The Minister for Transport (Mr. T. D'Alton) yesterday visited the Leven district and was approached by a number of deputations which urged that several roads ...
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Article : 75 wordsOn the application of the Solicitor-General (Mr. P. L. Griffiths, K.C.) in the Criminal Court at Launceston yesterday the case in which Cyril Charles ...
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Article : 56 wordsCosting £5,500,000, the Mettur Dam over the Cauvery River, South India, claimed to be the largest in the world and three times as long as the Assuan ...
Article : 206 wordsIn the Hobart Police Court yesterday, before the Police Magistrate (Dr. A. N. Lewis), Detective-Sergeant Fleming prosecuting, ...
Article : 196 wordsAlthough the United States Lawn Tennis Association had accepted an invitation to send two players to participate in the Centenary tennis ...
Article : 54 wordsLeslie Howard is cast as a suave, engaging, and fascinating rogue with a flair for fun and a weakness for women in the picture "The Lady is Willing," now showing ...
Article : 167 wordsAt a meeting of the executive of the Batman Centenary Council at Launceston last night, the Mayor (Mr. A. Hollingsworth, M.H.A.) presiding, Mr. J. W. M. ...
Article : 263 wordsRevealing a dramatic story dealing with kidnapping, "Miss Fane's Baby is Stolen," a Paramount film which is featured at the Strand Thnatre, Hobart, has qualities which ...
Article : 152 wordsIn the Children's Court at Hobart yesterday, before Mr. H. S. Kirby (Special Magistrate), Detective-Sergeant Fleming prosecuting, ...
Article : 216 wordsA mild sensation has been caused in New York by the publication to-day of a book, the author of which is Major Lawrence L. B. Angas, a London ...
Article : 198 words"This Week of Grace," the Radio musical comedy, attracted a large and appreciative audience to the Moonah Theatre last night. Gracie Fields heads the cast[?] ...
Article : 77 wordsAt the suggestion of the International Tea Committee the Governments of Kenya, Tanganyika Territory, and Nyasaland have agreed to limit the area ...
Article : 61 wordsThere was a large attendance yesterday at the Hobart Town Hall, when the city organist (Mr. J. Scott-Power) gave his popular midday organ recital. It ...
Article : 131 wordsAt a conference at Burnie yesterday between departmental stock officers and municipal inspectors from Latrobe and Circular Head it was decided to conduct a ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 268 wordsThe Brisbane wool sales were continued to-day. 11,840 bales were offered, drawn largely from south-western and central districts, and included a good proportion ...
Article : 160 wordsThe s.s. Cartela will make a fishing trip to Variety Bay, via Opossum Bay, South Arm, and Denne's Point, on Sunday next. The steamer will reach ...
Article : 80 wordsThe committee which has been arranging the dance advertised for to-night at the Strand Theatre lounge announces that owing to the work entailed in the ...
Article : 54 wordsThe annual meeting of the Board of the North-Eastern Soldiers' Memorial Hospital was held at Scottsdale on Tuesday night. The chairman (Mr. A. C. ...
Article : 169 wordsThe weekly dance of the New Town Football Club to-night will be in aid of the Buckingham Boys' Club. Cecil Foster's orchestra has been engaged for the ...
Article : 45 wordsA bridge party in aid of the funds of the Launceston Girls' Home was arranged by a committee at the home of Mrs. J. A. von Alwyn, Dowling Street, ...
Article : 155 wordsThe Premier (Mr. A. G. Ogilvie, K.C.) stated yesterday that representations had been made to the Federal Government for assistance to be given in the ...
Article : 111 wordsThe Rev. Thomas Andrew Moore Campbell, rector of the Stanley parish, died yesterday at his home at Stanley, at the age of 54 years, after a long ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 196 wordsMr. and Mrs. W. Paul gave a party at their home last Saturday in honour of the "coming of age" of their daughter, Miss Phyllis Paul. Those present ...
Article : 112 wordsJudgment was reserved by the High Court to-day in the appeal by John Thomas Lang against a majority decision of the Full Court of the Supreme ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 23 Aug 1934, Page 5
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