The Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) stated yesterday that, in response to representations by Mr. Howroyd, M.H.A., he intended to ask the Commonwealth ...
Article : 297 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—The Australasian Society of Engineers asked the Commonwealth Arbitration Court today to make an award directed to preventing the ...
Article : 350 words"AGAINST naked force the only possible weapon is naked force," stated President Roosevelt in a message to the National Convention of Young Democrats. "The defence of democracy must be fought on the aggressor's terms. In its world-wide application it means the ...
Article : 916 wordsDARWIN, Friday.—People in the Netherlands East Indies and Malaya are determined to resist aggression and are using every available resource ...
Article : 235 wordsTHE request of the National Union of Railwaymen, that the wages of all railway employees not covered by existing war loadings should be ...
Article : 115 wordsCOMMENTS on today's moves were: The Minister for the Navy (Mr. Hughes): In this hour of crisis and national peril, Mr. Menzies has shown ...
Article : 837 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.—After having inspected a munitions factory at Maribyrnong today, the Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. Murray Stewart) reserved ...
Article : 98 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Justice Starke, in the High Court today, refused an application on behalf of Jehovah's Witnesses and allied organisations for an ...
Article : 161 wordsThe Commissioner of Transport (Mr. Wilson) stated yesterday that reports received from the Public Works Department engineer at Queenstown indicated ...
Article : 120 wordsBRISBANE, Friday.—Although there was some minor trouble about loading coal and wool on the Japanese ship, Kasima Maru, the vessel left Brisbane at 6.30 a.m. ...
Article : 33 wordsMr. J. S. G. Wilson, of East Fremantle, who has been appointed Lecturer in Economics at the University of Tasmania, obtained Diploma of Commerce and ...
Article : 69 wordsLONDON, Friday.—The British Ambassador to the United States (Lord Halifax) landed at a British airport this morning. He will attend meetings of the War ...
Article : 66 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—Evidence before the Tariff Board showed that Australian canned fish was not yet entirely acceptable to the public the board reports in a ...
Article : 149 wordsSINGAPORE, Friday.—Rear-Admiral E. J. Spooner has arrived at Singapore to take over the Malayan command from Rear-Admiral E. B. Drew. ...
Article : 24 wordsTHE view was expressed by the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. D'Alton) yesterday that priority in the matter of superphosphates should be given to farmers producing goods ...
Article : 548 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.—The second Australian-assembled Beaufort bomber made its first flight today at Fishermen's Bend. ...
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Article : 154 wordsThe Minister for Education (Mr. Cosgrove), referring yesterday to the editorial comments in "The Mercury" regarding the numbers of teachers enlisting for ...
Article : 185 wordsReferring to a letter in "The Mercury" yesterday concerning the Moonah Children's Park, the Chief Secretary (Mr. Brooker) said he had no desire, as the writer suggested, to ...
Article : 229 wordsThe combined staffs of the Elizabeth St. Practising School met at morning tea on Wednesday to say farewell to the headmaster (Mr. D. H. Tribolet). who has joined ...
Article : 200 wordsThe Philharmonic Society is preparing actively for its next concert to be given in association with the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Miss Peggy Gallop will play, ...
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Article : 145 wordsThe first of the eight new trolley buses, the chassis for which arrived at Hobart on Wednesday, would be put into commission in about two months' time, said Ald. B. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 23 Aug 1941, Page 2
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