The concentration of Japanese warships and transports in the vicinity of Pakhoi, including the flagship Idumo, suggests that the ...
Article : 107 wordsA mysterious threat to blow up the steamer Dalfram, now off the Queensland coast with a cargo of pigiron for Japan, was made on ...
Article : 202 wordsThe British cruiser Devonshire left Minorca early yesterday morning with 450 refugees on board. They will be landed at Marseilles, and the French Government has agreed to care for them. ...
Article : 851 wordsThe Prime Minister (Mr. Lyons) announced, at Burnie last night that plans had been made for an extensive programme of oil research in Papua and New Guinea this year. The exploration programme would fae carried out by private ...
Article : 829 wordsIn the face of a southerly wind the bush fires in the forestry reserve at Upper Natone covered a considerable area yesterday, and over 2000 acres of the 3800 acres comprising the reserve have been destroyed. ...
Article : 1,585 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—Subscriptions to the new Commonwealth £8,500,000 works loan, announced to-day by the Federal Treasurer (Mr. Casey), ...
Article : 63 wordsA small lot of cauliflowers from Tasmania in Melbourne to-day sold at 3/- each retail. The quality was good, and ...
Article : 51 wordsLONDON, Thursday.—The young British airman, A. Henshnw, landed at Gravesend airport nt 1.51 p.m. to-day on his return from the Cape, for which ...
Article : 124 wordsAlthough the Boy Scout movement did not stand for anything but peace and harmony among nations, Boy Scouts could be of ...
Article : 661 wordsLONDON, Thursdny.—A Nuffield "iron lung" is being rushed by an Imperial Airways flying-boat to Kamala. East Africa, where an outbreak ...
Article : 105 wordsA slump in the Commonwealth budgetary position was revealed in the figures for the first seven months of the ...
Article : 254 wordsOne man was killed and three others injured when a passenger train from Toowoomba came into collision ...
Article : 245 wordsMrs. Edna Dixon (24) and her sister, Miss Gwendoline Murray (15), were found shot dead on Condi sheep station, 30 miles from ...
Article : 148 wordsHOBART, Friday.—The committee appointed to administer relief funds for bush fire sufferers in Tasmania and King Island met to-day and decided to ...
Article : 139 wordsThe "News-Chronicle" states that three members of a secret Japanese mission will go to Berlin for a conference at the end of February with Japanese Ambassadors from all parts of Europe. The purpose will be to take final steps to ...
Article : 121 wordsIt will cost about £100,000 to restore telephone and telegraph lines that were damaged in bush fires, the Postmaster-General (Mr. ...
Article : 75 wordsFurther consideration of the position of three men serving 15 years' imprisonment each for the Greek Club bombing of 1928 was ...
Article : 206 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.—An agreement between the Australian Tramways and Motor Omnibus Employes' Association and the Hobart City Council for ...
Article : 81 wordsCANBERRA, Friday.—All Commonwealth motor vehicles are to be registered in Canberra in future, irrespective of the State in which they are ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 109 wordsMRS. A. J. M'CULLOCH, an active member of Ulverstone branch of the C.W.A., has made an attractive rug, soft and ...
Article : 242 wordsHOBART, Friday.—The following tenders have been accepted by the Department of Public Works:— Sisters Creek school, alterations and ...
Article : 82 wordsBRISBANE, Friday.—Kittiwake (S.A.) surprised to-day by winning the final heat of the Australian championship for 12 square-metre sharpies from ...
Article : 70 wordsMELBOURNE, Friday.—On a proposal by the Canberra League, the new law governing the man holding the ball, which was adopted by the Australian ...
Article : 108 wordsQuestionnaires used in the 1916 wartime census may be used as a guide for the forms to be issued to the public under the proposed ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 53 wordsSYDNEY, Friday.—Melfor Star, who topped the list at 2800 guineas at the last Sydney yearling sales, died to-day. He had not raced. ...
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Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), Sat 11 Feb 1939, Page 7
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