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  2. LAUNCESTON, TASMANIA The Examiner

    IN HIS TALK to the Launceston Fifty Thousands League the Chief Secretary (Mr. Brooker) made some interesting remarks about apples. He ...

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  3. Topics of the Day NO DECISION ON LAND FOR RESUMPTION

    In committee on Monday night the City Council again discussed its negotiations with Messrs. W. Holyman and Sons ...

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  4. TO-DAY'S MESSAGE

    The life of truth, the life of love, the life of service—truth, love, service, these are the permanent and eternal ...

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  5. AIR FORCE HOUSE

    At a meeting of the Women's Air Training Corps yesterday morning it was decided to establish a rest room and ...

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  6. "NO TIME TO WASTE"

    No time should be lost by the Commonwealth Government in the rapid building in Tasmania of large ...

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  7. PERSONAL

    Senator R. Darcey left by air for the mainland yesterday. The Public Service Commissioner (Mr. R. J. Meagher) arrived in ...

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  8. LEARNING TO SWIM

    Over 100 adults and children have enrolled for the Learn to Swim Campaign which is being conducted by ...

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  9. VICTORIA MUSEUM

    THE VICTORIA MUSEUM deserving of all the aid the Government feels justified in giving it. The Museum is a credit to ...

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  10. CRITICISM OF ACT

    The annual meeting of the Launceston No. 1 branch of the Australian Labour Party appointed a committee to investigate the Launceston ...

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  11. Young Soldier Appointed as War Artist

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Commonwealth Government has asked the military authorities to release from duty a young soldier now serving with ...

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  12. River Bank Erosion

    The fringe of land along the Tamar River subject to erosion appears to be a no-man's land, but the Master Warden of the Marine Board (Mr. W. ...

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  13. AMAZING CITY

    In a letter from Palestine to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Garrott, of Launceston, Lieut. E. L. Garrott records some impressions of a ...

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  14. INCREASES IN RETAIL PRICE OF FOOD

    CANBERRA, Tuesday. — Increases in retail prices of food and groceries from December, 1939, until December, 1940, ranged from 2.1 per cent. in ...

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  15. Child's Neck Broken

    An X-ray examination yesterday of Verna Patterson, of the Girls' Home, Launceston, who was injured at the Ulverstone beach on Monday evening, ...

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  16. A GREAT MAN

    FRANKLIN D, ROOSEVELT is a great man and an inspired leader. When he began his first term of office, in 1933, America was in ...

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  17. NAVAL BOARD POLICY

    CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Minister for the Navy (Mr. Hughes) said to-day that if it had not been for the naval shipbuilding policy merchant ...

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  18. WAR APPEALS

    Previously acknowledged. £38.138/12/-s Staff Foot and Playsted. £1/7/7. Beaconsfield Municipality: Beauty Point Dance Conmmittee, £7/12/-. ...

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  19. NEW COMET IS ONLY A FUZZY PATCH

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Cunningham's comet has been seen from Melbourne. It was picked up at 4.30 a.m. to-day by the Government Astronomer ...

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  20. Education Conference

    The premier (Mr. Cosgrove) as Minister of Education will open a conference of head teachers from the Tasmanian area schools at the public ...

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  21. EXTRA COTTAGE AT ASHLEY HOME

    The Chief Secretary (Mr. Brooker) announced yesterday that he had enquired into the segregation of the boys at Ashley Boys' Home, and it had ...

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  22. ART HONOURS

    SYDNEY, Tuesday. — The trustees of the National Gallery to-day awarded the 1940 Archibald Prize to a painting of Dr. J. Forbes McKenzie, of ...

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  23. Flowers at Cemetery

    Summer annuals and shrubs are making a strikingly beautiful display at the Carr Villa Cemetery. Inside the main gates a blue hydrangea is ...

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  24. SIX MONTHS FOR REFUSING TO TAKE ARMY OATH

    SYDNEY, Tuesday—Five men, two of whom said they were members of the sect known as Jehovah's Witnesses, which has been declared illegal, were ...

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  25. "SPLENDID" GIFTS FROM A.C.F.

    "There seems to be quite a furore about the Comforts Fund." writes Lieut. E. L. Garrott in a letter from Palestine to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. ...

