By an agreement reached yesterday at Launceston by the Textile Wages Board, the basic wage for adult employees in the textile industry is to be ...
Article : 157 wordsChiefs of the women's services in Britain held a mannequin parade in London to choose between designs of sports clothes for members. Costumes are seen here under discussion by officers of the Auxiliary Training Services. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 45 wordsHAROLD JOHN JONES, of Broadmarsh, was convicted and fined on two charges of cruelty to a horse in the Pontville Police Court ...
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Advertising : 175 wordsLatest donations to patriotic funds: Red Cross.—Southern: Acknowledged, £63,574/12/7; Freemasons of Tasmania, £25; C.W.A. Southern Division ...
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Advertising : 204 words"It is definitely wrong for a public body to make such an exorbitant charge." stated Aid. W. J. Rennie at a meeting of the Hobart Fire. Brigade ...
Article : 229 wordsLONDON, Tuesday. — George Duckworth, former Test cricketer and licensee of the Walton Arms Hotel near Warrington, was fined ...
Article : 77 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—"A floating Black Hole of Calcutta"—this description is applied to the steamship Skjerscad, in which more than 500 ...
Article : 195 wordsAn unsatisfactory trout fishing season so far as Derwent anglers are concerned will be concluded tomorrow. The New Norfolk branch of the ...
Article : 176 wordsAlfred William Sainty, married, was sentenced to imprisonment for two years by Mr. Justice Hutchins in the Criminal Court at Hobart yesterday ...
Article : 111 wordsThe Hobart sub-branch of the Returned Sailors, Soldiers, and Airmen's League has decided to begin a membership drive, with the object of ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 264 wordsRULING prices at retail grocery stores at Hobart yesterday: BACON: Best rashers, 1/6; cushion rashers. 1/4; ...
Article : 43 wordsMr. Howroyd, M.H.A., waited on the Chief Secretary (Mr. Brooker) yesterday, and asked if legislation could be introduced to ensure that operators of ...
Article : 85 wordsThe Launceston Citizens' Committee has received advice from the Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) that a number of resolutions submitted by the committee had ...
Article : 96 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.—Three union officials alleged tonight that they were threatened with batons and revolvers by 15 Federal police ...
Article : 78 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday. — The Full High Court decided today that an appeal arising from a claim and counter-claim for damages over a ...
Article : 74 wordsAt a meeting of the playgrounds sub-committee of the National Fitness Council, the organiser (Mr. G. Jacobs) said that in conformity with the policy ...
Article : 90 wordsST. LEONARDS.—The harvest festival was held in the Anglican Church. The Rev. F. C. Carr conducted the service,—A social and sale of gifts was ...
Article : 663 wordsSYDNEY., Tuesday.—The death yesterday at the age of 91 of Mr. Julian Rossi Ashton, teacher and painter, ended a life devoted to art. Known ...
Article : 188 wordsA sitting of the Country Councils' Wages Board, which was opened at Launceston yesterday, will be concluded today. Members are: Chairman. ...
Article : 71 wordsAt a meeting of the Council of Parents' Associations it was announced that the Minister for Education (Mr. Cosgrove) had agreed that from July ...
Article : 111 wordsThe Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs (M. Spaak) has sent the following cablegram to the Beleian ConsulateGeneral in Australia: "The ...
Article : 100 wordsLONDON, Tuesday.—"Nichi Nichi" (Tokio) reports that the Japanese have arrested, 200 Chinese in Java charged with anti-Japanese activities. ...
Article : 23 wordsPrincess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret in the costumes they were when they represented "Cinderella" in aid of the Royal Household wool fund before the King and Queen and some 200 troops. They took the parts of the Prince and Cinderella. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 57 wordsAustralia has its own newspaper for prisoner-of-war relatives and friends. It is entitled the "P.O.W " and is in the nature of a monthly newsletter ...
Article : 150 wordsThe Minister for [?]ands and Works (Major Davies) stated yesterday that he had received a communication from the Flinders Island Council directing ...
Article : 72 wordsHigh water: 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Low water: 11.30 a.m. and 12 p.m. ...
Article : 18 words"The earlier closing of shops in Launceston will be on a voluntary basis," said the Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) yesterday, commenting on the proposal of ...
Article : 103 wordsWASHINGTON. Tuesday. — The Navy announces that the First World War destroyer Sturtevant was sunk off the coast of Florida by an ...
Article : 33 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday. — The State Cabinet today approved Sunday entertainment for troops and their women friends, and a special ...
Article : 72 wordsThere was a gratifying attendance at the intercessory service at the Hobart Town Hall yesterday, held under the leadership of the Rev. E. ...
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Advertising : 174 wordsThe Minister for Transport (Mr. Brooker) stated yesterday that it had been decided to close the Adelaide branch of the Government Tourist ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 29 Apr 1942, Page 5
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