BRISBANE, Friday.--It is hoped to draw Golden Casket No. 669 to-morrow (Saturday), probably early in the afternoon. ...
Article : 26 wordsTHE demeanor of the lads of the Royal Australian Navy during numerous stirring actions in the Mediterranean was vividly described by First-Class Stoker Stanley Paul, of H.M.A.S. Sydney, to a 'Mercury' representative yesterday. ...
Article : 1,037 wordsBRISBANE, Friday.--Supplies at Roma-street to-day were the heaviest for some weeks. Lucerne chaff was the principal commodity though there was no prime. ...
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Advertising : 41 wordsPATERSON died the day before Benghazi fell. We may be well assured that right up to the last he followed events in Libya with a keen and understanding eye. His first poem, published away back in 1885, the year in which he attained his majority, was entitled "The ...
Article : 1,028 wordsForecast for Queensland: Unsettled; further rain in coastal sections; local heavy falls north from the tropic; further variable rains and local thunderstorms in ...
Article : 59 wordsThe southern mail train passed through yesterday morning, leaving with 61 passengers. There were 17 bookings at Mackay. A livestock train ...
Article : 36 wordsIn Townsville Supreme Court on Wednesday morning, His Honor Mr. Justice R. J. Douglas, sitting in Chambers in matrimonial jurisdiction, ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 110 wordsMrs. A. Procopis has been advised that her son, Mr. A. Procopis, has passed the final examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Dental Science ...
Article : 337 wordsThe Medical Board, comprising Captain Chenoweth, Captain Grant and Captain Knott, dental officer, will sit at the Drill Hall on February 25, ...
Article : 67 wordsNEW YORK, February 13.--Stocks broke 1 to 5 points on the lowest levels since June. The most active trading for a month is ascribed to heightened ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 86 wordsWASHINGTON, February 13.--The Under-Secretary for War (Mr. Patterson) announced that 13,706,000 dollars worth of contracts had been negotiated ...
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Advertising : 209 wordsThe Registrar of the Supreme Court (Mr. J. Shannon) on Thursday granted probate in the will of James Wright, late of 82 George-street, Mackay, ...
Article : 76 wordsThe Indoor Bowls Association resumed operations lest week after the recess. Two games in the knockout competition were decided. Play was ...
Article : 106 wordsMembers of Mackay Returned Soldiers' League Volunteer Defence Corps departed from their usual practice when they met last night in a ...
Article : 90 wordsLONDON, February 13.--The death has occurred of Lady Chamberlain, widow of Sir Austen Chamberlain. ...
Article : 18 wordsLONDON, February 13.--The death took place to-day of Rev. Canon Henry Edward Hyde, Home Secretary of the Mission Council of the Church ...
Article : 56 wordsNear the northern corner of Victoria and Brisbane streets is an allotment calling for immediate attention. Formerly a skating rink, this area has a ...
Article : 100 wordsThe committee of the Women's National Emergency Legion has resumed operations in new rooms in Armati's buildings, Victoria-street. At ...
Article : 216 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.--Assurance, were given to-day by the Minister for Air (Mr. M'Ewen) of strict application within the R.A.AF. of ...
Article : 257 wordsP. T. Dunworth, auctioneer, will sell on account of the mortgagees, the valuable fittings and furnishings of the Rose Marie Cafe as a going concern, on Wednesday, ...
Article : 78 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.--A Commonwealth-wide survey of unemployed man-power in relation to existing industries is to be undertaken by ...
Article : 177 wordsBRISBANE, Friday.--As a first step in a big plan of vocational guidance, Mr. [?] J. Pratt, B.A., B.Ed., a young teacher in the Department of Public ...
Article : 151 wordsMore than two-thirds of the shareholders in the City of Goulburn Gas & Coke Co. Ltd. have accepted the offer of the Gas Supply Co. Ltd. for ...
Article : 128 wordsLONDON, February 13.-- 'The Lancet' says that 500 in the Wolverhampton area, and also at Harpenden, are suffering from a mystery disease ...
Article : 78 wordsAnnouncement is made to-day by James Croker and Sons, distributing agents for Caltex and Texaco products, of a new petrol grade, ...
Article : 258 wordsThe Women's National Emergency Legion physical fitness class commenced last Tuesday night in the Drill Hall. Miss Mona Newman has taken ...
Article : 126 wordsThe first meeting of the year of the St. George Society was enthusiastic. Several propositions were received, and votes of thanks passed for ...
Article : 107 wordsNEW YORK, February 14.--The majority, of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which approved the Tota[?] Aid Bill by 15 votes to 8, has ...
Article : 126 wordsBRISBANE, Friday.--After a conference to-day with the Lord Mayor (Aid. Chandler) and City Council officials, the Minister for Home Affairs ...
Article : 125 wordsBRISBANE, Friday.--Arthur Be[?] (31), grader operator, employed by the City Council, was charged to-day with threatening to publish certain ...
Article : 50 wordsThe Mackay branch of the Red Cross Society last week forwarded to Brisbane the following articles: Case of refugee clothing, two cases books ...
Article : 211 wordsThe Juvenile Rechabite Lodge celebrated its win of the shield by initiating four members at the last meeting, which had an attendance of over 40 ...
Article : 53 wordsLONDON, February. 13.--It [?] admitted in London that German surface ships attacked a convey in the Atlantic of which the Germans claim ...
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Advertising : 195 wordsThe usual fortnightly meeting of the Star of Mackay Tent, I.O.R., was held on Thursday last. One candidate was initiated, and another proposed, ...
Article : 76 wordsBRISBANE, Friday.--To finance the purchase of shell won by native divers in Torres Strait, the Government authorised a loan of £12,140 from ...
Article : 58 wordsBRISBANE, Friday.--Beer drinkers now will have to choose between three containers of different size--eight, 10, or 12 -ounces. To-day a new pot ...
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Advertising : 28 wordsThe 'Daily Mercury' is delivered to newsagents by the train, ra[?]l motor, service car, or special car[?] whichever is earliest, and ...
Article : 62 wordsThe correct manner to address correspondence to Australian soldiers abroad. After giving the number. Dame and other identifying particulars, the ...
Article : 52 wordsBy special arrangement Renter's world service, in addition to other special sources of information, is used in the compilation of the overseas intelligence published in ...
Article : 86 wordsLONDON, February 13.--Princess Elizabeth is the first candidate to gain the Royal Life Saving Society's junior artificial respiration award under war ...
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Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld. : 1906 - 1954), Sat 15 Feb 1941, Page 6
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