SECTIONS of the Federal Parliament appear to be woefully out of touch with public opinion. They seem utterly incapable of composing ...
Article : 734 wordsMore returned men up to the age of 53 years are required from Tasmania for instructional and administrative ...
Article : 185 wordsHOBART, Wednesday.—Unless radical alterations are made to the proposed fruit marketing scheme outlined in "The Examiner" yesterday, the ...
Article : 302 wordsIt is expected that the ship being, built at Launceston for Messrs. W. Holyman and Sons Pty. Ltd., for the King ...
Article : 214 wordsMen joining the A.I.F., leaving Tasmania or for other reasons ceasing to be wage earners in the state during ...
Article : 589 wordsThe name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. ...
Article : 19 wordsThe manager of the Agricultural Bank (Mr. S. R. Adams) crossed to the mainland by air yesterday. The Director of Education (Mr. G. ...
Article : 413 wordsMr. C. Thompson, of the Theatrical Employees' Union, was elected president of the Launceston Trades Hall Council at the annual meeting last night, in ...
Article : 363 wordsITALIAN troops are on the march. They have invaded British Somaliland. Apparently another large army is ready to move into Egypt. ...
Article : 297 wordsThe importation of "mainland flour instead of wheat to the detriment of the local milling industry was mentioned at Launceston Trades Hall ...
Article : 233 wordsAt a meeting of the Launceston Trades Hall Council last night a reply was received from Mr. R. S. Rolph, Deputy Director of the Department of ...
Article : 135 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Central Council of the Miners' Federation, which has a membership of 20,000 throughout Australia, to-day carried a ...
Article : 119 wordsA shortage of supplies both here and on the mainland is one of the reasons for the increase in the price of mill offal by 2d a bushel reported in "The ...
Article : 124 wordsMr. Horace Stevens, of Elphin-road, Launceston, who is a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 40 wordsIT IS COMFORTING to hear from Canberra that the export restrictions shortly to be announced will not be drastic. Were they ...
Article : 274 words"I would like to compliment this witness upon the fine effort he made in recovering the body from the river," said Inspector E. C. Flude yesterday at ...
Article : 184 wordsMotorists who enlist in the forces may obtain a refund of their car taxes for the unexpired portion of the year, provided they return their number ...
Article : 119 wordsHOBART, Wednesday—Cabinet decided to-day to take no action to abolish Saturday morning shops closing in the south for the duration of the war, as ...
Article : 122 wordsHOBART, Wednesday. — Enthusiastic support for the appeal launched by the Launceston Retail Traders' Association to shoppers to accept with ...
Article : 207 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—In reply to a question by Senator Lamp (Lab., Tas.) Senator McBride announced in the Senate to-day that the following ...
Article : 64 wordsIsolation suffered by residents of Maria Island since July 1 through lack of a shipping service has been temporarily relieved. A vessel of the East ...
Article : 107 wordsHOBART, Wednesday—At a meeting of the New Norfolk Council to-day it was stated that it had become necessary to extend the water supply at an ...
Article : 160 wordsAt a meeting of the board of directors of the Australian Newsprint Mills Pty. Ltd. it was reported that the buildings associated with the mill at ...
Article : 216 wordsPreviously acknowledged £410/10/- W. B. Gibson, "Scotson," Perth, £10/10/-. Total, £421. ...
Article : 335 wordsA credit balance of £26/10/3, which was considered very satisfactory, was reported at the annual meeting of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty ...
Article : 319 wordsAfter a meeting of Cabinet at Hobart yesterday it was announced that the Attorney-General (Mr. Ogilvie) would resign his portfolio on August 19 to ...
Article : 89 wordsHOBART, Wednesday—The 20th annual tree planting ceremony of the Tasmanian Wattle League was conducted on the Queen's Domain this afternoon. ...
Article : 73 wordsHOBART, Wednesday. — Plans for the distribution of butter in the United Kingdom during the war period have been received by the Minister for ...
Article : 193 wordsA serious derailment occurred on the Nietta line yesterday morning, when a train laden with over 400 tons of produce was travelling to Devonport. The ...
Article : 176 wordsA statement made on Tuesday by Mr. V. J. Bricknell, secretary of the Launceston branch of the National Utility Poultry Breeders' Association, ...
Article : 83 wordsHOBART, Wednesday—The examination for military service of men born between June 30, 1916, and June 30, 1920, under the ...
Article : 166 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday — The increased value of imports in July produced a larger unfavourable balance of Australian trade for the month than ...
Article : 68 wordsWhen returning to Gravelly Beach from Exeter on Tuesday evening, a motor lorry owned and driven by A. Hammersley, of Gravelly Beach, ...
Article : 84 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday. — Members of the Lang Labour Party gave notice in both Houses of Parliament to-day of their intention to move to ...
Article : 138 wordsThe total of exchanges of the Launceston banks for the week ended August 5, 1940, was £324,406, and for the corresponding period last year ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Red Cross Society advises the despatch yesterday of nine cases of goods from the Northern Tasmanian section. Three cases of goods valued ...
Article : 75 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday. — Characterising the Government's statement on international affairs as a mass of hopeless and inadequate evasions of the real ...
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Advertising : 129 wordsHOBART, Wednesday.—In the event of the military authorities agreeing to a march of A.I.F. troops at Burnie, the Government will make a trans- ...
Article : 122 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday—Complaints that women voluntary war workers who had been assisting in the censorship department had divulged the ...
Article : 102 wordsWhile passing an oncoming vehicle on a small bridge near Gravelly Beach last night, a motor truck driven by R. Bendall, of Launceston, ran over an ...
Article : 83 wordsHarold Burling (6), of 6 Holbrook- street, was admitted to the Launceston General Hospital yesterday suffering from lacerations to the head. It is ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Thu 8 Aug 1940, Page 4
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