A battle between Allied and German warships which resulted in the sinking of two German vessels in the Arctic, near the ...
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Article : 87 wordsTHE Air Ministry announces that the Royal Air Force made successful flights over enemy territory in the past 24 hours, including reconnaissance flights to Heligoland, the German coast, and large ...
Article : 91 wordsTHE fire broke out shortly arter 10 p.m. for the timber store, which was erected about 18 months ago, and quickly spread to the older building facing ...
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Article : 210 wordsRevealing the fighting spirit and picturesque diction which distinguished him as Prime Minister in the Great War, the Federal ...
Article : 201 wordsChildren attending State schools in and near Hobart will be given an opportunity to see the march of Tasmanian members of the Second ...
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Article : 95 wordsThe people of Britain are determined to completely overthrow Hitlerism in all its forms and the British Labour Movement is in entire accord with the ...
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Advertising : 32 wordsWilliam Vaughan (83), of 333 Park St., Hobart, was admitted to the Royal Hobart Hospital at 7 p.m. yesterday with injuries to the head. Vaughan was ...
Article : 46 wordsWe are tackling the serious problem of increasing our exports but we shall make a job of it," said Mr. R. S. Hudson, Secretary to the Department of ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 28 Feb 1940, Page 2
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