The Treasurer (Mr. E. Dwyer-Gray) announced yesterday that authority had been issued to the manager of the Agricultural Bank for a reduction in the ...
Article : 421 wordsWith the gazetting last month of the revised traffic regulations, requirements as to the speed restrictions on motor vehicles were altered, and the speed of ...
Article : 338 wordsThe collection of Port Arthur relics at the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston, is the outstanding systematic display of its kind in Australia, there ...
Article : 500 wordsJohn James Meagher (47), a Victorian, was fatally shot in his shack near Goolagong yesterday morning. The police were informed by telephone soon ...
Article : 190 wordsThe surface of the Main Road between Hobart and Launceston has been considerably improved in the last week or so by the gangs of men employed in ...
Article : 330 wordsA tribute to the manner in which Mr. G. S. Roberts, manager of the Brisbane branch of the Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau, is conducting publicity ...
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Advertising : 112 wordsThe trial of Thomas Higgins for the alleged murder of his father-in-law, Councillor John Hoare, of Narrawa, near Wilmot, was begun before Mr. Justice ...
Article : 1,762 wordsAt the meeting of the Wheat Advisery Committee to-day the French delegate outlined the steps that are to be taken in France to cope with the ...
Article : 220 wordsThe new programme advertised to commence at the Avalon Theatre, Hobart, next Friday, is headed by "Every Woman's Man," a realistic drama of the ...
Article : 175 wordsThe body of Andrew Robertson (64), of Healesville, was found yesterday on the summit of Mount Monda. Robertson and a companion, Harry Albert Card ...
Article : 138 wordsThe Manchester correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" reports a telephonic communication between the Cotton Trade Organisation and the Australian ...
Article : 162 wordsMention was made in the Arbitration Court yesterday of the heavy cost to the parties of the transcripts of the evidence given during the hearing of an ...
Article : 162 wordsThe annual meeting of the Permanent Building Society was held at the office of the society, 71 St. John Street, Launceston, last evening. The chairman ...
Article : 346 words"Miss Fane's Baby is Stolen," the principal attraction at the Strand Theatre, Hobart, is notable for the fine acting and decorative appearance of ...
Article : 158 wordsThe annual fair of the St. Paul's branch of the Heralds of the King was held yesterday afternoon at the church hall, Cleveland Street, Launceston. ...
Article : 277 wordsThe Latrobe Council at its meeting yesterday fixed the municipal rates the same as last year—road 1s 5d. health 1d, water 1s, and town rate 1s. ...
Article : 109 wordsThe various agencies of the Department for Agriculture started the formulation of a programme to-day for the purchasing of forage abroad for ...
Article : 130 wordsThe returns of passenger traffic through Plymouth indicate that the diminution in the tourist business from America, which had been going on ...
Article : 131 wordsProsecuting officials are investigating alleged Communistic activities at Hollywood. The names of four motion picture players are mentioned as ...
Article : 112 wordsThe current attractions at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Hobart, are "Jennie Gerhardt" starring Sylvia Sidney, and "The Big Brain," with Phillips Holmes ...
Article : 122 wordsIt is impossible to get sunburn in the afternoon, even though the sun may be then at its hottest, according to Professor E. N. da C. Andrade, of ...
Article : 213 wordsConflicting opinions as to the value from the Australian point of view of the sessions of the International Labour Conference of the League of Nations ...
Article : 273 words"The Lady is Willing," a comedyfarce, starring Leslie Howard, which is now showing at His Majesty's Theatre, Hobart may gain added note as the ...
Article : 138 wordsMessrs. R. F. Dehle and A. Raeburn, State members of the Australian Dairy Products Equalisation Committee, and Mr. J. T. Armstrong, chief dairy officer ...
Article : 381 wordsJames Jones, organiser of the Miners' Militant Minority Movement at Wonthaggi, was arrested to-day on information laid by Mr. J. McLeish, manager of ...
Article : 141 wordsIn the Assembly to-day, the Premier (Mr. Butler) made an announcement of the Government's decision to amalgamate the offices of Agent-General and ...
Article : 169 words"This Week of Grace," the Radio musical comedy feature, will be presented at the Moonah Theatre to-night and to-morrow night. Gracie Fields, ...
Article : 61 wordsThe majority of game hunters have disposed of their opossum skins taken during the season just closed. The number sold to buyers in the Oatlands ...
Article : 72 wordsAt the mid-day fellowship gathering at Hobart Town Hall yesterday a new song, composed by a Tasmanian, Mrs. M. A. Blee, and entitled, "Tassy my ...
Article : 150 wordsAbout 20,000 ringtails and 2,500 brush opossum were branded and sold at Mole Creek, which earned £80 or more in royalty. The price paid at Mr. G. Miles' ...
Article : 71 wordsReferring yesterday to the hospitality extended to the personnel of the destroyers Stuart Waterhen and Voyager during their recent visit to Launceston, the ...
Article : 107 wordsAt a meeting of the Glenorchy Council last night the Warden (Mr. R. N. J. Stourton), in the chair, Councillor T. J. Cashion moved: ...
Article : 110 wordsThe musical and literary competitions conducted by the Christ Church Club, Launceston, having been concluded, the prizes were presented and a musical ...
Article : 317 wordsA further appeal on behalf of distressed persons at Cape Barren Island is being made by Miss A. M. Hudson, who is instituting a mission of relief ...
Article : 316 wordsHorrie Stevens and Cecil Foster's orchestra has been engaged for the weekly dance of the North Hobart Football Club, to be held in St. James' Hall, ...
Article : 57 wordsThe annual report of the North-Eastern Soldiers' Memorial Hospital, presented at the annual meeting at Scotts dale last night, stated that the number ...
Article : 293 wordsThe retiring members of the board of management of the Launceston Benevolent Society—Messrs. J. V. Sullivan, H. Weedon, J. G. Duncan, S. D. Barclay, and ...
Article : 167 wordsA meeting was held last night at the residence of Mr. Karl Mantach, Launceston, to discuss the extension of the South Launceston Progress Association ...
Article : 71 wordsThe Hobart City Organist (Mr. J. Scott-Power) will give an organ recital at the Town Hall, Hobart, to-day, commencing at 1.30 p.m. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe fortnightly meeting of the Green Rises Christian Endeavour Society was held on Wednesday night in the Butleigh Hill Church when endeavourers ...
Article : 67 wordsThe Hobart Concert Orchestra, under the conductorship of David Feirclough, will give an entertainment in the Town Hall, Hobart, to-night, in aid of the ...
Article : 58 wordsThe annual general meeting of the Tasmanian Freemasons' Hall Co. Ltd will be held in the Masonic Hall, Hobart, to-night. ...
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Advertising : 7 wordsExtensive alterations have recently been carried out to the Ozone Tea Rooms, Long Beach, which is now equipped with an up-to-date ballroom, with a ...
Article : 66 wordsMadame Lillion Evans, a visiting psychologist, will give a health talk in the Lord Mayor's Court-room, Hobart, to-morrow, Friday, and Saturday. ...
Article : 25 wordsA report was received by the police at Hobart early this morning that a blue single-seater Chrysler roadster motor-car belonging to Miss Nina ...
Article : 58 wordsJ. P. Knowles' Dance Band will provide the music at the popular palais night at the Belford Cabaret Restaurant, Hobart, to-night. There will be ...
Article : 35 wordsThe annual general meeting of shareholders in the Hobart Gas Co. will be held at the offices of the company, Collins Street, Hobart, to-day. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 22 Aug 1934, Page 5
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