THE authorities at Canberra were satisfied with the air raids precautions in Tasmania, but they made the reservation that a good deal more must be done immediately to restrict lighting in Hobart, Launceston, and the other principal towns, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 513 words"Despite the gravity of the situation, the State Premiers left the meeting with the conviction that in some important respects ...
Article : 157 wordsDETROIT, Sunday.—Mr. R. J. Thomas, president of United Automobile Workers, accuses Mr. Knudsen of having represented the ...
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Advertising : 191 wordsTHE Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) stated at Hobart last night that the public works programme in ...
Article : 177 wordsCHUNGKING, Sunday. — Chungking Radio announced this communique: "Chinese troops turned back a Japanese offensive in Kiangsi ...
Article : 180 wordsTHE Dutch High Command has acknowledged that the Japanese have won virtual control of most of Amboina Island. It also announced that the Japanese had occupied Samarinda, 60 miles north of Balik Papan. ...
Article : 402 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. — A board of inquiry into allegations concerning the purchase of supplies for military canteens held a preliminary Sitting ...
Article : 167 wordsLONDON, Friday.—Official figures of casualties suffered by British land forces from all parts of the Empire up to the end of 1941 are: ...
Article : 102 wordsTHE "Daily Mail's" Madrid correspondent says that preparations are still being made for an invasion of ...
Article : 82 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday. — Although three members of its crew were casualties, an R.A.A.F. bomber, after beating a ...
Article : 192 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Curtin) announced tonight that there had been a resumption of work at the Australian Iron ...
Article : 197 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—There is every reason to accept the reports that the Vichy Government is now party to the supply ...
Article : 204 wordsRANGOON, Sunday. — Further withdrawal in Burma would be dangerous, said the Burmese Home Minister (Maung Aye), in a ...
Article : 151 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—A shot fired hy a sentry on a beach early on Saturday wounded two men, one seriously, and a ...
Article : 144 wordsCHUNGKING, Sunday.—Increasing anxiety in Chungking over the outcome of the Battle of the Burma Road is reflected ...
Article : 193 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—Commander R. T. Bower, a member of the House of Commons, in a speech said: "We were told we could not provide ...
Article : 185 wordsTroubled, but safe, British women evacuees, with their children, sort out their baggage in an Australian port. Some of them were bombed all the way down from Northern Malaya and spent night after night in shelters in Singapore, waiting to be taken out. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 58 wordsWASHINGTON, Sunday.—Dealing with the defence of the Batan Peninsula in the Philippines, a United States War Department, ...
Article : 249 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—A meeting of the Imperial Irish Association will be held in London tomorrow with the object of trying to rally Irish ...
Article : 216 words"THERE was slight Japanese air activity today in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea areas," the Minister ...
Article : 113 wordsWASHINGTON, Sunday. — Experimental food shipments to Greece are expected soon, but these will alleviate only ...
Article : 108 wordsWASHINGTON, Sunday. — The State Department has announced the establishment of a United States Consulate at Darwin. Messrs. Percy ...
Article : 54 wordsA VAST stream of shipping. would reach Australia in 1942 and 1943, said the Deputy Prime Minister (Mr. ...
Article : 152 wordsWASHINGTON, Sunday. — The Navy announces that vigorous United States counter-measures against Uboat activity on the Atlantic coast ...
Article : 151 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—"The Times" correspondent at Stockholm says the question of Sweden's de jure recognition of the Quisling ...
Article : 63 wordsAlbert Henry Bennett (24) and his wife, Eileen Alice Bennett (23), of Strickland Ave., Hobart, received treatment at the Royal Hobart ...
Article : 82 wordsCAIRO, Sunday.—Nahas Pasha, the new Prime Minister, announces that the new Ministry would not govern dictatorially but through a ...
Article : 41 wordsWASHINGTON, Sunday. — The Navy has announced that the submarine S26 collided with another vessel during surface operations and ...
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Advertising : 200 wordsThe first sitting of the Tasmanian Parliament since the State election will be held tomorrow, when the Legislative Council and the House ...
Article : 144 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. — Arms and equipment for the Volunteer Defence Corps would soon be available in great quantities, said the Minister ...
Article : 55 words"The Mercury" Special Service CANBERRA, Sunday.—Whether the Government's promise to increase invalid and old-age pensions ...
Article : 75 wordsWASHINGTON, Sunday.—Surgeon-General Parran, testifying to the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, said ...
Article : 78 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday.—In a joint statement the Minister for Air (Mr. Drakeford) and the PostmasterGeneral (Senator Ashley) said ...
Article : 110 wordsWASHINGTON, Sunday. — President Roosevelt, after conducting the first meeting of the War Labour Council today with Mr. William ...
Article : 69 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—Malta had seven air raids on Thursday night and six alerts on Friday. Bombs caused casualties and damage to ...
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Advertising : 4 wordsOversea news in this issue (unless otherwise stated) is from the Australian Associated Press, of which "The Mercury" is a member. All rights are ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 9 Feb 1942, Page 2
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