Although the Queensland Government is considering a proposal to introduce legislation to provide for proxy marriages between members of the A.I.F. overseas and ...
Article : 304 wordsBritish toy manufacturers are making a successful drive to capture export markets which Germany has lost. Since the war began British toy exports have increased by 50 per cent. China, Peru, Chile, the Argentine, as well as the Dominions and U.S.A., are among those buying, British toys in increasing quantities. The picture shows girls ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 65 wordsMore than 100 tables were reserved for the quarterly bridge party arranged by the Auxillary 2nd/12th Battalion Comforts Fund at the Town Hall, Hobart, yesterday. ...
Article : 335 wordsCONGRATULATIONS were offered to Dame Enid Lyons at the Teachers' Conference in Launceston yesterday upon the birth of a ...
Article : 55 wordsThe importance of the work of the Anzac Hostet Women's League of Remembrance was emphasised by Mrs. G. A. D. Youl, who presided at the September meeting of the league ...
Article : 158 wordsTasmanian donations to the Lady Gowrie appeal for the Red Cross and the Comforts Fund total nearly £57,000—£44,665 for the Red Cross, and £12,280 for the Comforts ...
Article : 340 wordsA "Leap Year" dance committee, comprising seven Hobart girls. Misses June Domeney, Audrey Everett, Pat. Hodges, Betty MacDonald, Marjorie Perry, June Stevenson, and ...
Article : 54 wordsVisitors staying at Wrest Pt. Riviera Hotel, Hobart, include: Mr. and Mrs. L. Garner, Mr. and Mrs. J. de V. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer (Melbourne), Mr. and Mrs. P. R. ...
Article : 101 wordsThe Oatlands Council, at a meeting at Oatlands yesterday considered a proposal to extend electric power from Parattah to Baden via Mt. Seymour. The Warden (Mr. W. M. ...
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Advertising : 355 wordsA total rate of 2/10 in the town area and 1/11 in the country area, compared with 2/101/2 and 2/1 respectively last year, was fixed by the Campbell Town Council ...
Article : 348 wordsLorraine Iris, only daughter of Mrs. I. Browne, New Norfolk, and the late Mr. L. G. Browne, to Donald William, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Rumney, Lower Sandy Bay. ...
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Article : 101 wordsLady Clark presided at the monthly meeting of the Victoria League Central Executive Committee on Monday. Matters discussed included the War Chest Fund, the young ...
Article : 48 wordsThe executive committee of the Tasmanian Division of the Red Cross Society decided at its meeting at Hobart yesterday that a suggestion that an organiser from the Mainland ...
Article : 281 wordsThe marriage of Muriel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Joseph, of Cygnet, to Alan, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Cocker, Cornwall, was solemnised at St. Mark's ...
Article : 210 wordsA retreat for ministers and elders of the Presbyterian Church which opened at Oatlands on Monday, will continue until Friday. About 14 are attending the retreat. ...
Article : 353 wordsSeveral of the cast of "You Can't Take It With You" are to be featured in Lesley Storm's new comedy, "Tony Draws a Horse," which is to be produced by James Pratt for ...
Article : 110 wordsMr. Justice Clark in the Supreme Court at Launceston yesterday reserved his d[?] cision in the petition in which Clair Bes[?] fruiterer and confectioner, of Launceston, ...
Article : 119 wordsTOKIO, Tuesday.—Japanese planes now permitted to land Hanoi on the Japan-Formosa-Thailand service. Permission for such landings, was one of ...
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Advertising : 23 wordsOn Mr. C. T. Fish's properly at Oatlands on Tuesday. Mr. Lionel Pennlcott was riding a horse along the banks of the River Jordan when the ground broke away and he was ...
Article : 113 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—The Minister for Aircraft Production (Lord Beaverbrook) acknowledges a gift of £1,000 from Mrs. Ada McMaster, of Melbourne. ...
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Advertising : 152 wordsTHE first raffle to be held in Tasmania under the amended Lotteries Act will be launched shortly by the Red Cross Society. The amended ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 4 Sep 1940, Page 4
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