LAUNCESTON Monday.—The steamer Taroona had on board 480 passengers—more than the record number which arrived on Saturday—when it ...
Article : 377 words"The Erskine is a total wreck," stated Captain James Holyman, general manager of W. Holyman & Sons Pty. Ltd., to-night. ...
Article : 364 wordsSikorsky 'planes similar to the American airliner above are to be acquired for the trans Tasman service by the Trans Tasman Air Development Co. Ltd., in which Lady Kingsford Smith baa an interest. The machine has four motors, with a total of 3 200 h.p., and carries 28 passengers and a crew of five. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 52 wordsINDICATIONS are that there will be no major developments in the shipping strike until some time next year, the parties and the Government having settled down to a wait-and-see policy. There is a general opinion that the strike will last another ...
Article : 635 wordsThe president of the Australian Apple and Pear Export Council (Mr. J. B. Mills) is advised officially that the New Zealand Fruit ...
Article : 167 wordsSpecial Christmas messages to readers of "The Advocate" were made available yesterday by the Governor (Sir Ernest Clark), the Prime Minister (Mr. J. A. Lyons) and the Premier (Mr. A. G. Ogilvie). They are as follows:— The Governor. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 799 wordsWELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday. The M.C.C. team was defeated by Wellington in the first match of the New Zealand tour, by 14 runs. ...
Article : 43 wordsCompared with July, 1914, the cost of food and groceries in the six capital cities showed an increase of 26.7 p.c. at the end of November. The ...
Article : 297 wordsCANBERRA, Monday.—Having completed a reconnaissance of 200 miles on the Upper Wilton River in North Australia, with a pack team, Dr. ...
Article : 87 wordsJOHANNESBURG, Monday.—The Springbok players for the second Test against Australia are: Wade, Mitchell, Siedle, G. Bock, Briscoe, Crisp, ...
Article : 48 wordsRev. H. E. E. Hayes was to-day found guilty by the Ecclesiastical Court of charges of false doctrine, and of conduct disgraceful to a ...
Article : 159 wordsHOBART, Monday.—The Hobart City Council, at a special meeting this afternoon, adopted the proposals for a superannuation scheme drawn up by a ...
Article : 199 wordsHOBART, Monday—It was stated on behalf of the Executive Cricket Council of Tasmania this evening that the Victorian eleven would visit Tasmania. ...
Article : 239 wordsA conservative estimate places the capital value of Sydney and suburbs at £442,028,723. ...
Article : 62 wordsLONDON, Monday.—The "Times'" Berlin correspondent says that the secret police have warned farmers throughout Germany that they 'will, on ...
Article : 184 wordsCANBERRA, Monday.—An agreement has been reached between the British and Dominion Governments and Germany for the appointment of a ...
Article : 80 wordsCANBERRA, Monday.—During October, the wholesale price index increased by four points, to 1499, the Commonwealth Statistician announced ...
Article : 45 wordsHOBART, Monday.—"I am sorry to see a man of your physique going to the bad as you apparently are. You are of a type calculated to be gang ...
Article : 318 wordsTHE GLORY AND ROMANCE OF SAIL: Bowling through a lazy swell, the sailing ship, Joseph Conrad, made this magnificent picture as she pointed her bow southward on clearing Sydney Heads on the way to Melbourne. Romantic tales of the voyages ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 76 wordsADELAIDE, Monday.—The Australian National Games will be the first events of the South Australian Centenary celebrations at the Adelaide Oval ...
Article : 100 wordsA PICTURE at Point Cook (Vic.) of the party of Royal Australian Air Force officers and men who will join the Royal research ship, Discovery, II., in the search for Ellsworth and Kenyon in the Antarctic. They are in front of the Wapiti 'plane, ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 95 wordsA CHILD in Zealand will call up the King in England 12.59 a.m. on Thursday, and ask him to speak to the Empire, and king will consent His Empire message will be broadcast by 3AR, and ...
Article : 74 wordsOne of the most popular and widelyread of all Dickens' works is "The Old Curiosity Shop," which tells the pathetic story of "Little Nell." Some ...
Article : 245 wordsMELBOURNE, Monday.—Her decks stacked with drums of fuel oil and two 'planes stowed on the after deck, the Royal Research ship, Discovery II., ...
Article : 120 wordsADELAIDE, Monday.—According to a report made to the coroner, an alleged outburst of hooting when her son was presented with a prize at a ...
Article : 112 wordsA committee meeting was held last week. After much discussion a proposal to conduct cycling sports on Monday, January 27, following the Smithton ...
Article : 74 wordsDr. Temple, Archbishop of York, in a lecture on the subject "Faith and Freedom," said, in part: "The man who believes himself to be a child of ...
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Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), Tue 24 Dec 1935, Page 7
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