"THE new A.I.F. is belter (rained and officered by men who know their job better than was the old A.I.F. at a comparable stage in the Great War," said the Chief of the General Staff (Lieut.-General Sturdee), who arrived by flying boat ...
Article : 1,085 wordsSwitchboard in the motor-generator set below the main machine room at Boyer newsprint mill in the Derwent Valley. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 10 wordsAttempts were made to remove a large sum of money from the Dover Post Office, probably in the early hours of yesterday. A cap and fuse were employed ...
Article : 145 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—The proposal of the official Labour Party in New South Wales for a special interstate conference to review the Federal Budget and the ...
Article : 102 wordsAfter evidence on behalf of the HydroElectric Commission in the Arbitration Court at Hobart yesterday, hearing of the claim by the Electrical Trades Union ...
Article : 423 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—Federal Cabinet was unable to complete to-day its review of the petrol rationing system. ...
Article : 353 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.—Casualty lists for four States, issued today by Army headquarters in Melbourne, gave the names of 50 men, including nine killed ...
Article : 376 wordsTHE Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) announced yesterday that Cabinet had decided to offer a reward of £500 for information ...
Article : 73 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—The Home Secretary (Mr. Morrison) said in the House of Commons that the Government had suppressed the Communist organs, "Daily ...
Article : 167 wordsTHE Minister for Transport (Mr. Brooker) said yesterday that the Government had decided to accede to a request to reduce the cost of ...
Article : 156 wordsAn unoccupied four-roomed weatherboard cottage belonging to the estate of Robert Harvey, of Gardners Bay, was burnt to the ground yesterday. The cause of the fire, ...
Article : 80 wordsA warning against the practice of cyclists riding abreast was given in the Hobart Police Court yesterday by the prosecuting officer (Sgt. R. J. Betts). ...
Article : 90 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—Sir Bertram Stevens, former Premier of New South Wales, has been appointed Australian representative on the Eastern Group Supply ...
Article : 157 wordsTwo Government nominees, it is believed, are likely to be appointed to the Launceston Fire Brigade Board this year, under the new system of increased Government ...
Article : 112 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.—An R.A.A.F. casualty list issued by the Department of Air contains the names of two airmen reponed missing in the Middle East, and ...
Article : 96 wordsIt was stated at Anglesea Barracks. Hobart, yesterday, that men born in 1919-20 who were called on to register for military service last January and who were medically ...
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Advertising : 54 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—The Royal Air Force yesterday made two small fighter sweeps over enemy-occupied territory between the Straits of Dover and the River ...
Article : 108 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—In determining the rights of employees to annual leave, employers must regard periods of military training up to an aggregate of 90 days in ...
Article : 134 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.—Seven different types of badges which have been approved by the War Cabinet will be made available soon for issue to rejected ...
Article : 80 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—Two enemy bombers were shot down by R.A.F. fighters yesterday. Shortly before dawn enemy aircraft ...
Article : 69 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—The War Office announces that the International Red Cross, with Germany's approval, is arranging to repatriate severely wounded ...
Article : 35 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) said at Hobart yesterday that the tour by Cabinet of municipalities would begin probably on March 3 or 4, instead of late in ...
Article : 32 wordsSam Beton, dressing-room attendant at Lord's Cricket Ground, London, for more than 30 years, who so often interrupted play by taking out drinks to thirsty cricketers, ...
Article : 106 wordsOne of the two 3,600 h.p. motors which will drive the grinder mill plant at Boyer is shown in the upper left picture, and the Hydro-Electric Commission's temporary sub-station in use at Boyer is shown on the right. In the lower picture are operatives who have come to Tasmania from Canada to work in the Boyer paper mill. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 24 Jan 1941, Page 2
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