The Governor (Sir Ernest Clark) yesterday declared open an exhibition of war pictures collected by the Department of Information. With His Excellency are the Premier (Mr. Cosgrove), Lady Clark, and Mr. R. S. Rolph, deputy director of the Department of Information, Tasmania. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 49 wordsA strong appeal for public support to the Lord Mayor's Air Raid Relief Fund was made by the Governor (Sir Ernest Clark) yesterday when he opened the Department of ...
Article : 362 words"Sherlock Holmes" is the second of a series of detective plays based on the adventures of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous fictional character. The not impressive first was ...
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Advertising : 133 wordsLONDON, Friday.—The Press directs attention to the growing danger to the transport system of the increasing use of underground stations as shelters. The ...
Article : 508 wordsClare Boothe, the playwright, knows all about men—and women, too. "The Women" is from her pen, and it glitters with pungent wit and sparkling dialogue. It is unique ...
Article : 333 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—"These men were the victims of a system that sometimes sets earnings and profits above human life," said the District ...
Article : 192 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.—A denial that engineers on the hospital ship Manunda had refused in Sydney to sign a new agreement with the Adelaide Steam Ship ...
Article : 112 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—Members of the Amalgamated Engineering Union, who are key men in the munitions industry, will meet tomorrow to hear a report on their ...
Article : 153 wordsHollywood does not take itself very seriously. Consider the spate of melodramas it turns out in a season. How few run true to classification. The majority are smeared ...
Article : 296 wordsLogically constructed and backed by sound performance, "U-Boat 29," a Columbia production, comes across as the best espionage melodrama of the year. This show was ...
Article : 309 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.—Hitler's plan to invade England still remains in abeyance, and most commentators now agree that he is unlikely to attempt an invasion. One theory ...
Article : 278 wordsTHE British United Press correspondent in Rome says that the visit of the German Foreign Minister (Herr von ...
Article : 58 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said today that the Returned Soldiers' Volunteer Defence Corps would be constituted as part of the ...
Article : 84 wordsADELAIDE, Friday.—The United Trades and Labour Council was informed to-night that the State secretary of the Gas Employees' Union (Mr. T. Garland) had ...
Article : 106 wordsIn the Hobart Police Court on Thursday, before Messrs. R. O. Harris and B. M. Saunders, Js.P., Sgt. Betts prosecuting, William Geoffrey Ricketts was fined £2, ...
Article : 356 wordsSOMEWHERE IN BRITAIN, Friday.— The Duke of Kent inspected a large number of Australian soldiers in camp. His visit followed a similar tour by the Duke ...
Article : 81 words"Heart of the North" shows the magnificent effects gained by the application of technicolour to outdoor locations. There are many majestic shots in this production, which ...
Article : 85 wordsClassical and light music will be combined at the concert the Hobart Symphony Orchestra will give in the Town Hall on Wednesday. The orchestra, under its conductor, ...
Article : 298 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.—The resignation of Col. Denis, temporary Governor of the French colony of New Caledonia, and his succession by M. Sautot. French Resident Commissioner ...
Article : 442 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—Application has been made for probate of the will of the late Mr. Herbert Royse Lysaght, of Darling Pt., a director of John Lysaght (Aust.) Ltd., ...
Article : 92 wordsVICHY, Friday.—The French Foreign Minister (M. Baudouin) announced that Britain was notified before, the departure of the six French warships which left ...
Article : 101 wordsLONDON, Friday.—The "Daily Express correspondent on the Franco-Spanish frontier says the Germans have collected more than £1,000,000 in fines ...
Article : 41 wordsAt a meeting of the Glenorchy Commission at the Council Chambers, Glenorchy, on Thursday, it was decided that donations be received at the Council Chambers towards the ...
Article : 229 wordsWASHINGTON, Friday.—The columnists, Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen, say that President Roosevelt is expected to approve the sale to Britain of 30 ...
Article : 55 wordsLONDON, Friday.—The Nazi Foreign Minister (Herr von Ribbentrop) conferred with Signor Mussolini for two hours An official statement gave no hint as ...
Article : 31 wordsSINGAPORE, Friday.—The Thailand (Siam) Assembly has agreed to extend the Constitution for 10 years. Sixty members of the Assembly signed a document ...
Article : 50 wordsSIMLA, Friday.—The Nawab of Bhopal has given to Britain American securities valued at £75,000 for the purchase of Spitfires. ...
Article : 24 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.—The Minister for External Affairs (Mr. McEwen) said today that the special mission of goodwill from Thailand to British Malaya, Burma, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 52 wordsDELORAINE.—There was a good attendance at a prayer meeting held at the parish hall to offer prayers for peace. The rector of St. Mark's (the Rev. A. E. Chamberlain) ...
Article : 818 wordsResidents of the district met in the Cradoc Hall on Thursday to bid farewell to Aircraftsman John Barwick, son of the Warden of Cygnet (Mr. L. T. Barwick). Aircraftsman ...
Article : 81 wordsThe Postmaster-General (Mr. Thorby) will be asked on Monday to consider reducing air mail charges on correspondence sent to Tasmanian soldiers on the Mainland. Mr. G. ...
Article : 147 wordsHALIFAX, Friday.—The medical chief of the Norwegian Oversea Forces (Dr. Leiv Kreyberg) announced that many Norwegian ...
Article : 62 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—The death has occurred suddenly in Sydney of Mr. Charles Henry Karius, hero of the Karius Expedition which penetrated the wilds of Papua and New ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 151 words"I am not a party man so long as this war lasts," said Ald. A. J. Beek, endorsed U.A.P. candidate for Denison, in an address at Sandy Bay on Thursday. "We should all be prepared ...
Article : 164 wordsLONDON, Friday.—The death is announced of Mr. Arnold Anderson Trinder, senior partner of the shipping line of Trinder. Anderson and Co., a director of the Australind Steam ...
Article : 51 wordsBUCHAREST, Friday.—It is reported reliably that 400 lorries intended for the collection of German nationals in Bessarabia were refused permission to enter ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 21 Sep 1940, Page 5
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