ...
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Article : 156 wordsMuch interest is being evinced in the proposal by Alderman Ockerby, M.H.A., that the Launceston City Council should borrow £300,000 to develop additional ...
Article : 288 wordsIn his reserved decision, delivered yesterday, Mr. E. L. Hall (Commissioner of the Court of Requests) decided that Keith Owen Roberts, who on August 1 ...
Article : 416 wordsAnother of the interesting links with the early days of Tasmania in the old gaol at Pontville, on the main HobartLaunceston road, will soon be lost. For ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 515 wordsRepresentatives of the dairying industry from all parts of Tasmania met at Launceston yesterday to hear from Mr. Angus McKenzie, president of the Victorian Dairymen's Association, a detailed explanation of the proposed butter marketing ...
Article : 133 wordsAlways a popular favourite, Janet Gaynor, at her anticipated appearance at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Hobart, on Saturday, in the lavish Fox production, ...
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Article : 96 wordsThe eleventh annual meeting of the Royal Autocar Club of Tasmania will be held to-night in the clubhouse, Hobart. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe Lord Mayor of Hobart (Mr. J. J. Wignall) will preside at the annual meeting of the Hobart District Nurses' Association, which is to be held on ...
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Article : 130 wordsMadame Florence Austral is not only the possessor of a phenomenal voice, she is also a great artist who surmounts technical difficulties with the utmost ease. Her ...
Article : 126 wordsThe annual meeting of the Victoria League will be held on Friday afternoon, May 18, in the Town Hall, Hobart. The Governor (Sir Ernest Clark) will ...
Article : 30 wordsThe first meeting of the 1934 session of the Oatlands branch of the Workers' Educational Association was held in the court-room, Oatlands, on Monday. There ...
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Article : 121 wordsThe death occurred suddently at his residence at Trevallyn, early yesterday morning, of Mr. Arthur J. Beaumont, a well-known chemist, who carried ...
Article : 326 wordsThe half-yearly assembly of the Baptist Union of Tasmania was opened at the Baptist Church, Hobart, last night, by a welcome meeting. The Rev. ...
Article : 522 words"Sleepless Nights," the musical comedy attraction, will be presented at the Moonah Theatre to-night and to-morrow night. Stanley Lupino and Polly Walker ...
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Article : 142 wordsThe first district rally under the auspices of the recently-elected Southern District C.E. Union for 1934 has been held at the Church of Christ Chapel, ...
Article : 237 wordsAt the Plaza Theatre, New Norfolk, on Friday and Saturday next, the feature film will be "Only Yesterday." ...
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Article : 36 wordsThe Gildeaway Skating Rink, Hobart, will hold three sessions to-morrow. The rink will be open this evening. ...
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Article : 233 wordsThe Ware Street Mission Junior Christian Endeavour Society conducted its first annual rally at the Hobart Baptist schoolroom on Saturday afternoon ...
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Article : 51 wordsA dance in aid of the Sports Club was held on Saturday. Visitors were present from Moorina. The Moorina orchestra supplied the music. A ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 18 Apr 1934, Page 5
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