FLOOD waters from rivers swollen by further heavy rains yesterday, blocked roads in several districts. Hobart received only light showers, but heavier falls were recorded in other areas. A new landslide in the St. Mary's Pass ...
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Article : 1,593 wordsThe Assistant Secretary of State (Mr. Sumner Welles) announced that the State Department has lodged another protest at Tokio against the ...
Article : 263 wordsFederal Cabinet concluded a fourday series of meetings tonight, and Ministers left for Sydney and Melbourne. The Prime Minister (Mr. ...
Article : 261 wordsThough it seems that the Tientsin negotiations are hanging fire, the inner Cabinet will meet today to decide Japan's policy towards Europe. The ...
Article : 132 wordsIt was announced today that MajorGeneral R. M. Downes had been reappointed Director-General of Military Services in Australia for the term of ...
Article : 58 wordsAn anti-British picket corps is resorting to direct intimidation of Chinese employed by Britons. The bulk of the Chinese are friendly, but the ...
Article : 205 wordsA LETTER with much of the writing obliterated was exhibited by Col. the Rev. F. J. Miles, secretary of the Russian ...
Article : 87 wordsACCORDING to the Ottawa correspondent of the "New York Times," Mr. Herridge, a former Canadian Minister to ...
Article : 105 wordsThe Duke of Kent will not fly the Royal Standard in Australia. From the time he reaches Fremantle until he is sworn as Governor-General he will ...
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Article : 71 wordsAn attempt to censure the Australasian Council of Trades Unions for having lifted the boycott on the National Register failed at a meeting of the ...
Article : 261 wordsThose taking part in the AngloFrench-Russian negotiations in Moscow do not expect the early signing ot a pact. ...
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Article : 170 wordsThe Government probably will give consideration shortly to a proposal to reconstitute, on the lines of the board of the Royal Hobart ...
Article : 168 wordsThe following appointments were made at a meeting of the Executive Council yesterday: Justices of the Peace: Messrs. F. J. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 4 Aug 1939, Page 2
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