Accommodation for waterside workers at Hobart will be improved vastly with the completion in about a fortnight of a brick building in Lower Argyle St., on the site of ...
Article : 315 wordsThe funds raised by the Tasmanian Division of the Red Cross Society have reached a total of £43,915, of which £26,399 has been subscribed in the North and £17,516 in the ...
Article : 443 wordsThe new accommodation for waterside workers at Hobart is near completion. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 16 wordsMUCH-NEEDED rain fell in Tasmania on Sunday night and yesterday, particularly during the morning. Registrations at Hobart this year have been little more than ...
Article : 574 wordsEnrolment in Area 12 under the universal service scheme concluded yesterday, when the staff visited Derby. Branxholm, Ringarooma, and Scottsdale. In the other areas, ...
Article : 429 wordsA dance organised by Mr. R Buckingham was held at Pringle's Hall, Campbell Town, on Saturday. The proceeds, which amounted to £9, were in aid of the Campbell Town ...
Article : 73 wordsMr. A. V. Jury, postal clerk at Oatlands, has enlisted in the R.A.A.F., and was bidden farewell by the staff of the Oatlands Post Office. The postmaster (Mr. R. E. Bonner), ...
Article : 119 wordsIn the New Norfolk Police Court yesterday, before Mr. H. W. Traill and Mrs. D. V. Curtain, Js.P., Inspector M. J. Collins prosecuting. ...
Article : 69 wordsWork on the water pipeline between Lawitta and Boyer newsprint mill site at New Norfolk has reached the final stage. Yesterday 15 men, who have been engaged on ...
Article : 141 wordsTotal rates, which were fixed at a special meeting of the King Island Council, remain unchanged, and a credit of £103 was reported. The Warden (Cr. R. H. Hooper) presided, ...
Article : 354 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Launceston Chamber of Commerce, to be held at the Brisbane Hotel, Launceston, tonight, Mr. T. Shields, K.C., will be elected president in ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 199 wordsAt the State conference of the Workers' Educational Association the following officers were elected: President, Mr. A. J. Tyler; vice-presidents, Messrs. E. H. Geer, ...
Article : 154 wordsRacing this season probably would be curtailed, said Commodore E. Massey moving the adoption of the report and statement of accounts at the annual meeting ...
Article : 292 wordsWork has begun on the remodelling of the municipal offices at New Norfolk. During the alterations council business will be done in the main council chamber and ...
Article : 155 wordsApart from the many efforts for patriotic purposes, more than 460 persons in the New Norfolk municipality are making regular subscriptions to war savings certificates ...
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Advertising : 165 wordsConstruction of the new block at the Launceston General Hospital is progressing. The picture shows a view of the work looking towards Cataract Hill, with the Children's Hospital (tiled roof) in the background. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 72 wordsMr. C. C. Johnstone, who has been Council Clerk at Cygnet for nearly 20 years, will vacate the position probably within the next fortnight. Mr. Johnstone, who has an extra ...
Article : 197 wordsIt was hoped to extend the work of the Civil Defence Legion by organising the staff of business houses and factories, stated Mr. F. Warland Browne, chairman of the ...
Article : 117 wordsMr. C. M. Mills has been appointed acting secretary of the Launceston sub-branch of the R.S.S.I.L.A. in the absence of the secretary (Capt. E. E. von Bibra), who has been ...
Article : 100 wordsSORELL.—An evening was tendered to Mrs. D. Leech, on the eve of her departure for Melbourne to join her husband, who is in the R.A.A.F., at the residence of Mr. and ...
Article : 1,187 wordsA report is to be obtained by the Health Committee of the Hobart City Council on the suggestion by the Lord Mayor (Mr. Soundy) that a new policy be adopted in ...
Article : 93 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday.—In connection with the prohibition brought into force last week against the importation into Australia of British bank-notes, the ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 194 wordsThe president of the Northern Tasmanian section of the Tasmanian Autocar Club (Mr. R. C. Grubb), who is also in charge of the transport section of the Civil Defence Legion ...
Article : 75 wordsA tea-car was presented to the Australian Y.M.C.A. for the benefit of Australian troops. The Commonwealth's High Commissioner (Mr. Bruce) and Mrs. Bruce are shown enjoying a cup of tea with the troops. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Advertising : 30 wordsTo fill the vacancy on the Potato Marketing Board brought about by the death of Mr. H. A. Nichols, an election will be held on October 8. This was decided at a ...
Article : 107 wordsHENRY —By Anderson ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 27 Aug 1940, Page 5
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