Because portion of the road between South Mt. Cameron and Gladstone contains payable quantities of tin, the Endurance Tin Mining Co. has been granted permission to put in ...
Article : 413 wordsWASHINGTON, Tuesday.—The Navy Department has awarded contracts for 201 warships to cost 3,861,000,000 dollars (nominally £772,200,000). It is estimated ...
Article : 188 wordsAmong the war heroes honoured when the King held an open-air investiture at Buckingham Palace was Admiral Henry Crooke, who received a knighthood. The King is shown giving the accolade. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 32 wordsTHE proprietress of the accommodation house at Interlaken reports the following catches by anglers at the week-end; Messrs. Gould, Franklin, Jessup, and Hanson, eight ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Advertising : 456 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.—At £16,547,000, revenue for the first two months of the current financial year was £120,000 greater than expenditure. Treasury ...
Article : 62 wordsBetter town planning will be possible in Hobart as a result of the passing by Parliament of a Hobart Corporation Act which sets out the regulations to be observed by ...
Article : 431 wordsWhen a motor-car collided with a motorvan, laden with about a ton of chocolate, at tile intersection of Main Rd. and Hopkins St., Moonah, on April 15, the van was ...
Article : 397 wordsCommenting at Franklin hst night on the concern expressed at the meeting of the Huon Council on Monday about the uncertainly of an adequate supply of Tasmanian ...
Article : 310 wordsReference to the collection of salvage materials in Huon districts was made at a meeting of the Huon Council at Huonville on Monday. The Warden (Mr. G. C. ...
Article : 402 wordsDetails of a recent escapade by seven boys aged between eight and 13 years of age were given in the Children's Court at New Norfolk on Monday. ...
Article : 203 wordsIn the Kingston Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. C. E. Mitchell and H. A. Page. Js.P., Leonard Thomas Duggan, of Pelverata, was ...
Article : 69 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.—The export of flax fibre, low, yarn, thread, and manufactures containing flax have been prohibited unless consent is obtained by the issue of a ...
Article : 62 wordsSteps towards presenting active servicemen with framed certificates wore taken at a meeting of the Huon Council at Huonville on Monday. The Warden (Mr. G. C. ...
Article : 161 wordsBurnie is keeping abreast of modern developments in firefighting appliances appropriate to a community of its size. The picture shows the headquarters of the brigade and its modern motor-truck. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 33 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) and the Minister for Health (Dr. Gaha) visited Ouse yesterday, and inspected the bush nursing hospital that is under construction. They ...
Article : 51 wordsTribute to the work accomplished by Dr 7 B Hamilton as president of Hie Musical Association of Tasmania was paid at a gathering of members of the association at ...
Article : 339 wordsMR.O. W. HAWKINS, of the State Salvage Committee, yesterday visited the Northern secretary (Mr. H. V. Sellers) at the Launceston Salvage Depot. He expressed ...
Article : 282 wordsCold conditions, with steady, but comparatively light falls of rain, characterised the weather in the Lyell district during the past three days. On each day about half-an-inch ...
Article : 127 wordsDissatisfaction with the attitude of the Government in disallowing the new fence on the Main St side of the Franklin recreation ground to be erected on top of the ...
Article : 163 wordsAt a special, meeting of the Glenorchy Commission last night, it was agreed that £7,500 be borrowed from the Launceston Bank for Savings for permanent sewerage ...
Article : 142 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.—A practical plan to train and instruct members of the Home Guard will be drafted at the conference of State police commissioners and the Director ...
Article : 102 wordsThe first heat of the Derby was conducted on Sunday last by the Comstock Homing Society. The race was from Regatta Pt., and 22 birds were liberated by Mr. K. Ludby ...
Article : 107 wordsWASHINGTON, Tuesday.—The American Red Cross has ordered the immediate purchase in London of 12 mobile canteens, each composed of eight vehicles, at a total cost ...
Article : 89 wordsReference to the deterioration in the condition of the Huonville bridge was made at a meeting of the Huon Council at Huonville on Monday. Councillors contended that the ...
Article : 110 wordsCANBERRA. Tuesday.—The scope of the Wheat Hardship Tribunal was' extended by regulations tonight to allow cases of hardship caused by the acquisition of the barley ...
Article : 56 wordsTwo additional bulletins dealing with the fishing industry in Australia have been issued by the Australian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. One, entitled "Fish ...
Article : 281 wordsMONTREAL. Tuesday.—About 300 airmen, presumably to participate in the Empire air training scheme, have arrived at an eastern port from Britain. ...
Article : 26 wordsAlthough the Queenstown Trotting Club had a fairly lean season, it held all but one of its scheduled meetings, and its members gave valuable assistance when a ...
Article : 76 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Official Receiver In New South Wales (Mr. A. B. Richardson) has been appointed by the Attorney-General (Mr. Hughes) to act as liquidator ...
Article : 106 wordsLONDON, Tuesday. — An Admiralty communique states; "British submarines in the Mediterr[?]ean are adding considerably to the Italian High Command's ...
Article : 81 wordsIndian regiments training in the Near East are using trench mortars, Bren guns and Bren gun-carriages. The picture shows a Bren gun-carrier throwing up a cloud of sand crossing the desert at speed. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 58 wordsIn the Westbury Police Court yesterday before the Police Magistrate, (Mr. Stops), Senior-Constable B. H. Kearney prosecuting. ...
Article : 95 wordsThe second series of four public lectures on Austalian literature under the auspices of the University of Tasmania will be delivered by Mr. Frederick T. Macartney at the ...
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Advertising : 92 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Commonwealth Government took power under regulations tonight to commandeer any invention for the defence of Australia or the efficient ...
Article : 69 wordsASUNCION, Tuesday.—General Higinio Morinigo has been elected Piovisional President of Paraguay, replacing General Estigarriba, who was killed in ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 11 Sep 1940, Page 4
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