BECAUSE of the meat shortage and a desire to conserve stocks for weekend orders, nearly every butcher's shop in Hobart was closed at some period yesterday. Most are expected to close for some time ...
Article : 507 wordsMembers of the R.A.A.F. Memorial Appeal art union sub-committee (1 to r): The appeal secretary (Miss A. Harrold), Messrs H. A. Wilkinson, E. V. Chapman, and J. R. Bartlett. The art union for a Ford Prefect car closed yesterday. More than 60,000 tickets have come in already, and yesterday the committee was preparing for the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 70 wordsTHE Premier (Mr Cosgrove) yesterday urged the Commonwealth Government to arrange regular meat shipments ...
Article : 127 wordsMELBOURNE, Wed.—Shortage of teachers and lack of accommodation is likely to continue in Victorian schools for ...
Article : 102 wordsNEW YORK, Wed. — In on effort to break the series of deadlocks which have stalled the Security Council's efforts towards world peace, the U.S. Secretary of State (Mr Marshall) today proposed before the General Assembly that a new United Nations executive body be established to deal with international disputes within the framework of the United Nations ...
Article : 581 wordsA COMPLETE strike in primary production throughout Tasmania if the proposed nationalisation of banks bill ...
Article : 100 wordsLONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.). — The Government Gazette announced to-day that Britain ceased at 3 pm (G.M.T.) yesterday being technically ...
Article : 50 wordsALLAHABAD, Wed. (A.A.P.). — Floods from the Ganges and Jumna rivers, which are racing across the thickly populated districts of ...
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Advertising : 68 wordsCANBERRA, Wed.—After the Prime Minister (Mr Chifley) had refused a referendum on nationalised banking, the Leader of the Opposition (Mr Menzies) to-day gave the House of Representatives notice of a motion ...
Article : 389 wordsNEW YORK, Wed.—Hurricane warnings were issued to-day to residents along 800 miles of the Atlantic seaboard from Palm Beach, Florida, to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The storm is expected to strike the mainland ...
Article : 302 wordsLONDON, Wed.—The Evening Standard's" political correspondent says the Committee of Imperial Defence has drafted plans for a small, highly specialised force to defend the Commonwealth as a unit in the atomic age. Service chiefs believe the plan will provide an efficient defence machine. ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 18 Sep 1947, Page 2
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