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  2. BARRIER TO AGGRESSOR

    "WITHOUT Singapore the Southern Pacific would largely lie at the mercy of any powerful aggressor," said Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton, ...

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  3. "JUNE VITAL MONTH" Union Leader's View

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—If Great Britain got through June all right she would be on the way to victory, said Mr. William Holmes, a British trades union ...

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  4. HOBART BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

    After months of preparatory work including extensive drilling operations to strike solid bottom, the work of filling with concrete the huge cylinder for the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 210 words
  5. HOLIDAY IN SOUTH

    Banks, shops, and other business houses will be closed on Monday, when the King's Birthday holiday will be observed. Many sporting fixtures have been arranged for ...

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  6. PERMISSION AWAITED

    "As soon as we are given permission by the authorities, we are ready to start," said Mr. F. Barnes, representative in Australia of A. Wander Ltd., ...

    Article : 385 words
  7. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

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  8. BRITISH FOREIGN SERVICE

    LONDON, Wednesday.—It is authoritatively stated that the Government has decided to introduce reforms for the creation of a combined foreign service ...

    Article : 218 words
  9. EMPIRE WAR CABINET

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Such a course would be a complete departuie in principle from the traditions followed for many generations, said the Prime ...

    Article : 142 words
  10. British In Kirkuk

    A BRITISH mobile column is reported to have entered Kirkuk in Iraq, near the border of Iran, and to have received a ...

    Article : 33 words
  11. U-BOAT VICTIM

    WASHINGTON, Thursday.—The Maritime Commission announces that the American freighter, Robin Moor (5,000 tons), which was sunk by a U-boat in the ...

    Article : 120 words
  12. PRICE FIXING

    A request for the establishment of a second advisory committee to the Price Fixing Commission at Launceston was made at a meeting of the Launceston Trades Hall Council ...

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  13. HOME DEFENCE MEASURES

    Stirring appeals to the manhood of the Glenorchy district to give added support to the Volunteer Defence Corps were made by the Corps Commander (Col. L. M. ...

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  14. Derwent Valley CHILD WELFARE

    Activities of the New Norfolk branch of the Child Welfare Association were reviewed by members at a meeting on Tuesday evening. Miss R. Procter presided. ...

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  15. OIL FOR GERMANY

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The question of oil supplies for Germany, especially from Latin-America, was raised in the House of Commons. ...

    Article : 99 words
  16. Australia's Defence Expenditure

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) refused to comment tonight on the prospect of Australia's total defence expenditure for the ...

    Article : 74 words
  17. CARELESS TALK MENACE

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — Demonstrating the danger of cateless talk to the successful prosecution of the war an extract from a letter received from an ...

    Article : 121 words
  18. TRAM TICKETS IN BOOKLETS

    Sale of item tickets in booklet form, suggested by "Vigilant," was described yesterday by Aid. Watkins, chairman of the Hobart City Council Tramway Committee, as ...

    Article : 112 words
  19. TOBACCO BOARD

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—After strong criticism by delegates from several of the States a conference of Federal and State tobacco experts today agreed to suggest to ...

    Article : 101 words
  20. LIBYAN FRONTIER ACTIVITY

    CAIRO, Wednesday.—A communique refers to patrol activity in the frontier area of Libya, where the situation about Tobruk is unchanged. ...

    Article : 70 words
  21. WOMEN'S AID WORK

    The New Norfolk Women's Aid Committee, which has done excellent work for the New Norfolk Cottage Hospital in the past 25 years, has resumed active work for the year after ...

    Article : 78 words
  22. CHIEF OF HOME FORCES

    MELBOURNE, Wedneiday.—An early announcement of the Fedeial Government's decision on the proposal to appoint a commander-in-chief for the home ...

    Article : 84 words
  23. SOLDIERS' NEW LOTTERY

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.—A letter received this week by Mrs. C. J. Burchell, wife of the Canadian High Commissioner in Australia, from a gunner serving in an A.I.F. ...

    Article : 334 words
  24. Returned Soldiers' Band Appeal

    The appeal by the Lord Mayor (Mr. Soundy) for support for the drive to raise £1,000 for instruments for the Returned Soldiers' Band should commend itself to every ...

    Article : 59 words
  25. AIR CADET CORPS DIRECTOR COMMENCES DUTY

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Mr. W. A. Robertson, former deputy chairman of the Victorian State Rivers and Water Supply Commission, began duties today as ...

    Article : 78 words
  26. Comforts Fund Shop At New Norfolk

    Members of the New Norfolk branch of the Australian Comforts Fund have completed plans to conduct a shop in the business centre at New Norfolk. A shop has been secured ...

