The 12th annual dinner and reunion of the Hobart branch of the British Ex-Service Legion of Australia was held at the Imperial Hotel on Saturday night, when there was a ...
Article : 295 wordsDisaffection in the Tasmanian branch of the Australian Railways Union seems to be waning, and the formation of an effective breakaway union by members ...
Article : 351 wordsThe president of the Tasmanian Wattle League (Aid. W. W. Osborne), welcoming members at the annual tree planting by members of Hobart secondary schools at the Lady ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 565 wordsThirteen men from Cygnet who have joined the fighting services were honoured at Cygnet on Friday in the Cygnet Town Hall, when presentations were made. ...
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Advertising : 235 wordsAlthough the suggestion emanating from the Cygnet branch of the Country Women's Association to beautify Cygnet by the planting of ornamental trees was not supported by ...
Article : 98 wordsLONDON, August 4.—Dominion apples have become a luxury food because of the shortage of supplies. Only 382,000 cases arrived from Australia and New Zealand in ...
Article : 158 wordsMr. E. J. Verren, who has been lines foreman at the Huonville Post Office for many years, has been promoted to a position at Coff's Harbour (N.S.W.). Before Mr. Verren ...
Article : 58 wordsFollowing the loss of European markets for wool, and curtailment of publicity in Britain the International Wool Secretariat is extending its organisation in the United States ...
Article : 254 wordsA record membership and a big improvement in the financial position were reported at the annunl meeting of the Bridgewater branch of the Southern Tasmanian Licensed ...
Article : 187 wordsWhen the Finance Committee recommended to the Kentish Council on Saturday that the road rate be increased from 1/4 to 1/6, Cr. R. Shaw said the rate of 1/6 was ...
Article : 111 wordsSmith and Heather are moving their mill to Cockle Creek. The new mill will be larger, and should be working for many years. It is hoped the mill will result in ...
Article : 58 wordsWhen he failed to negotiate a bend on the Kingston Rd. and hit a culvert while cycling yesterday, Trevor Atkinson (16), of 62 Burnett St., Hobart, was thrown from his ...
Article : 145 words"I am most impressed with the work," said the Premier (Mr. Cosgrove), at the air raid rehearsal conducted at the East Launceston sector on Saturday, the first Launceston ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 50 words"The State Government will take the question of minimum prices for primary products to the Australian Agricultural Council." said the Premier (Mr. Cosgrove), at ...
Article : 118 wordsOATLANDS.—A successful function in aid of Red Cross and Australian Comforts funds was held at the Town Hall, Oatlands, on Friday. The evening consisted of a concert, ...
Article : 900 words"I appeal to you to put aside questions of convenience or profit, and release for militia or oversea service every young man who can be spared, but do what you can to reserve ...
Article : 269 wordsThe potato industry has never been in a better position, states the annual report of the Potato Marketing Board. Although acreage decreased from 37,000 in 1930 to 28,000 in ...
Article : 48 wordsThe Parents' Association of the Hobart Junior Technical School held an old-time dance on Saturday. The proceeds, more than £11, were for the Australian Comforts ...
Article : 29 wordsTHE new nurses' home at the Queen Victoria Hospital, Launceston, was opened on Saturday by the Premier (Mr. Cosgrove). Cost of erection and furnishing, and of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 490 wordsFarmers are being severely hampered in building operations because of the shortage of roofing iron, said Cr. J. C. Hales at a meeting of the Penguin Council on Saturday. It ...
Article : 94 wordsBecause of enlistments among veterinary officers, the Department of Agriculture is one officer short, and cannot station a man at Devonport, said the Minister for Agriculture ...
Article : 59 wordsLONDON, August 4.—The United Grand Lodge of England has invited all freemasons to send in Masonic jewels to be melted down for donation to the Treasury. ...
Article : 32 wordsAMSTERDAM, August 4.—The director of the Netherlands Textile Distribution Bureau announced that Germany would issue ration cards for clothing in ...
Article : 104 wordsWalter Welsh (30), of 32 Franklin St., Launceston, injured a leg on Saturday when the motor-cycle he was riding came into collision with a motor-car. He was taken to ...
Article : 35 wordsSHANGHAI, August 4.—An unidentified Chinese gunman assassinated Charles Metzler, leader of the White Russian Community Committee. Yen ...
Article : 43 wordsHONOLULU, August 4.—Ten battleships, cruisers, and destroyers of the United States Fleet have arrived in Pearl Harbour from the south. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 376 wordsDAWSON (North Dakota), August 4.— A 70-mile-an-hour tornado killed three persons and injured 16. It lifted houses from their foundations and tossed ...
Article : 29 wordsLONDON, August 4.—Five thousand members of the Home Guard attend Bisley every week-end for rifle instruction. All National Rifle Association ...
Article : 33 wordsLISBON, August 4.—An infantry battalion has sailed to reinforce the garrison in Portuguese West Africa. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 219 wordsATHENS, August 4.—The Prime Minister (General Metaxas) said in a speech that Greece would remain neutral, and he was convinced that every State would ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 5 Aug 1940, Page 5
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