THE policy of "one ratepayer, one vote," or the control of Launceston by a commission, was advocated by Mr. G. J. McElwee, sub-station superintendent for the Launceston City Council, in evidence at Launceston ...
Article : 129 wordsThe responsibility of the State Government as regards air raid precautions was acknowledged by the Premier (Mr. A. G. Ogilvie, K.C.) ...
Article : 580 wordsDr. E. R. Walker, Senior Lecturer in Economics at the Sydney University, has been appointed Professor of Economics at the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 337 words"All is ready for recognition by Britain of the Spanish rebel leader, General Franco," predicts the diplomatic correspondent of "The Times." ...
Article : 331 words"SCHOULD the test ever be forced on us, our people would be found today not less tenacious in defence of their liberty, than they have ever been," the Foreign Secretary (Lord Halifax) declared in a debate on Anglo-French ...
Article : 76 wordsEven if the national insurance scheme is saved there is no possibility that liberalisation proposals will be adopted. Furthermore, ...
Article : 488 wordsTHE debate was resumed by Lord Addison (Lab.), who welcomed the statement of the Prime Minister (Mr. Chamberlain) on February 6. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 658 wordsTHE franchise of the Launceston City Council acted detrimentally to the interests of the citizens, Mr. McElwee said. The usual thing at a municipal ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 887 wordsAny idea that the Austialian High Commissioner in London (Mr. S. M. Bruce) may remain in the Commonwealth and again enter the political ...
Article : 107 wordsJapanese aircraft made a third mass attack on Lanchow, and bombarded Pingllang on the Soviet munitions route. Twenty-six Chinese pursuit ...
Article : 246 wordsIf the present rate of increase is maintained Australia's population will reach 7,000,000 next year. At September 30, 1938, the population was 6,907,078, an ...
Article : 118 words"WE have reached the financial limit possible in regard to maintenance work, and beyond that we are not prepared to go. The fight's on gentlemen, and the next move is your's." This was the statement of the Premier ...
Article : 1,318 wordsBY 79 votes to 10 the Dail Eireann agreed to the second reading of the Treason Bill which provides the death ...
Article : 90 wordsAN UNDERGROUND bomb-proof shelter at Finsbury, London. Should the Hobart City Council hand over the control of Franklin Square to the Government the Premier (Mr. A. G. Ogilvie, K.C.), has revealed, consideration will be given to a proposal to construct a similar underground shelter there, 40ft. below the surface. It is stated that it would not interfere with the beauty of the square. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 68 wordsSupplementary estimates for Palestine presented in the House of Commons by the Colonial Secretary (Mr. MacDonald) included £1,120,700 ...
Article : 238 wordsBy 205 votes to 163 the United States House of Representatives amended the Defence Bill by eliminating provision estimated at 5,000,000 dollars ...
Article : 108 wordsGeorge Green (28), chimney sweep, was found guilty in the Criminal Court tonight of the murder of Miss Annie Wiseman (62) ...
Article : 269 wordsPurlng the hearing of addresses in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court this morning on the miners' industrial claims, Judge Drake-Brockman ...
Article : 119 wordsThomas William Simpson (54), hairdresser, shot himself dead at North Fitzroy this afternoon after he had fired two bullets into his wife's head. ...
Article : 148 wordsWest Australia is wholeheartedly behind Tasmania in its opposition to the removal or relaxation of the ban on New Zealand potatoes, Mr. Piesse, ...
Article : 59 wordsLazarus P. Morgan (66), of Penshurst, was fatally burned today. He was trying to light a cigarette, but the match fell on his shirt and ignited it. ...
Article : 51 wordsREBEL troops in Spain reached the French frontier for the first time at Perthus recently. These Navarrese soldiers, with their Monarchist flag, are quartered in the Spanish part of the frontier village. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 39 wordsAn early announcement of the appoint, lent of a new chief judge of the Commowealth Arbitration Court in succession to the late Chief Judge ...
Article : 97 wordsMeetings of committees as a prelude to the opening of the Victoria and Tasmania conference of the Methodist Church of Australia on March 1 are in ...
Article : 156 wordsThe new Prime Minister of Belgium. Senator Pierlot, announces there will be no changes in foreign policy. The Government proposes to reduce civil ...
Article : 56 wordsThe Conclave of Cardinals has decided that the name of the new Pope will not be broadcast before it is announced from the Vatican balcony. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 25 Feb 1939, Page 11
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