For a week road traffic between Hobart and Queenstown was at a standstill as the result of the heaviest falls of snow for 20 years. The scenes shown here were on the Lyell Highway between Derwent Bridge and the King William Saddle. The road will be reopened for traffic today. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 63 wordsDIRECTORS of the Electrolytic Zinc Co. yesterday offered to submit to arbitration the dispute with members of unions employed at Risdon, provided Judge O'Mara were appointed to deal with the dispute. When this was reported ...
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Advertising : 559 wordsIT seems clear that the exchange of views between London and Canberra on Far Eastern policy has not been satisfactory, and the opinion has been ...
Article : 1,003 wordsAs snow conditions on the Lyell and Marlborough Highways improved considerably yesterday the regular service car schedules between ...
Article : 492 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—Decisions by the Economic Cabinet two weeks ago to extend and strengthen the moratorium in operation in Australia were given ...
Article : 102 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The deputy chairman of the Housing Commission (Mr. F. Oswald Barnett) today outlined to the Federal Parliamentary Committee on ...
Article : 331 words"If aluminium is manufactured in Australia it is fairly certain it will be done in Tasmania," the Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) stated in an interview last night. Mr. ...
Article : 108 wordsAn industry for the manufacture of barbed wire and nails in Tasmania will be established shortly. On his return to Hobart yesterday the ...
Article : 83 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday.—An appeal, to workers at the Commonwealth Explosives Factory at Maribyrnong not to go on with a proposed stoppage of work ...
Article : 99 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Although Government assistance is unlikely, the exploitation of New South Wales shale deposits for the extraction of motor spirit ...
Article : 143 wordsMAJOR-GENERAL N.F.WHITFIELD, Director-General of Recruiting, will visit Launceston and Hobart probably at the end ...
Article : 105 wordsMELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A warning was issued to motorists today by the Minister for Supply (Senator McLeay) that there would be a careful checking ...
Article : 98 wordsIf you have Catarrhal Deafness or are hard of hearing or have head noises go to your chemist and get 1 ounce of Parmiut (double strength), and add to it 1/4 pint ...
Article : 115 wordsMr. W. Morrow, State secretary of the Australian Railways Union stated yesterday that the Transport Commission of Tasmania had sought in the Arbitration ...
Article : 120 wordsBANDOENG, Wednesday.—Major-General Van Oijen, commanding the East Indies Military Air Force, provided an impressive demonstration of fighter ...
Article : 96 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) stated last night that negotiations by the HydroElectric Commission for the appointment of a chief engineer and an electrical ...
Article : 45 wordsLONDON, Wednesday.—The Marquis of Willingdon, former Governor-General of Canada and Viceroy of India, died in London yesterday. Lord Willingdon, ...
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Advertising : 74 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—Woolbrokers' catalogues would decrease by 50 per cent if the Federated Storemen and Packers' Union were granted a five-day, 44-hour week, Mr. ...
Article : 125 wordsAre you an office worker or follower of some other class of occupation necessitating spending most of your time indoors and breathing partially impure air. If so, ...
Article : 130 wordsMOSCOW, Wednesday.—The Red Air Force and anti-aircraft batteries repulsed three groups of the Luftwaffe which attempted to attack Leningrad on Monday, ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 14 Aug 1941, Page 2
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