Approval of a water scheme for Bellerive, Montagu Bay, and Lindisfarne which would require a rate of 2/4 to 2/6 in the £was given at a meeting of Lindisfarne ratepayers ...
Article : 319 wordsMembers of the Southern Dairymen's Association at a special meeting at Hobart last night unanimously adopted a resolution advocating union between the association and ...
Article : 442 words"The attempt of the Board of Management of the Royal Hobart Hospital to protect the Government from criticism in reference to Dr. Gaha's appointment must surely be seen ...
Article : 429 wordsAccording to a report tabled at the Hamilton Council meeting yesterday, damage estimated at £250 was caused to roads in the Gretna and Pelham districts by a recent ...
Article : 200 wordsFollowing recent action by the Huonville Fire Brigade Board, a telephone alarm system has been installed within the HuonvilleRanelagh fire area. Telephones are ...
Article : 129 wordsAn interstate conference is to be held within the next few weeks to discuss the price to be paid producers for the flax harvest next season, according to a statement ...
Article : 486 wordsA preliminary examination of applications lodged by farmers for the registration of properties, and for licences to grow wheat under the wheat stabilisation scheme, has ...
Article : 406 wordsA suggestion that the proposed new method of bush fire control would cost the ratepayers of Hamilton an extra[?]d rate was made at a meeting of the Hamilton Council ...
Article : 193 wordsHuon orchardists could help the war effort by collecting large quantities of salvage material, said Mr. G. N. Stilwell, of Waterloo, Huon, yesterday. With co-operation by ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 325 words"I think we should tell them to save petrol," remarked a councillor at the Hamilton Council meeting yesterday, when he was referring to the proposed Ministerial visit to the ...
Article : 159 wordsThe Australian Railways Union Board of Reference, presided over by Mr. E. H. Rowlands, Industrial Registrar of the Arbitration Court, continued its sittings yesterday at ...
Article : 304 wordsMatters relating to the shortage of supplies in bran and pollard were discussed at a meeting of the Federal Agricultural Council last week at Canberra. ...
Article : 257 wordsRICHARD BROWN, of Byron St., Sandy Bay, who was 100 years old on October 6 last, was admitted to the Royal Hobart ...
Article : 57 wordsMr. Gen Chung Henry, a leading member of the Chinese community in Hobart, died at the age of 56 years at Hobart on Monday. Mr. Henry came to Tasmania when he was 16 ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 180 wordsA report that dogs at Tarraleah were killing sheep was made at the Hamilton Council meeting yesterday, and it was decided to take drastic action to overcome the trouble. ...
Article : 124 wordsAfter inspecting the damaged orchards in the Lilydale and Lalla districts, Mr. Barnard, M.H.R., and Senator Lamp stated they were surprised at the damage caused by frost. ...
Article : 80 wordsGood attendances were recorded at the Launceston Junior Technical College and the Launceston State High School when classes were resumed after the Christmas vacation ...
Article : 144 wordsCAPETOWN, Tuesday.—The Prime Minister (General Smuts) told the House of Assembly that a full inquiry was being made into the Johannesburg riots. ...
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Advertising : 284 wordsThe Attorney-General (Mr. McDonald) stated yesterday that, as part of the new system under which Children s Courts will operate shortly, the Government had decided ...
Article : 69 wordsIt has been decided to hold the conference of Tasmanian Trades Unions at Launceston on March 8 and 9. This was agreed to at a meeting of the Launceston Trades Hall ...
Article : 101 wordsMELBOURNE, Tuesday.—A Royal Australian Air Force air ambulance unit is to be provided for duty in the Middle East. This decision was reached by War ...
Article : 164 wordsSORELL.—The annual meeting of the Sorell branch of the Australian Labour League was held in the Sorell hall. Mr. E. J. Okines presided. The Chief Secretary ...
Article : 336 wordsIn the Hobart Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. E. C. Mitchell and H. L. Dakin, Js.P., Detective-Inspector Fleming prosecuting. ...
Article : 262 wordsA sitting of the Cord Woodcutters' Wages Board, set up to fix wages and conditions for men engaged in cutting and stacking cord wood, including engine wood and pulp wood ...
Article : 97 wordsThe death took place suddenly at Hobart on Monday of Capt. Ewen Cameron, of Kingston, Conara, third son of Col. Cyril St. Clair Cameron and the late Mrs. Cameron, of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 65 wordsA GERMAN, William Henninger, bit his Irish setter on the nose because the dog failed to perform tricks in an hotel. An ...
Article : 64 wordsThe Launceston Civil Defence Legion will conduct a full rehearsal embracing all sectors, including a new one covering Kings Wharf and environs, on the evening of February 27. ...
Article : 197 wordsPayment of insurance on a dwelling near Richmond which was destroyed by fire was claimed in the Supreme Court at Hobart yesterday. The hearing was adjourned until ...
Article : 381 wordsMr. Chokey Nuroo died suddenly at Lufra yesterday at the age of 68 years. He was well known as an hotelkeeper, and for a number of years was providor in steamers ...
Article : 159 wordsThe hearing of evidence in a case in which a woman is charged with having stolen £28 from an elderly man was concluded in the Criminal Court at Launceston yesterday, ...
Article : 392 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.—Inauguration of the new Federal scheme for the payment of income tax by instalments has confronted the Federal Taxation Commissioner (Mr. L. ...
Article : 173 wordsMr. William Rowlands, a pioneer of Runnymede, died at Runnymede yesterday, aged 92 years. Mr. Rowlands was born at Strawberry Hill, near Orford, on January 11, 1849. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 80 wordsPhillip Connors (18), of Buckland, was hit on the head by a winch when working at Buckland yesterday. He was taken to the Royal Hobart Hospital, and ...
Article : 41 wordsThe remains of Mr. V. E. Denning, formerly of Hobart and, at the time of his death, of Gravelly Beach, were cremated at Cornelian Bay yesterday. The ceremony, ...
Article : 119 wordsMr. F. E. Cotton, secretary of the Tasmanian division of the Comforts Fund, has received a letter from Lady Sanderson, of the Australian Women's Voluntary Services. ...
Article : 66 wordsStruck on the head near an eye by a ball when keeping wickets for Clarence against Channel in the Country Cricket Week competition, at the Queenborough ground ...
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Article : 4 wordsThe second wool appraisement for this season will begin at Launceston on March 1. Growers should forward their wool to the stores as early as possible. ...
Article : 28 wordsTo see a lady, or a man, who you know to be about three score years of age, with a head of nice bright evenly coloured hair, makes you think. Well; the explanation ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Wed 5 Feb 1941, Page 4
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