HOBART, Thursday,—A motion urging the Government to amend the Hydro-Electric Commission Act, with the object of liberalising conditions covering extensions to country districts was agreed to in the Legislative Council to-day. ...
Article : 1,168 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday. — A shortage of iron and steel caused by the coal and steel strikes in New South Wales threatens to ...
Article : 133 wordsDecember 2, 1942, was one of the climactic days of the atomic bomb project, and, therefore, one of the historic days in the annals of mankind. On that day, in the handball court underneath the West Stands of Stagg Field, on thc University of Chicago campus, Professor Enrico Fermi and his team ...
Article : 1,020 wordsHOBART, Thursday.—Criticism of Tasmanian newspapers for the lack of publicity given to State Parliamentary debates was voiced in both the House of Assembly and Legislative Council to-day. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,063 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday. — To avoid possible clashes, the 1600 Dutch troops on board the Stirling Castle were, refused permission to land at ...
Article : 191 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday. — More than 500 members of the British Pacific Fleet whose time off service had expired had ...
Article : 76 wordsLONDON, Thursday. — The Home Office to-day revealed that a Portuguese national. Rogerio de Menczcs, who wrote in invisible ink messages relating to the ...
Article : 104 wordsMELBOUBNE, Thursday. — Keith Price (21) was accidentally shot through the chest by his 10-year-old brother at their home at Yarra ...
Article : 93 wordsHOBART, Thursday. — Criticism of a legal provision which enabled the Government to acquire land for building purposes at the assessed capital value ...
Article : 356 wordsSYDNEY, Thursday.—Plans to establish a £5,000,000 undertaking to make rayon at Hexham, near Newcastle, have been drawn up by the British rayon firm of Courtauld's. An estate of 17,000 acres has been bought by the company, ...
Article : 86 wordsPERTH (W.A.). Thursday. — The Portuguese authorities have agreed that the bodies of Australian commandos buried in Timor shall be ...
Article : 98 wordsLONDON, Thursday. — Delegates from more than 60 countries, who are attending the World Youth Conference in London, yesterday ratified a draft charter ...
Article : 86 wordsMANILA, Thursday.—Miss Elvessa Stewart, a dietitian, told at the Yamashita trial how starving internees at Santa Tomas picked lawns clean ...
Article : 291 wordsHOBART. Friday. — The Deputy President (Mr. R. O. Shoobridge) took the chair in the Legislative Council at 3 p.m. yesterday. ...
Article : 507 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday. — Thirty hours after the horses had passed the post in the Melbourne Cup thousands of ...
Article : 89 wordsPATNA, Thursday.—Shortly before an express was due to cross a railway bridge 10 miles from Patna to-day, Bihar provincial police discovered and removed ...
Article : 42 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday. — Two days only remain of the extended period allotted to the £85,000,000 Fourth Victory Loan, and several ...
Article : 194 wordsHOBART, Thursday. — A statement that the gun with which he was alleged to have shot his son discharged accidentally was made by John ...
Article : 419 wordsPKRTH (W.A.), Thursday.—The Air Minister (Mr. Drake ford) said to-day it was expected that in six weeks most of the 8000 R.A.A.F. ...
Article : 98 wordsHOBART, thursday.—Dy a substantial majority the Constitution Bill, which provides for a redefinition of the Legislative Council electoral boundaries and the broadening of the franchise, passed the second reading stage in the Legislative council to-night, and was ...
Article : 355 wordsHOBART, Thursday. — Mr. Hubert Young, foreman, of Burnie, who died on February 7, 1945, at Burnie, left estate valued at £4440 (net £4350). ...
Article : 67 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday. — It might bo very dangerous for Fascist internees to return to Italy now, thc Italian louder of the Tatura ...
Article : 148 wordsMELBOURNE, Thursday. — Charges of treachery have been laid against Capt, John Joseph Murphy, a former Allied ...
Article : 107 wordsCANBERRA, Thursday.—The Victoria Cross has been awarded to Cpl. John Bernard Mackey (posthumously), of Hornsby, N.S.W., and Pte. Leslie Thomas Starcovich, of Grass Patch, W.A. The Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) said the latest awards of the V.C. reflected the indomitable courage and ...
Article : 296 wordsHOBART, Thursday.—A committee to Rive advice and assistance to discharged servicemen and women entering business undertakings was formed ...
Article : 84 wordsTEHERAN, Thursday.—Many fresh, Russian divisions have arrived in Persia, according to a member of the Persian Parliament. He alleged that ...
Article : 63 wordsSINGAPORE. Thursday.—Five Englishmen who arrived by air yesterday are believed to have a good start over other nations, especially America, in ...
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Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), Fri 9 Nov 1945, Page 5
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