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  2. AUSTRALIAN COASTLINE BLACKED OUT

    The whole of Tasmania was blacked out for an hour last night, when the first Commonwealth wide A.R.P. test, embracing the Australian coastline and areas to 100 miles inland was conducted. ...

    Article : 882 words
  3. Plain Talk

    "A PEOPLE may prefer a free government; but if, from indolence or carelessness, or cowardice, or ...

    Article : 72 words
  4. To-day's News in Brief

    Good supplies of emergency foods are available in Tasmania. It is expected that between 30,000 and 34,000 sacks potatoes will be ...

    Article : 926 words
  5. The Advocate Fair and Impartial

    TO many minds the effort to provide for post-war reconstruction must be futile while we have still to determine whether we shall have any say in the matter. The imperative need, the colossal task, is that of beating back the enemy, and when that is accomplished we ...

    Article : 835 words
  6. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 40 words
  7. Advertising

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    Advertising : 466 words
  8. Heard This One?

    A quartet of wharf workers were down on the waterfront singing when the tenor fell off the dock into the bay. The incident passed ...

    Article : 71 words
  9. At Evening's Close

    Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close. Up yonder hill the village murmur rose; There as I passed, with careless steps ...

    Article : 103 words
  10. Question & Answer

    Question: What is the address of the Wertheim Sewing Machine Co. in New South Wales? Answer: No record of existence of a ...

    Article : 227 words
  11. Federal Parliament House Not Yet Blacked Out

    CANBERRA, Wednesday — Federal Parliament House has not yet been equipped with window coverings, and all lights in the building ...

    Article : 87 words
  12. A.I.F, FIGHTING HEROICALLY AND STUBBORNLY

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) said to-night the latest advice he had received from Singapore was a message from Major ...

    Article : 76 words
  13. Unions Conferring on Manpower Proposals

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— A conference of Federal unions, called by the Federal Government to discuss its manpower proposals, ...

    Article : 211 words
  14. Personal Paragraph

    MR. L. C. JOHNSON, Deputy Prices Commissioner, and Mr. B. Warren, Senior Investigation Officer, were me[?] by Mr. C G. Wragg, representing the ...

    Article : 61 words
  15. ADDITIONAL MILIIIA CALL- UP

    CANBERRA, Wednesday.— The Minister for the Army (Mr. Forde) announced to-night that the additional men to be called up for ...

    Article : 267 words
  16. Age Limit Proposed for M's.P.

    HOBART, Wednesday.—When a joint committee of both Houses of Parliament is set up at the instigation of the Government ...

    Article : 166 words
  17. OBITUARY

    Mr George Smith, a well-known and much respected resident of Circula Head, who had been in failing health for the past 12 months, died at the ...

    Article : 156 words
  18. Prisoners of War at Work

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — Priso neis of war held in Australia incladed large numbers of officers, who, by the International Convention, cannot be ...

    Article : 164 words
  19. Military Allowances For Wives of N.G. Men

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Evacuated to Australia, wives and dependents of men called up in New Guinea as a result of the recent proclamation, ...

    Article : 77 words
  20. POWER TO REMOVE ROAD SIGNS

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — Power was given to the Government to-day to prohibit or remove all forms of road signs which might be of use to the ...

    Article : 148 words
  21. Late Mrs. M. Walker, Parkham

    The funeral of the late Mrs. Michael Walker, of Parkham, who died in the Devon Hospital on Monday at the age of 87, took place at Deloraine on ...

    Article : 99 words
  22. MAIL PLANE TURNS OVER IN FORCED LANDING

    SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Forced down because of engine trouble, the Bega mail plane carrying a pilot and four passengers, overturned after ...

    Article : 50 words
  23. RAIDS ON BRITAIN

    LONDON, Wednesday. — Enemy air craft early last night dropped bombs at places on the north-east coast of England. Some houses were damaged ...

    Article : 33 words
  24. ENOUGH POISON TO KILL 1,000 PEOPLE STOLEN

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Somewhere in Sydney is a man who has enough calcium cyanide to kill 1000 people. He stole it early to-day. ...

    Article : 76 words
  25. Salary of Public Service Commissioner

    HOBART, Wednesday.—To increase the salary of the Public Service Commissioner from £850 to £1000 a year, the Government intends to seek an ...

    Article : 164 words
  26. LIQUOR TRADE INQUIRY URGED

    Continuing his campaign against the liquor trade, the secretary of the Tasmanian Temperance Council (Rev. A. Crookes Hull) claimed ...

    Article : 142 words
  27. Late Mr. Geo. Shephard, Red Hills

    The remains of the late Mr. George Shephard, of Red Hills, were interred in the Deloraine general cemetery on Monday. Rev. A. E. Chamberlain conducted ...

    Article : 128 words
  28. LIBERTY LOAN

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — Al though the £35,000,000 Liberty Loan did not officially open until next Tuesday, 8000 applications had already been ...

    Article : 88 words
  29. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY VACANCIES

    HOBART, Wednesday.—The Government has decided that Parliament should be given an opportunity to examine the practicability of providing for by-elections to fill vacancies in the House of Assembly due to the demise or resignation of members during ...

    Article : 248 words
  30. Ambulance Trains For Use of Army

    CANBERRA, Wednesday. — Two of the first ten steel ambulance trains for use in Australia by the Army have been completed, the Minister for the ...

    Article : 116 words
  31. Additional Lease-Lend Funds

    WASHINGTON, Tuesday. — President Roosevelt has asked Congress to appropriate an additional 5,430,000,000 dollars (£A1,810,000,000) for lend-lease ...

    Article : 22 words
  32. Superannuation in Public Service

    HOBART, Wednesday.—So that retired public servants recalled to duty in the public service because of the war emergency will not lose ...

    Article : 91 words
  33. Patriotic Funds

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 44 words
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