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  2. PERSONAL

    Passengers to the mainland by air yesterday included Messrs. W. R. Rolph and T. S. Nettlefold. Mr. Justice Clark, who presided at ...

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  3. TO-DAY'S MESSAGE

    A little group of wise hearts is better than a wilderness of fools: and that nation gains true territory, which gains ...

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  4. SOURCE OF DRUG

    The opium poppy plant, from which morphine is derived, is being grown experimentally in Tasmania. ...

    Article : 321 words
  5. VOLUNTEER CORPS

    Immediate steps are to be taken to form the Launceston unit of the Volunteer Defence Corps which is being ...

    Article : 379 words
  6. NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER

    The King has called the nation to united prayer. The day set down is Sunday next, September 8. ...

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  7. LAUNCESTON, TASMANIA The Examiner

    THERE is no more important person in the world than the teacher. This is a truth that comes home to all thoughtful people in ...

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  8. Topics of the Day OVER 750,000 TAKEN

    During the two months' open season for game which closed in Tasmania on July 31, over 750,000 animals were ...

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  9. THREE IN ONE

    THE LITTLE argument in which the State Treasurer and the Leader of the Opposition have been engaged on the subject of income ...

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  10. A.I.F. MEN SEE LONDON

    How Tasmanian members of the A.I.F. in England are seeing the sights of London and how they are being made much of by the people of ...

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  11. TEA PRICE RAISED 1d TO-DAY

    From to-day the price of tea will be increased by one penny per lb. This increase will apply simultaneously to ...

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  12. OBITUARY

    The funeral of Mr. Thomas Gordon Peden, of Robigana, took place at Carr Villa, and was largely attended. The chief mourners were the wife and three ...

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  13. City Park Changes

    Preparations are now being made in City Park for the construction of a new glasshouse for which funds were made available by the City Council some ...

    Article : 128 words
  14. Large Trout Caught

    An English trout measuring 2ft. 4in. in length, with a girth of 1ft. 5in. and weighing 12½lb.. was caught yesterday afternoon in the North Esk River near ...

    Article : 91 words
  15. WAR APPEALS

    Donations to the northern division of the Red Cross Appeal are: Already acknowledged, £20,167/4/7. Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Russell, £5. ...

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  16. ELECTS STATE EXECUTIVE

    HOBART, Wednesday-Railway employees at Hobart decided to-night to elect a state executive to take charge of the affairs of the National Union ...

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  17. PLANS FOR NEW PARK

    The £400 voted by the Launceston City Council this week out of electricity department profits for the development of King's Park, ...

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  18. Cost of Living Enquiry

    Senator C. A. Lamp reported to the Launceston Trades Hall Council last night that figures supplied by the Commonwealth Statistician did not, in his ...

    Article : 71 words
  19. BRITAIN—U.S.A.

    THE AGREEMENT by which Britain is to receive fifty destroyers from the United States and America is to be granted leases of British ...

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  20. DISAPPOINTING TO GROWERS

    In a statement yesterday on' behalf of the Tasmanian Producers' Organisation, the general secretary, Mr. J. Hiscock, said that at the recent ...

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  21. Contract Penalties

    In a prosecution in the City Police Court yesterday of a man charged under the Defence Act with desertion, the prosecuting officer (Captain ...

    Article : 64 words
  22. More Buildings

    The number of permits granted during August for the erection of buildings for habitation purposes in Hobart was 19, five more than in August, 1939. ...

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  23. ANNUAL CHURCH FAIR AT DELORAINE

    The annual fair of St. Mark's Church of England was held in the Deloraine Town Hall yesterday afternoon and evening. The stalls were well laden ...

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  24. Inquest Opened

    An inquest on Joseph Gilliam (62), of Deloraine, who was killed by a falling tree at Parkham on Tuesday, was opened before the coroner (Mr. ...

    Article : 69 words
  25. GUARANTEES FOR LIGHTING

    At a meeting of the Oatlands Council on Tuesday the proposal to extend electric power from Parattah to Baden was discussed. ...

    Article : 253 words
  26. Railway Revenue

    The gross revenue from the Tasmanian railways for July this year amounted to £41,833, compared with £35,532 for the corresponding month ...

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  27. PRESBYTERY ELECTS MODERATORS

    The retreat of Presbyterian ministers was continued at Oatlands yesterday. The Presbytery appointed Rev. R T. White moderator of the West Tamar, ...

    Article : 263 words
  28. Apprenticeship Rules

    By a special Commonwealth Gazette last night, apprenticeship authorities were appointed in the various states to exercise the powers and functions of ...

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  29. TRADES HALL AND FIVE-DAY WEEK

    Mr. Brooker Asked to Attend Meeting The Launceston Trades Hall Council decided last night to invite the Chief Secretary (Mr. Brooker) to attend the next meeting of the ...

    Article : 147 words
  30. Employment Figures

    The number of persons employed in factories and various offices in Tasmania during July was 11,648, an increase of 836 on the number for the ...

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  31. ARMY ROUNDS UP DEFAULTERS

    HOBART, Wednesday. — Although many men have failed to report for enrolment as universal trainees, military authorities said to-day that every ...

    Article : 127 words
  32. State Population

    The population of Tasmania at the end of June, 1940, was 237,923, compared with 236,647 in 1939. During the second quarter of this year births were ...

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  33. STUDENT RECRUITS

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — An advisory board of three has been set up by the Canberra University to advise graduates and undergraduates how they ...

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  34. TREASURER "TIRED OF TIN POT CRITICISMS"

    HOBART, Wednesday.—The Treasurer (Mr. Dwyer-Gray) declared to-night that he was "tired of the tinpot criticisms" of the Leader of the ...

    Article : 179 words
  35. RED CROSS

    A meeting of the women's committee of the Red Cross Society was held yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Robert Wall was elected ...

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  36. BADLY HURT IN FALL

    HOBART, Wednesday.—Andy Johnson (56), of 5 Service-street, was admitted to the Royal Hobart Hospital to-night with injuries to his chest. It ...

    Article : 49 words
  37. FOR PATRIOTIC FUNDS

    A unanimous decision to carry on with the club's Christmas and Boxing Day carnival and to devote the whole of the profits to patriotic funds ...

    Article : 136 words
  38. Advertising

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  39. Tasmanian Casualties

    MELBOURNE Wednesday. — The latest overseas casualty list issued by Southern Command Headquarters to-day includes two Tasmanians. They ...

    Article : 40 words
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