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  2. To-days News In Brief

    The Burnie Trades and Labor Council is to initiate a movement for the taking of a poll of ratepayers on the question of setting up a commission to ...

    Article : 763 words
  3. BASS STRAIT MINED DURING CUP WEEK

    "Since I have been a prisoner on a German raider I have learned that the Germans laid their mines in Bass Strait during Melbourne Cup week, knowing it would be the safest time to do it. They crept in and laid those mines from two armed vessels." ...

    Article : 759 words
  4. Plain Talk

    HAPPINESS consists in the attainment of our desires, and in having only right desires. ...

    Article : 26 words
  5. The Advocate

    THE dash, intrepidity and daring of the Australians at Bardia recall the exploits of 1918 when, under General Monash, the Australian corps turned the German tide just as it was threatening to engulf Amiens; and not satisfied with this feat followed it up ...

    Article : 818 words
  6. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 306 words
  7. Heard This One?

    The strong man at the show had just finished squeezing the juice out of a lemon. Holding it up before the crowd he ...

    Article : 76 words
  8. Island Moonrise

    Scented with oleanders' breath The hesitant darkness falls Along the leaves still warm with sun, At slow white intervals ...

    Article : 72 words
  9. Question & Answer

    Question.—When did surnames first originate Answer: Surnames were not used in England before the Conquest. When ...

    Article : 93 words
  10. Advertising

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    Advertising : 314 words
  11. Australian Prisoners of War

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—"Missing, believed prisoner of war," appeared for the first time in this war in an Australian casualty list yesterday. ...

    Article : 148 words
  12. Leader of Free French Forces in Pacific Assaulted in Sydney

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — Commandant Edmond Mansard, former Governor of Tahiti, in French Oceania, and now leader of the Free French forces in the Pacific, ...

    Article : 71 words
  13. Personal Paragraphs

    MR. SYDNEY EVANS, of Sydney Evans and Co., stock and sharebrokers, of Sydney, died on Saturday, after a long illness. ...

    Article : 43 words
  14. Co-operation of Public Sought

    Investigations by members of the Criminal Investigation Branch into the murder of Eric Ross Robinson (26), have not slackened. ...

    Article : 309 words
  15. This One Didn't Get Away

    GEELONG, Sunday. — Hooking a 26½lb. conger [?]el measuring 5½ feet. Mr. C. M. M'Farlane, of the Geelong railway staff, made a record catch at ...

    Article : 75 words
  16. Record Air Travel at Weekend

    LAUNCESTON, Sunday. — A total of 431 passengers arrived at or left Western Junction by 'planes that travelled direct between Western Junction and Essendon ...

    Article : 75 words
  17. Newly Discovered Comet Visible From Sydney

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—A newly discovered comet will be visible from Sydney about January 15. the Government Astronomer (Mr. Nangle) said ...

    Article : 74 words
  18. OBITUARY Mr. Charles Johnson, East Devonport

    The death occurred at his residence, 24 Thomas Street, East Devonport, on Saturday morning, of Mr. Charles Johnson, after a short illness, at the ...

    Article : 141 words
  19. TRAINING PLANE CRASHES

    An R.A.A.F. pilot was killed and three others injured when a training place crashed at Narrandera Training School yesterday. ...

    Article : 110 words
  20. WAR COMMENTARY

    Is the war entering a new phase? Developments justifying this speculation are German attacks on Eire, reports of German troop movements to Rumania, and the Rome announcement that German squadrons have arrived in Italy to co-operate with the Italian Air Force in Albania and Libya. ...

    Article : 718 words
  21. EFFORTS to PREVENT MINE STOPPAGE

    Although the Central Reference Board for the coal-mining industry adjourned its meeting on Friday, Wonthaggi miners will still hold their ...

    Article : 197 words
  22. Late Miss Jane Garner

    The recent death at Wynyard of Miss Jane Elizabeth Garner, eldest daughter of the late Mr. William Garner, recalls that in her early days she devoted ...

    Article : 196 words
  23. Drenching Monsoonal Rains

    Drenching monsoonal rains that have fallen over nearly 2,000,000 square miles of Australia are now clearing toward the east after having brought ...

    Article : 121 words
  24. WOMEN'S LAND ARMY FIELD DAY

    HOBART, Sunday.—Members of the Women's Land Army who are on their parents' properties in the Richmond district held a field day yesterday. It ...

    Article : 55 words
  25. Advertising

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    Advertising : 96 words
  26. Late Mr. G. Lees, Stanley

    The funeral of the late Mr. George Lees, victim of the recent fire in Rougemont Street, Stanley, took place on Friday afternoon at the Stanley ...

    Article : 136 words
  27. Seamen Man Ships at Newcastle

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — Newcastle seamen yesterday presented themselves for work, and, according to union officials, requirements for manning of the vessels were ...

    Article : 71 words
  28. N.S.W. UNIONS SUPPORT BEER STRIKE

    SYDNEY, Sunday. — All trade union organisations on the South Coast will be represented at a meeting to-morrow, when plans to intensify the beer strike ...

    Article : 131 words
  29. Washed Off Rock and Drowned

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Washed off a rock yesterday at Long Reef, Henry Joseph Trott (45) was drowned in front of his wife, son and daughter. ...

    Article : 28 words
  30. Mr. C. Baillieu, Melbourne

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Mr. Clive Baillieu, founder and senior partner of the firm of E. L. Baillieu and C. Baillieu, stock and sharebrokers, died ...

    Article : 100 words
  31. Bitten on Eyelid by Snake

    MELBOURNE, Sunday. — Bitten on the eyelid by a brown snake at Research yesterday, Leonard Parsons was rushed by car to Royal Melbourne Hospital. After ...

    Article : 40 words
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