THE Legislative Council last night amended the Hoban Corporation Act to prevent construction of a new luxury hotel at the Springs, Mt. Wellington, within three years, or the granting of a liquor licence for the present ...
Article : 640 wordsA CONSIGNMENT of 14,0001b. of old silver coins, valued at £50,000, was despatched by air from Hobart yesterday to the Melbourne mint for melting. Portion of the silver will be sent to America under the wartime Lend-Lease agreement. ...
Article : 204 wordsCANBERRA, Wed. — Mr. Cameron (Lib., S.A.) created a minor sensation in the House of Representatives ...
Article : 238 wordsMr. J. T. Ryan, an executive officer of the Australian Railways Union (left), reading the summons served on him under ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 39 wordsThere was Opposition from members of the Legislative Council yesterday to the Industries Establishment Bill, and ...
Article : 136 wordsCAIRO, Wed.—The Egyptian Government intends to set up a special "tourist police force" with the task of ...
Article : 65 wordsA number of dairymen were "rather perturbed" at the non-payment of the Commonwealth milk subsidy, Mr. Wedd (Ind.) said in the House of ...
Article : 90 wordsTHE House of Assembly last night passed a bill to enable the Forestry CommisA sion to enter into the business of supplying case timber for the fruit industry after amendments defining the commission's function had been agreed to. THE amendments on the definitions ...
Article : 360 wordsConferences on shipping problems are to be held at Burnie and Launceston on Monday. The Minister for Housing (Mr. ...
Article : 103 wordsTEL AVIV, Wed. (A.A.P.). — Lydda, Israel's main airport and one of the biggest in. the Middle East, was reopened for civilian ...
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Advertising : 98 wordsTHE Speaker (Mr. Pike) took the Chair in the House of Assembly at 2.30 p.m. yesterday. The second reading of the Public Works Execution Bill, which authorises the Treasurer to reappropriate £650,000 and borrow £200,000 for public works, was moved by the Minister for Lands and Works (Mr. Reece). ...
Article : 670 wordsSYDNEY, Wed. — Charles Ivan Le Gallien (17>. pleaded not guilty to a charge of having murdered his father when his trial began today. ...
Article : 77 wordsLONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.). — As a result of negotiations between the Australian Government and the Ministry of Food, Britain has agreed ...
Article : 50 wordsTHE Deputy Leader of the Opposition (Mr. Wright) claimed yesterday that the method of introducing the regulations to ban parking of buses in Elizabeth St., Hobart, and Brisbane St., Launceston, was designed to crush private operators. ...
Article : 238 wordsCANBERRA. Wed.—The Minist for Customs (Senator Courtice) to[?] Senator O'Byrne (Lab., T.) in [?] Senate today the Government [?] ...
Article : 96 wordsMr. Lyons (Lib.) in the House of Assembly last night said a recent increase of 20 p.c. in the cost of weekly rail concession tickets for ...
Article : 80 wordsMELBOURNE, Wed. — Nearly 2,700 migrants are expected to reach Melbourne in three ships at the weekend, the biggest batch yet to ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 25 Nov 1948, Page 2
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