FREEDOM OF BANKING for the municipalities of Australia ends to-day. The Commonwealth has used the big stick and has decreed that all municipal banking must be transferred from trading banks to the Commonwealth Bank. One hundred and sixty new ...
Article : 503 wordsMr. J. B. Mather (right), chairman of the Book Week Committee, welcoming well-know writer and broadcaster on wild life. Mr. Crosbie Morrison, and Mrs. Morrison when they arrived in Launceston yesterday. Mr. Morrison's visit to the city has been made in connection ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 53 wordsProvision for a 40-hour working week in industry in Tasmania will be contained in the Factories Bill and a Wages Board Bill to be presented to Parliament in September. The Factories Bill will compel one-man backyard ...
Article : 603 wordsLONDON (A.A.P.). — Siamese twins were born yesterday to a London mother at Acton Hospital. ...
Article : 45 wordsNorthern milk producers and vendors expect that the decision of the Prices Branch regarding a subsidy ...
Article : 379 wordsMr. S. O. Plummer, a member of the committee of the Tasmanian Association in Sydney, is visiting Launceston. Mr Plummer, who is ...
Article : 34 wordsMost members of the Parliamentary Labour Party dispersed to their home towns after the all-day caucus meeting in Launceston ...
Article : 148 wordsThe Government has made no attempt to keep faith with returned servicemen on Flinders Island, ...
Article : 216 wordsThe question of Marine Board participation in the overall flood protection scheme for Launceston will be considered at a meeting of the Board next Thursday. FOLLOWING the City Council ...
Article : 125 wordsMr. Thomas Alexander Tanner, widely known in church and Y.M.C.A. circles, died at Launceston yesterday after a short illness. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 510 wordsCloudy to overcast, with some showers, but weather gradually improving and becoming fine by Sunday. ...
Article : 18 wordsA SEAMAN on the Loatta, Charles Robinson (57), of 30 Howick St., received a crushed chest during the voyage to ...
Article : 72 wordsLONDON (A.A.P.). — English actress, Jane Barrett, under contract to the Rank Organisation, leaves for Australia in September ...
Article : 45 wordsUNDER the provisions of the Emergency Housing Act the Social Services Department must give an owner of unoccupied ...
Article : 108 wordsTHE STATE PARLIAMENTARY LABOUR PARTY followed the example of Federal Labour and determined upon a salary grab—or, at least, an attempt to grab, for in the state sphere Caucus decisions do not automatically become law. They control an ...
Article : 275 wordsThe raising of Illawarra Rd. near Tannery Lane, Longford, to obviate flooding is among works to be carried out by the Public Works Department this financial year. ...
Article : 432 wordsThe City Council's discussion with the Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) concerning proposals for an Olympic pool for Launceston has raised ...
Article : 136 wordsTHE Government has purchased a home in King St., Sandy Bay, and will convert it into flats for leasing to workers employed by ...
Article : 54 wordsElectors in Scottsdale municipality are being asked to sign a petition asking the Commission to conduct a ...
Article : 112 wordsTHE British Ministry of Food has acknowledged receipt of 58 cases of food sent from the Mayor's Food for Britain Fund. A ...
Article : 78 wordsALTHOUGH the Corrimal is bringing sugar to Launceston at the week-end, the quantity is not likely to be sufficient to meet ...
Article : 55 wordsFROM Sunday onward there will be no buses to Normanstone Rd. Announcing this yesterday the Transport Superintendent Mr. ...
Article : 54 wordsFOLLOWING a variation in train schedules mails in future will close for Hobart at 10.30 a.m., 4.30 p.m. and 8 p.m., Monday to Friday; ...
Article : 63 wordsTHE SUCCESS of the trial of a mobile blood transfusion service at Burnie on Wednesday has been described as making history. This is no more than a statement of fact. The life-saving capabilities of blood transfusion are so well known now that they need no boost, ...
Article : 151 wordsTuberculosis suspects will be forced to undergo an X-ray examination under the terms of a bill to be introduced to State Parliament in the September session. THE BILL was approved by ...
Article : 225 wordsThe Darwin divisional council of the A.L.P. has decided to write to the Government complimenting it upon its "advanced transport ...
Article : 84 wordsTHE Nairana, with passengers mails and general cargo from Melbourne. is due at Beauty Point at 8 o'clock to-morrow morning. ...
Article : 76 wordsThe mixed bag of mail received by the Mayor (Ald. Oldham) and the Town Clerk (Mr. F. C. Crawford) includes requests from would. ...
Article : 282 wordsSir,—As an old soldier I am astounded to know that we have in our midst a person claiming to be an ex-serviceman who is actually ...
Article : 1,213 wordsCOACHING curiosities! There is an idea that the Government will acquire and preserve some of the objects connected with the old ...
Article : 740 wordsTOKIO (A.A.P.-Reuter) — The second Japanese Antarctic whaling expedition may not be able to sail from Japan because of lack ...
Article : 62 wordsThe funeral of Mr. Lewis (Bob) Smith at St. John's Church of England Cemetery, Ross, was attended by a large gathering of relatives ...
Article : 92 wordsFor the first time, blood was collected from [?] Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service mobile [?] visited the town on Wednesday. The blood [?]bourne for processing, and the serum obtaine[?] ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 48 wordsA bill to give the Commonwealth Government power to censor all types of films produced in Tasmania was approved by State ...
Article : 162 wordsTributes to their four years' service in the Salvation Armq in Tasmania were paid to the Divisional Commandant (Brig. F. L. ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Fri 1 Aug 1947, Page 2
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