Declaring that box timber leases in the Denison Valley had been blocked, apparently by the Forestry Department, members of the Huon ...
Article : 425 wordsFOR the moment the Battle of the Coral Sea has ended with Japanese plans for the invasion of Australia temporarily dislocated, and ...
Article : 816 wordsNational emergency regulations prevent the Conciliation Commissioner of the Arbitration Court making an order for increases in wages to meat industry ...
Article : 257 wordsJane Pitman (left), and Helen Goodfellow, active members of Junior Red Cross, laying one of the foundation stones of the Four Walls of Mercy. Schools are contributing to purchase the foundation stones at £1, and already more than £30 is in hand. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Advertising : 685 wordsSix trolley bus chassis available in London will be bought by the Hobart City Council. The decision was made by the council last night. ...
Article : 126 wordsAn additional 2,000 notices to fit producer gas units on motor-vehicles have been issued by the Transport Commission, according ...
Article : 149 wordsSPECIAL arrangements will be made at the Town Hall, Hobart, tomorrow to enable physically disabled persons to record their votes without having to ...
Article : 201 wordsAll personnel in sectors 1 and 2— Sandy Bay and Battery Pt—in Zone "A," participated in a comprehensive air raid practice last night. Depots in ...
Article : 279 wordsLatest donations to patriotic funds.— Red Cross.—Southern: Acknowledged £64,502/6/8; Hamilton company (collecting cards), £8/19/2; Lower Sand[?] ...
Article : 355 words"We have always had the difficulty of congested pedestrian traffic in the city's main streets, owing to the narrow footpaths," said the Commissioner of Police ...
Article : 246 wordsA Red Cross procession will be a colourful feature of Red Cross appeal day on Friday. Citizens will be given a vivid impression of the widespread and ...
Article : 213 wordsStanley Hudson (50), one of the best-known and most experienced bushmen in Southern Tasmania, was killed instantly when he was ...
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Family Notices : 29 wordsA motion expressing objection to the establishment of wet canteens at hydro-electric camps was agreed in at the Bothwell Council meeting ...
Article : 243 wordsPost-war attention to the block system of milk delivery is advocated in the biennial report of the Lord Mayor of Hobart (Mr. Soundy, M.H.A.). ...
Article : 127 wordsJulian Buller (4½), of 117 Murray St., was burnt extensively when her clothes caught fire yesterday. She was admitted to the Royal Hobart Hospital in ...
Article : 45 wordsThe delay at stations and the frequent late arrival of trains at termini have been subjects of comment by travellers. Most of the delays ...
Article : 123 wordsIn the Hobart Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. H. Flint and A. H. Jerrim, Js.P., Detective-Inspector Fleming prosecuting. ...
Article : 220 wordsThe chairman of the Commonwealth Flax Production Committee (Mr. J A. Stevenson), with the chief engineer (Mr. Hayes), and the mill inspector (Mr. ...
Article : 138 wordsHigh water: 4 a.m. and 5.30 p.m. Low water: 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. ...
Article : 16 wordsA motor-lorry driven by Geoffrey Milton Hall, and a motor-truck in the charge of Alexander Edward Hastle collided on a bend on the Uxbridge Rd. ...
Article : 65 wordsThe cremation of Mr. M. R. Shoobridge took place yesterday at Cornelian Bay. The service was conducted by the Rev. C. F. McRae. of the Swan ...
Article : 231 wordsA statement that street lights at Bothwell were like searchlights was made at Bothwell Council meeting yesterday when it was decided to ask ...
Article : 208 wordsThe secretary of the Southern Tasmanian Bread Council (Mr. D. H. Johnston) stated yesterday that good progress had been made in preparation of ...
Article : 99 wordsIt seems singular that although appeals were made for stocks of firewood many weeks ago. It was not until the Prices Commissioner granted an ...
Article : 130 wordsThe salary of the Warden was raised from £60 to £75 at the Bothwell Council meeting yesterday. Mr. B. H. Edgell was Unanimously re-elected. ...
Article : 62 wordsA dance and euchre tournament, in aid of the piano [?]und arranged by Mrs. T. Rothwell, were held in the Tunbridge Town Hall on Saturday ...
Article : 78 wordsIn the New Norfolk Police Court yesterday before Messrs. R. B. Richards, C. C. Murdoch, and Mrs. D. V. Curtain Js.P., Inspector W. D Kirkham ...
Article : 328 wordsIn the Triabunna Police Court yesterday, before the Police Magistrate (Col. Clark) and Messrs. G. G. Meredith and H. G. Chambers, Js.P., Superintendent ...
Article : 211 wordsA fifth of the men of Hobart's tramway services were in the forces. Ald. Watkins informed the Hobart City Council at a meeting last night. ...
Article : 81 wordsSORELL.—A children fancy dress ball was held in the Sorell Hall on Saturday in aid of the Red Cross appeal. Organised by the members of the Sorell ...
Article : 603 wordsMore than £5 was raised for area school funds at a dance held in the Town Hall, Oatlands, on Friday Arrangements were made by Mr. A. R ...
Article : 46 wordsSeveral New Norfolk stores had to close at midday yesterday following a heavy rush of business, which commenced on Saturday morning after the ...
Article : 111 wordsA dance and euchre evening were held at the Ross Town Hall in and of King George's Fund for Sailors The organiser (Mrs W L Higgins) was assisted By ...
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Advertising : 198 wordsA suggestion that Bothwell was "slipping" in regard to the purchase of war savings certificates, was made at the Bothwell Council meeting yesterday. ...
Article : 89 wordsThe return of cases of infectious diseases notified to the Department of Public Health during the week ended Saturday is: ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 89 wordsArrangements for a special effort by the New Norfolk Red Cross branch on Friday were made at a meeting of the branch yesterday. Donations ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 43 wordsSeriously injured when a bicycle which he was riding collided with a motor-car at Glenora on Sunday, John Robert Williams (46). of Fentonbury, ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Tue 12 May 1942, Page 4
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