HOBART, Thursday.—It was disclosed at the Hobart gaol inquiry to-day that although he was supposed to be at work in the cookhouse at 7 a.m. each day, the "most troublesome" prisoner in the gaol used to attend for work at 8 and 9 a.m. When asked where he had been, he would say, "Oh, I've just got ...
Article : 975 wordsCOLONEL HESTER and Captain Pozzy. of the U.S.A. Army, accompanied by Mr. A. G. Roth, of the Department of Supply, arrived in Tasmania yesterday to ...
Article : 43 wordsLOOKS do not count when you are smiling. ...
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Family Notices : 367 wordsThe husband answering the phone said, "I don't know; call the weather bureau," and hung up. "Who was that?" asked the wife. ...
Article : 33 wordsBRISBANE, Thursday.—The term of the Governor of Queensland (Sir Leslie Wilson) has been extended for another year from June 13, 1943. This was ...
Article : 34 wordsThere has fallen a splendid tear From the passion-flower at the gate. She is coming, my dove, my dear; She is coming, my life, my fate; ...
Article : 60 wordsCANBERRA. Thursday. — A tribute to the late Mr. William Henry Laird Smith, of Burnie, a former Minister of the Crown, was paid by members of the ...
Article : 164 wordsQuestion: What was the voting in Australia on the question of conscription? Answer: The first referendum in 1916 showed a majority of 72,476 against ...
Article : 342 wordsLAUNCESTON, Thursday. — The three retiring aldermen of the Launces ton City Council were re-elected with good majorities at to-day's civic elec ...
Article : 66 wordsRECOGNISING the injustice to a large body of primary producers involved in the wages agreement relating to the harvesting of certain crops, the Tasmanian Producers' Organisation has requested the Prime Minister to suspend the regulation extending the determination to crops other than ...
Article : 822 wordsMr. R. G. (Eric) Mackenzie, of "Cloverlea," Somerset, died in the Spencer Hospital, Wynyard, yesterday, as the result of a fall in the ...
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Advertising : 319 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday. — The Treasurer (Mr. Chifley) announced to-night that the amount subscribed to the Austerity Loan had ...
Article : 558 wordsThe question of whether the T.P.O. should become a political body has boen raised by Mr. J. H. M'Shane, who was recently elected to the Central ...
Article : 180 wordsMiss Sheilah Curnow, of Burnie, was the winner of one of the £10 awards in the children's section of the competition, "What Freedom of the Pless Means to ...
Article : 419 wordsThe resolution of the Deloraine branch of the T.P.O. asking the Central Council to consider the advisability of organising State wide stopwork ...
Article : 272 wordsLAUNCESTON, Thursday. — The Red Cross and the A.C.F. in Northern Tasmania have issued state ments denying an allegation in a ...
Article : 414 wordsHOBART. Thursday.— If shipping and manpower were available, in his opinion a large proportion of the Tasmanian apple crop next season would be ...
Article : 578 wordsThe funeral of the late Mr. Arthur Walker, of Cooee, took place at the Somerset cemetery, the service being conducted by Rev. R. C. Brown, Burnie ...
Article : 114 wordsHOBART, Thursday.—The cremation: of Mr. A. M. Gibson, Hobart manager of the Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd., who died on Tuesday at the age ...
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Advertising : 10 wordsFor many years readers of "The Advocate" have helped to brighten the lives of boys at Ashley by their contributions to the Ashley Home Christmas Fund. Their ...
Article : 266 wordsHOBART, Thursday. — The general executive of the Tasmanian section of the A.L.P. decided at its meeting yesterday to urge the Federal Government ...
Article : 244 wordsHOBART, Thursday.—At a cost of £3000, the Government has purchased "The Towers," at the corner of Cameron and Wellington streets, Launces. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 97 wordsHOBART, Thursday. — The Acting Deputy Director of Manpower (Mr. Basil Plummer) views with concern the poor response to the appeal for casual ...
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Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), Fri 11 Dec 1942, Page 2
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