CANBERRA, Friday.— Australian woolgrowcrs will receive an additional payment averaging a fraction more than 2d. a ...
Article : 235 wordsAS Empire Day falls on Sunday this year, the day was celebrated in Tasmanian schools yesterday. After the ceremony, the children were ...
Article : 472 wordsLatest donations to patriotic funds: Red Cross.— Southern: Acknowledged, £66,047/10/8; special donations, annual appeal, (Ranelagh branch £80, ...
Article : 492 wordsThe Treasurer (Mr. DwyerGray) denied yesterday that the concessions granted Tasmania under the uniform taxation ...
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Advertising : 568 wordsBRITAIN'S post-war policy towards Germany was defined clearly in the Atlantic Charter and nothing had altered or would alter that, declared the Secretary for the Colonies (Lord Cranborne) in the House of Lords yesterday. The Nazi leaders, he ...
Article : 658 wordsThe Treasurer (Mr. DwyerGray) has suggested to the Federal Government that privileges allowed returned soldiers under ...
Article : 188 wordsSent from Melbourne to Flinders Island to pick up an acute appendicitis case, an aeroplane lost its bearings on its return trip to Victoria ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Government has decided to subsidise owners of motor-lorries used for the cartage of firewood to enable them to equip their vehicles with ...
Article : 228 wordsIf your sleep is broken by Bladder Weakness, Irritation, Backache, Nervousness and Bad Dreams-due to clogged Kidneys or Inflammation of ...
Article : 145 wordsTHE Victorian Premier (Mr. Dunstan) and the Premier of South Australia (Mr. Playford) today discussed Federal ...
Article : 109 wordsAdvice had been received by the Retail Traders' Association from Mr. McKinley, M.H.A., Deputy Director of War Organisation of Industry in ...
Article : 67 wordsMore than £60 was raised for the funds of the Northern committee of the Tasmanian Institution for the Blind, Deaf, and Dumb at a market day at ...
Article : 149 wordsThe police would like to hear from anyone who can supply information relating to a Norwegian seaman who deserted from a ship at Hobart. His ...
Article : 61 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.— The practice of some retailers of selling from the next day's quota, if bona fide shift—workers want essential clothing ...
Article : 107 words"The Mercury" Special Service CANBERRA, Friday.—Complete prohibition imposed by the Federal Government two weeks ago on the ...
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Advertising : 163 wordsV. Brooks), referring yesterday to an editorial in "The Mercury" regarding the value of the teaching of music in schools, said that he was in sympathy ...
Article : 122 wordsA cheque for £2 has been forwarded to diocesan headquarters, representing collections at the Red Cross service at St. John's Church, Ross, on Sunday. ...
Article : 182 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.—There was a dramatic turn tonight in investigations which have been carried out by detectives and ...
Article : 247 wordsA total of 224 entries was received by the Civil Defence Legion for the slogan competitions held in conjunction with A.R.P. Week and open to schoolchildren ...
Article : 135 wordsThe Minister for Agriculture (Mr. D'Alton) said yesterday that, following his representations to the Minister for Supply (Mr. Bensley) and the Minister ...
Article : 91 wordsAt a meeting of the Portland' Council held at Goulds Country, Mr. P. W. Steel was re-elected Warden, Cr. J. W. Treloggen, Deputy Warden, and Cr. ...
Article : 90 wordsAt a meeting of the Scottsdale Commission a letter was received from the Hydro-Electric Commission giving permission to draw water through a [?] ...
Article : 57 wordsAn application by Malcolm Kirk Robertson, Zeehan, for a discharge under the Bankruptcy Act, was granted as from August 1, 1942, by Mr. ...
Article : 50 wordsMISS WINSOME STALKER (Burn[?]e) won the Tasmanian Highland dancing championship at the Launceston competitions yesterday. The ...
Article : 522 wordsThe Minister for Forests advised a meeting of the Zeehan Municipal Council on Thursday that Mr. C. W. Fidler, Chief Forester, was to negotiate with ...
Article : 198 wordsIn aid of the Australian Comforts Fund a dance, arranged bay Mesdames T.Earley and R. Robinson, was held in the Tunbridge Town Holl on Thursday. ...
Article : 39 wordsA presentation was made at Oatlands to Mr. J C. Bennett, who has been transferred to Campbell Town from the Oatlands postal staff. The postmaster ...
Article : 43 wordsNILE.—The Nile patriotic guild met on Thursday. Mrs. D. Cameron presided. Donations were received for the Red Cross and Comforts Fund and ...
Article : 768 words"If the police cut wood on an unallotted section of the Zeehan Rd. they are prepared to pay royalty and deliver the wood to the Salvation Army at ...
Article : 75 wordsIn the Launceston Police Court yesterday before the Police Magistrate (Mr. Stops), Peter Carter pleaded not guilty to a ...
Article : 136 wordsThe cremation of Mr. Richard Booker Bidencope, younger son of the late Mr. Joseph Bidencope, of Hobart, who died on Thursday, aged 73 years, took place ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 47 wordsThe Minister for Lands and Works (Major Davies) advises that the following tenders have been accepted by his department: Ashley Home for Boys, ...
Article : 91 wordsMrs. Dorothy Gibson, secretary of the Victorian branch of the AustraliaSoviet Friendship League, will conclude a tour of Tasmania on behalf of ...
Article : 56 wordsMr. Robert McNair, who died in Sydney, at the age of 84, resided at Launceston for many years before going to the Mainland about five years ago. ...
Article : 132 wordsOn behalf of members of the Launceston branch of "The Mercury." the branch manager (Mr. E. S. Williams), made a presentation yesterday to Mr. ...
Article : 66 wordsIgnaz Friedman, the celebrated pianist, who is to give two recitals at Hobart shortly, will play at the Town Hall. The recitals will take place, on Thursday, ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Sat 23 May 1942, Page 2
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