    Article : 63 words
  27. CITY MISSION

    With the advent of snow on the mountain, everybody feels the need of warmer clothing. When the household income is small it allows for little besides rent and the ...

    Article : 133 words
  28. DISTRICT NEWS

    GRETNA.—There was a large attendance of Gretna residents at the funeral of Mr. Ray Derwent Barren Rainbird at St. Mary's Church of England cemetery, Gretna, on ...

    Article : 375 words
  29. "FIGHTING FIT"

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — The impression that Australian forces in Malaya were being over-indulged in social activities was described as being "very wrong" ...

    Article : 85 words
  30. HOUSEWIVES' GUIDE

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 48 words
  31. Wreckage Of Aeroplane Located

    WASAGA BEACH (Ont.), Wednesday. —The wreckage of an aeroplane that crashed into Georgian Bay, in February, killing two Australians, Aircraftmen Ross ...

    Article : 41 words
  32. War Savings Quota In The Huon

    All municipalities in Tasmania were advised last October that their quotas for the sale of war savings certificates had been increased, said Mr. P. S. Shadforth, ...

    Article : 116 words
  33. Further Rain In South And West

    There was a further break in the weather yesterday, and considerable rain fell in the south and west, with a few showers in the north and east. By 9 p.m. 14 points had ...

    Article : 43 words
  34. ORDEAL AT SEA

    LONDON, Wednesday.—The crew of an unnamed ship burnt at sea drifted in a jolly-boat for 41 days before they were picked up. They subsisted on biscuits, ...

    Article : 89 words
  35. TOWN DESTROYED

    LONDON, Wednesday.—It is now reported that the entire town of Semenaria (Yugoslavia) was destroyed in the powder depot explosion last week. ...

    Article : 69 words
  36. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONER

    Cabinet decided yesterday to call fresh applications for the position of Public Service Commissioner. Applications were called a few months ago, ...

    Article : 84 words
  37. DIARY OF EVENTS

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 66 words
  38. Philatelic Society

    The Tasmanian Philatelic Society met at 164 Liverpool St. Hobart. The treasurer reported that there was a credit balance of £12. Mr. R. C. Walker was elected a member. The ...

    Article : 67 words
  39. FURTHER STEP IN OCCUPATION OF ABYSSINIA

    LONDON, Wednesday.—As a result of the Battle of the Lakes and the River Omo advance, a further 45,000 square miles of Italian territory have fallen into ...

    Article : 98 words
  40. FIRST INDIAN V.C. IN PRESENT WAR

    LONDON, Wednesday.—Second Lieut. Premindra Singh Bhaget (22), of the Indian Engineers Corps, is the first Indian awarded the Victoria Cross in this war. ...

    Article : 132 words
  41. POLICE COURT NEWS

    In the Dover Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. W. Jackson and W. H. Knight, Js.P., Inspector T. H. Nolan prosecuting. Lindsay Oliver Carmichael was fined £1. ...

    Article : 59 words
  42. Big Contribution To U.S. Defence Programme

    Half a million pounds of aluminium originally destined as tinfoil for chewinggum wrappers has been given to the United States Government by the Wrigley Co. for ...

    Article : 70 words
  43. Traffic Breach

    The offence with which Allan Keith Reid was charged in the Hobart Police Court last week—driving at a speed dangerous to the public—occurred about 12.30 p.m., not 12.30 ...

    Article : 37 words
  44. BLUEY & CURLEY

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

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  45. Abattoir Improvements Appreciated

    Appreciation of improvements made at the Hobart Abattoirs under the direction of the Health Committee of the City Council was expressed by representatives of the ...

    Article : 109 words
  46. New Japanese Minister To Panama

    TOKIO, Wednesday.—The Foreign Office announces that Mr. Masatoshi Akiyama, who is in Japan on leave from Sydney, where he was consul-general, ...

    Article : 33 words
  47. Messages To Lebanon And Syria

    The Deputy Director, Posts and Telegraphs (Mr. J. E Monfries), stated yesterday that as Lebanon and Syria having been proclaimed enemy territories, telegraph and postal ...

    Article : 64 words
  48. New Commonwealth Appointments

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Replying to questions at his Press conference to-day, the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said the apaointment of a Minister to ...

    Article : 42 words
  49. Italians Outclassed

    CAIRO, Wednesday.—R.A.F. fighters intercepted four Savoia 79's 50 miles west of Malta on Monday, shot down 2, and badly damaged the other two. ...

    Article : 28 words
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