The decision of the Tasmanian Government to have direct representation at Canberra during the war was defended yesterday by [?]e Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) when he ...
Article : 280 words"Huon returned men are solidly behind the scheme, which should be introduced without delay." said the president of the Huon sub-branch of the Returned Sailors, ...
Article : 309 wordsMr. J. H. O'Neill, representative of the Seamen's Union in Tasmania, stated yesterday that no ships had been held up at Devonport by strikers and that no produce or ...
Article : 298 wordsA WEEKLY output of blankets which if placed end to end would stretch seven miles, thousands of yards of fiannel consrantly rolling off the machines, and unending production of yarn for knitting into socks and pullovers required for men in the fighting services—this the war-time. industry within the large woollen mills in Tasmania. Thousands of employees working round the clock to do the job, and modernly—equipped mills equal to the task. This fourth and final series ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 267 wordsIndications are that a spirited contest will take place fir the Huon seat in the Legislative Council when the election is held on May 5. The Warden of Huon (Mr. G. C. Frankcomb) ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 290 wordsDonations to patriotic funds are: Red Cross. — Southern: Acknowledged, £39,221/7/8; Sorell municipality (Nugent branch. "Ugly Man" competition, £50/14/5. ...
Article : 185 wordsThe Minister for Education (Mr. Cosgrove) has instructed the Education Department to investigate the question of an extension of the school leaving age. ...
Article : 94 wordsSteps to expedite the establishment of the Geeveston Fire Brigade were taken at a meeting of the Esperance Council at Dover on Wednesday. The Warden (Mr. E. Burgess) ...
Article : 206 wordsSmall fruit growers in the New Norfolk district are harvesting some of the best black currant crops produced for years. Everywhere in the district the fruit is later ...
Article : 203 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday.—Members of the Militia now receive a battle kit as complete as that issued to the A.I.F. Announcing this today, the Minister for ...
Article : 154 wordsThe following were appointed members of the Zinc Workers' and Cement Workers' Wages Boards at a meeting of the Executive Council yesterday: ...
Article : 122 wordsReference to the co-operation evident in A.R.P. work at Esperance was made by the Warden (Mr. E. Burgess) at a meeting of the Esperance Council at Dover on ...
Article : 93 wordsWriting on behalf of the R.A.F. in Libya to Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Bowman, Calstock, Deloraine, on the recent death of their son, Wing-Commander A. M. Bowman, D.F.C. ...
Article : 75 wordsKEMPTON.—The president (Mrs. A. F. Johnson) was in the chair at the January meeting of the Kempton Red Cross Society in the Kempton Hall. Wool and cut-out ...
Article : 168 wordsWith the decision of the Esperance Council at its meeting at Dover on Wednesday to open a list for the New Sydney Fund, residents of Esperance. Cygnet, and Huon ...
Article : 64 wordsStops were taken at a special meeting of the Brighton Council at Pontville on Wednesday to meet any expense incurred in civil defence work in the municipality. It ...
Article : 98 wordsThe Minister for Lands ana Works Major I H Davies) visited Oatlands yesterday in connection with the Parattah water fheme. In an interview with the Council ...
Article : 119 wordsBATAVIA. Thursday.—Reliable reports state that the Japanese have occupied the whole of Minahasa. in the north-eastern tip of the Celebes. The ...
Article : 183 wordsWASHINGTON, Thursday.—Two more U-boat attacks on vessels off the Atlantic coast of the United States have been announced by the U.S. Navy ...
Article : 78 wordsAt a meeting at the Hobart Trades Hall last night to discuss a new agreement for hospital workers in Tasmania, the general secretary and delegates of the Hospital ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 101 wordsThe cast to Tasmania of the increase in salaries to teachers will be approximately £49,000 a year according to the Premier (Mr. Cregrove) yesterday. ...
Article : 88 wordsThe Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) stated yesterday that the Government Insurance Office had made a straight-out reduction of 10 per cent on premiums. In addition to remitting ...
Article : 63 wordsFollowing a visit to the dam. It was decided at a meeting of the Spring Bay Council at Triabunna to restrict the use of water to household supply. The dam ...
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Advertising : 136 wordsA decision to ask the Minister for Mines (Major Davies) to have the necessary work done to estimate the extent of the bauxite deposits on the East Tamar, was ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Fri 23 Jan 1942, Page 5
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