LITTLE further news concerning the British attack on Sidi Barrani in Egypt has come to hand, but operations continue. ...
Article : 532 wordsWITH all eyes on Libya, where the British forces have broken into the Italian front with considerable success, the man in the news is the British Commander-in-Chief, Sir Archibald Wavell. Not much is known generally about him, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Advertising : 795 wordsONLY a few years ago grave doubt was expressed concerning the purity of Hobart's milk supply. Many of the herds from which supplies to the ...
Article : 717 wordsTHE stop-work meeting in Sydney, whereby for a whole day the manufacture of munitions and the naval shipbuilding ...
Article : 271 wordsTHE second session of the State Parliament for 1940 was almost concluded last night, when the House of Assembly ...
Article : 176 wordsGIVING evidence on events that preceded the appointment of the Board of Inquiry on the administration of the Hydro-Electric Commission, the Commissioner (Mr. W. E. Maclean) denied at the sitting of the board yesterday ...
Article : 1,230 wordsSIR,—Many people have the same opinions as those expressed in "The Mercury" recently as regards the legislative efforts of our Parliaments, both Federal ...
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Advertising : 89 wordsTHE word "deflated" probably best expresses the tone of Hitler's speech to armament workers in Germany. There was ...
Article : 266 wordsSir,—In reply to the criticism by Major Davies of my remarks at the last meeting of the Royal Hobart Hospital Board, if there is a scheme for the ...
Article : 135 words"Justice" (Bellerive).—You should bring the case to the notice of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League. ...
Article : 18 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—A system of fixed grants to the States for a certain period of years was suggested by Senator Aylett (Lab., T.) ...
Article : 152 wordsCOMFORT of Australian troops will be increased by equipment of motorised columns with mobile bath and laundry units. ...
Article : 115 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Government's sales tax proposals are to be reviewed by an all-party committee of the House of Representatives. This was ...
Article : 89 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday. — The Minister for Army (Mr. Spender) said he had endeavoured to get the troops leave at Christmas, but could not iron out ...
Article : 62 wordsLONDON, Wednesday. — Unemployment figures on November 11 were: 308,131 men and boys and 295,110 women and girls wholly unemployed in Britain—reductions ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 12 Dec 1940, Page 3
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