The Tasmanian total for the Red Cross Fund is £41,559, comprising £24,7[?]5 from the North, and £16,794 from the South. A donation, Miss Swan's wayside stall, should ...
Article : 631 wordsMELBOURNE, August 9.—Italy's attacks on British Somaliland must make further serious inroads' on her inadequate supplies of petroleum and oils in Africa. Italy is generally ...
Article : 285 wordsSales to war savings certificates in Tasmania have risen to 50 per cent of the quota for this State, according to figures made available from the headquarters of the ...
Article : 334 wordsThe Anderson type of air raid shelter being erected on the Sydney Domain. The shelter is 6ft. x 5ft., and 3ft. in the ground covered with earth. It will shelter six persons from 500lb. bombs 30ft. away. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Advertising : 334 wordsLONDON, August 9.—The King and Queen visited a factory at Derby during a tour of the Midlands, and saw work in every stage of production. Large crowds cheered ...
Article : 162 wordsA proposal that students in the engineering faculty at the University of Tasmania should co-operate in the preparation of lenses urgently required for war purposes ...
Article : 292 wordsMELBOURNE, August 9.—The announcement that the Viceroy of India (Lord Linlithgow) is inviting representative Indians to join his council is regarded in official ...
Article : 245 wordsTribute to the character and life of Mr. Joseph Zelly Bidencope was paid yesterday by the Rev. A. A. Bennett at St. George's Church, Battery Pt., where a memorial ...
Article : 643 wordsCANBERRA, August 9.—Australia's population increased by 8,253 persons by migration during the year ended June 30. For the first time for many years the net population ...
Article : 134 wordsMELBOURNE, August 9.—Messrs. R. W. Baker and R. Harry, Tasmanian Rhodes scholars for 1939 and 1938 respectively, are expected in Melbourne from overseas ...
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Advertising : 291 wordsCANBERRA, August 9.—Explaining why the Australian Youth Council had been declared an unlawful organisation, the Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes) said today that ...
Article : 193 wordsLADY CLARK has issued the following appeal to the young women of Hobart: "Red Cross Emergency Companies ...
Article : 220 wordsCANBERRA, August 9.—Warning Australian firms against the danger of giving away valuable and sometimes vital information in their catalogues, the Minister for ...
Article : 84 wordsCANBERRA, August 9.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) announced today that the Commonwealth Government has accepted an invitation to send representatives to a ...
Article : 92 wordsAt the August meeting of the Sorell Council there were present: The Warden (Mr. W. Dunbabin), Crs. F. W. McDermott, E. G. Grant, J. Davidson, E. J. Okines, W. M. ...
Article : 211 wordsThis illustration throws interesting light on the origin of the present A.I.F. badge, which has been the subject of a good deal of controversy. The bottom badge is the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 163 wordsThe scallop season will close on August 15, as fixed by regulation. This decision was made by the Sea Fisheries Board yesterday. Sgt. T. Challender, the board's inspector, ...
Article : 63 wordsIn the Hobart Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. W. A. Downie and A. H. Jerrim, Js.P., Detective-Inspector Fleming prosecuting. ...
Article : 312 wordsA meeting of the Parents' Association of the Oatlands Area School, held in the school on Thursday, was well attended. Mr. R. T. Fish presided. The headmaster (Mr. R. C. ...
Article : 165 wordsLONDON, August 9.—The British cruiser Ajax has been recommissioned and put to sea. Her complement includes about half of the crew who participated ...
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Advertising : 82 wordsJames Anthony Leeper (34). unmarried, of Pontville, died suddenly at Hobart yesterday. The matter was reported to the Coroner (Mr. W. A. Downie), who [?]d ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 10 Aug 1940, Page 6
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