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  26. "EVACUOSIS" TROUBLE

    LONDON, Monday. — Thousands of children are suffering from "evacuosis" after removal from bombed areas. They are showing unaccountable ...

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  27. STATE CHILDREN ENJOY PICNIC

    State children and foster mothers spent a happy day at Longford yesterday at their annual picnic, which was favoured by fine weather. A special ...

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  28. NEW AGE GROUPS WILL HAVE MONTH TO ENROL

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— As a preliminary to the extension of the call up for universal service training, all unmarried men and widowers without ...

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  29. RECRUITS COME FROM ALL OVER ISLAND

    Although there has been no spectacular rush of recruits for the A.I.F. during the past two clays, the volunteers who are presenting themselves are from ...

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  30. Tour of State Ended

    Five scholars from the Toorak (Vic.) Central School, who with one of the masters (Mr. A. Phillips), have been touring the state by bicycle, left for ...

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  31. Trevallyn Rotunda

    The reserves committee of the City Council yesterday inspected the band rotunda at Trevallyn Park, which was damaged by fire some weeks ago. The ...

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  32. Shipping Control Board

    Tasmanian representation on the Coastal Shipping Control Board proposed by the Commonwealth Government is being sought by the Premier ...

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  33. CORRESPONDENCE

    Sir,—I have often wondered why a great part of the general public would rather go to the races to watch senseless animals such as dogs and ...

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  34. MANY INVOLVED IN E.Z. COMPANY DISPUTE

    More than 1300 of the Electrolytic Zinc Company's employees, it is stated, are involved either directly or indirectly in the dispute arising from a claim ...

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  35. Patersonia Power

    The Hydro-Electric Commission has been asked by the Minister for Lands and Works (Major Davies) to make a report on the possibility of supplying ...

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  36. PARLIAMENT TO SIT TO-DAY

    The Parliamentary session begun last week will be resumed to-day, when the Legislative Council will assemble at 11 a.m. and the House of ...

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  37. Paper Mills Testing

    Testing at the paper mills at Boyer was begun on Monday and will be carried on for about a fortnight. The general superintendent (Mr. L. R. ...

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  38. HOBART REGATTA

    Eleven R.A.A.F. trainees stationed at Western Junction are to compete in the swimming events at the Royal Hobart Regatta as members of the South ...

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  39. Munitions Annexe

    The foundations of the munitions annexe being built in Launceston are complete, and it is hoped that the building will be finished by the end of next ...

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  40. Value of Bren Gun

    MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The importance of the complete manufacture in Australia of Bren machine guns, which were now in production, and ...

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  41. Girl Bitten by Snake

    Gwen Glover, of Tunnel, employed by Mr. F. H. Lade, of Lilydale, in flax pulling, was bitten on the leg by a snake yesterday morning. A ligature ...

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  42. Without Lights

    Sir,—"G.L.W." throws on me the onus of either proving or disproving his original statement that "80 per cent. of cyclists ride without lights at ...

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  43. Advertising

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  44. COFFEE IMPORTS

    CANBERRA, Tuesday — Increased imports of coffee into Australia since the war began have come from some sterling countries, mainly from the ...

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  45. Hobart Bridge Bill

    The Select Committee appointed by the Legislative Council to enquire in to the Hobart Bridge Bill concluded the hearing of evidence yesterday. It ...

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  46. Ruling Given

    The conference of the Coal Miners' Wages Board was resumed at St. Marys yesterday, when the chairman (Col. J. P. Clark) gave a ruling on the claim ...

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  47. Sailors in Canada: Ship Torpedoed

    LONDON, Monday.—Four survivors of the torpedoed British steamer Carleton have arrived at an East Canadian port after 18 days in an open ...

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  48. ELECTRICAL TRADE DISPUTE

    Further evidence was heard before the Arbitration Court at Hobart yesterday in the general metal trade (electrical trade) dispute case. An ...

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  49. A.R.U. Deputation

    The Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) accompanied by the Chief Secretary (Mr. Brooker) and the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. D'Alton), received a ...

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  50. Leg Fractured

    Arthur Baden Best. married, of Cape-road, Wynyard, received a fracture of the left leg near the' thigh when a block for hauling logs gave way ...

    Article : 96 words
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