Dramatic scenes occurred late last night and early this morning, when the townspeople of Mungindi turned out to fight a fire which threatened the main buildings of the town. Nine buildings were destroyed, and the damage was roughly ...
Article : 413 wordsThe Union S.S. Co.'s new trans-Tasman luxury liner Awatea. The vessel, which is under construction, will be of 14,000 tons, 544ft. long, with a beam of 74ft. She will be capable of a speed of 23 knots, and run between Sydney and New Zealand. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 310 wordsThe Minister for Defence (Mr. Parkhill) to-day issued a warning to pilots against low flying. Mr. Parkhill said that six pilots' ...
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Article : 724 wordsThe Federal Ministry has decided to convene a conference to discuss the question of working hours in industry. The conference will consist of the ...
Article : 285 wordsMrs. Caroline Merriott of Croydon, England, thought to be the oldest woman in the world, recently celebrated her 110th birthday. ...
Article : 424 wordsJ. J. Kelley.—Declined. Your letter about what you call the "bankers' strike" is altogether too farfetched. ...
Article : 1,059 wordsRoad safety lessons in every British school—with cinema films and model demonstrations of highway dangers—are likely to be recommended by the ...
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Article : 2,115 wordsThe Archbishops Commission on relations between the Church and the State, appointed as a result of the prayer book controversy, rejects ...
Article : 176 wordsThe dairymen of the Peninsula district in Southern Tasmania, are taking a firm stand in their determination to go to gaol rather than pay fines ...
Article : 246 wordsMr. Rudyard Kipling's funeral service in Westminster Abbey to-day was conducted with a minimum of pomp and ceremony. ...
Article : 99 wordsGeorge Bessell, aged 36 years, a painter, of Connell Point road, Hurstville, was fatally injured when he fell about 30 feet from a ladder at the ...
Article : 52 wordsTo-day Mr. Zane Grey had the most exciting day's fishing since he came to Australia, and he was unlucky not to be trailing two ...
Article : 102 wordsThe Treasurer (Mr. E. Dwyer Gray), said to-day he trusted he would be permitted to remark as an Irishman that he was not at all surprised to learn ...
Article : 237 wordsThe first meeting of the committee of the Launceston Operatic Society for the 1936 year was held at the Launceston Hotel on Thursday evening. ...
Article : 228 wordsCharles Boujiga (21), of Foley- street, Darlinghurst, was treated at the Sydney Hospital late last night for a wound to the left arm. The ...
Article : 119 words"Domestics are grossly underpaid and overworked," said the Premier (Mr. A. G. Ogilvie) to-day, "and it is not improbable that the Government ...
Article : 172 wordsA dramatic duel in the night between a man and a huge golden eagle was recently fought in a forest in Vermland, Sweden. ...
Article : 244 wordsCharles Farrell, the Hollywood star, arrived to-day aboard the Monterey, hound for Australia, where he will make a film. ...
Article : 129 wordsAt a meeting of the Executive Council to-day Mr. P. Guy Henty, secretary of the C.T.A. Club, Hobart, and formerly of Launceston, was ...
Article : 116 wordsThe Jubilee appeal for youth and motherhood, opened in May last year, resulted in a collection of £45,636 in West Australia. ...
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Article : 149 wordsThe quarterly meeting of the Victoria League (Launceston branch), which was to be held on February 4 has been postponed until further ...
Article : 27 wordsFollowing the publication of the Finance Bill, the Swiss Federal Council has issued a detailed report in which it justifies the drastic measures ...
Article : 139 wordsTimber mills have been asked to expedite the delivery of supplies for work on Hillwood pier. The Minister for Lands and Works (Major T. H. Davies) ...
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Advertising : 156 wordsA meeting of shareholders in the Launceston Gas Company will be held at the company's office, Esplanade, at 2.15 p.m. on February 7. ...
Article : 26 wordsThe Minister Controlling Fisheries (Mr. E. J. Ogilvie) stated to-night that it was hoped to finalise the personnel of the newly-constituted ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Sat 25 Jan 1936, Page 8
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