CAIRO, Sunday.—Half-way between Greece and the Middle East in the stress and hubbub of the evacuation, one Australian soldier found time to get married. ...
Article : 415 wordsThe anniversary of the birth of the late Dame Nellie Melba, today will be marked by a special war funds concert in the Sydney Town Hall, and a memorial ...
Article : 333 wordsMotions asking for Government protection of Tasmanian farmers from the low prices of potatoes ruling throughout Australia, or, alternatively, an assurance that there will be ...
Article : 451 words"I ask that there should be clear thinking. honest hard work, and that you should be loyal to your faith." said the Rev. T. J. Gibson in an address yesterday afternoon at a ...
Article : 341 wordsMaster grocers and country storekeepers, at a meeting at Campbell Town on Saturday, decided that grocers' organisations should be recommended to affiliate with the ...
Article : 397 wordsMisses Betty Hoggett, Fay Hibbard, Ruth Sodda, Pat Crabtree, Kathleen Swift (secetary), and Mr. J. Boyle (treasurer) were the members of a committee which held a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 334 words"Mrs. Waterworth either will not recognise or cannot understand the truth when it is placed before her." said the Premier (Mr. Cosgrove), when he commented on ...
Article : 187 wordsAutumn tinted flowers and foliage made an effective background for the bridal party at the marriage on Saturday evening of Miss Sophie Dorothy Emmett and Mr. Cohn ...
Article : 330 wordsADELAIDE, Sunday.—Two well-known Davis Cup tennis players were married in Adelaide last night. At St. Peter's College Chapel Lieut. D. P. Turnbull was married ...
Article : 72 wordsMyra Stevens, of Pelham, was admitted to the Royal Hobart Hospital yesterday with serious internal injuries, caused when she slipped off a rock on to a piece of wood at ...
Article : 42 wordsMinisters of Congregational churches in Tasmania are attending the meetings of the Congregational Union of Australia and New Zealand in Melbourne this week. The ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 136 wordsPONTVILLE.—A dance to aid the funds of the St. Matthew's Roman Catholic Church funds was held in the Pontville hall. Brighton parishioners served supper, and the ...
Article : 760 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday.—In a final appeal for support for the Commonwealth war loan of £35,000,000, which will close tomorrow evening, the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. ...
Article : 291 wordsThe Collegiate School Old Girls' Associaion held an informal buffet tea in the school hall. Hobart on Saturday. The function eplaced the association's annual dinner. ...
Article : 170 wordsTo assist the funds of the 10th Hobart Boy Scout Troop, a garden fete was held on Saturday at Waimea, Lower Sandy Bay. The function was orginised by the group ...
Article : 202 wordsWhile Roy Stephens, an employee of the Railway Department, Conara, was boarding a train on Saturday at Llewellyn, a foot slipped on the step of the van, and he fell ...
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Advertising : 163 words"Mortals and Immortals" was the subject of the Christian Science lesson-sermon on Sunday. The golden text was from Proverbs 9:6, "Forsake the foolish and live; ...
Article : 133 wordsThe headquarters building of the Salvation Army in England has been destroyed in bombing raids, involving an immense financial loss to the organisation. In spite ...
Article : 221 wordsDamage estimated at £225 was caused by a fire which destroyed a two-storey weatherboard shed and its contents in Humphrey St. New Norfolk, on Friday. ...
Article : 204 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—"The Times" aviation correspondent says that the degree to which women-power is swinging into the war effort is illustrated by the decision to ...
Article : 94 wordsAn acute shortage of many items of hardware is being experienced in Hobart as the result of the war. Builders are having great difficulty in getting supplies, and there ...
Article : 505 wordsThe State Recruiting Committee, of which the Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) is chairman, has begun preliminary organisation to carry into effect the request of Major-General Lloyd, ...
Article : 290 wordsArthur Charles Garth (72) died suddenly at Cygnet early yesterday. Garth complained of severe chest pains on Saturday night and his son, Lionel Garth, endeavoured ...
Article : 58 wordsConcerning remarks said to have been made by Capt. M. J. Stranger, Hobart Area Officer, to the Warden (Mr. E. T. Hingston) at a recruiting rally at Deloraine recently. ...
Article : 90 wordsThe degree of Doctor of Science of the University of Tasmania was conferred in absentia upon Dr. H. C. Webster, of Sydney, at a meeting of the University Council. ...
Article : 275 wordsThe third of a series of war rallies in Clarence was held in the Cambridge Hall on Saturday night. The Warden (Mr. Plummer, M.H.A.) presided. Sound films ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 130 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—The Vichy Ambassador in Paris (Count de Brinon) announced that 42 persons had been arrested for having demonstrated in favour of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 81 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—Cairo message says Cabinet sat throughout yesterday "to discuss events gravity of which [?] dent." ...
Article : 86 wordsTOKIO, Sunday.—The Japanese Foreign Minister (Mr. Matsuoka) and the Minister for War (Lieut.-General Tojo) attended a luncheon in honour of the ...
Article : 54 wordsALEXANDRIA, Sunday.—A 170-ton Greek schooner has arrived with four British officers, six privates, and two Greek non-commissioned officers. They ...
Article : 53 wordsEver heard that expression? You know, some ladies look younger because they use a hair preparation that restores grey hair to its natural colour, and the best we ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Mon 19 May 1941, Page 4
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