THE AUSTRALIAN public cannot but be impressed by the persistence with which the Acting Prime Minister continues to ...
Article : 405 wordsGunner A. Willson, with the A.I.F. in England, has made a tour of England and Scotland, which cost him £6 and ...
Article : 236 wordsTeach me to live. To serve Thee in the darkest paths of life: Arm me to conflict now, fresh ...
Article : 35 wordsThe war during the past week has remained at a transitional stage. The course it is likely to tale is not yet apparent. The capture of Benghazi rounded off ...
Article : 617 wordsSUDDEN DEATH—A man named Charles Unwin fell down dead whilst undergoing punishment at the treadmill on the morning of ...
Article : 49 wordsThe Governor (Sir Ernest Clark) yesterday visited the Women's Air Training Corps camp at Elwick. The Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) returned ...
Article : 249 wordsFUNCHAL (Madeira), Saturday.—Four British and two Greek ships which escaped from the attack by a German surface raider on a convoy ...
Article : 222 wordsLONDON, Friday.—The story of a fight for life by a young pilot who. after baling out, swam for six and a quarter hours covering seven miles. ...
Article : 364 wordsThe funeral at Cornelian Bay Crematorium yesterday of Constable Charles Edward Moran (45), of the police station at Moonah, was ...
Article : 411 wordsA special meeting of the Burnie Trades and Labour Council was held at the waterside workers' office to meet the Acting Director of Public ...
Article : 93 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday.—Criticism by Mr. Ward of the appointment of two of his fellow Labour members, Dr. Evatt and Mr. Chifley, to assist in war ...
Article : 153 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday—"Australia has a four-fold need," said the Minister for Commerce (Sir Earle Page) yesterday. ...
Article : 128 wordsBRITISH bombs have been raining heavily upon the German invasion bases across the Channel. Apparently the Royal Air Force ...
Article : 264 wordsBaden Ernest Powell, of Cressy, was seriously injured when he fell from a motor cycle about a mile on the Launceston side of Perth on Saturday night. ...
Article : 96 wordsThe cycling track on the recreation ground at Queenstown was the scene of an unusual accident on Saturday evening, when a half-mile race held ...
Article : 149 wordsLeonard Bligh, a bushworker, of Wynyard, received severe injuries on Friday when he fell from a tree and his arm came into contact with a crosscut ...
Article : 100 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Only one type of petrol will be available to the Australian public as a result of the Federal Government's decision not to proceed ...
Article : 140 wordsThe annual meeting of the Deloraine sub-branch of the R.S.L. was held at the Empire Hotel, Deloraine, on Saturday evening. The president (Dr. J. R. ...
Article : 510 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday—The Federal Labour Department is making a survey of Australia's needs in skilled workers and of the supply of seasonal ...
Article : 126 wordsThe Minister for Lands and Works (Major Davies), who returned from Flinders Island yesterday, stated that he had met a deputation regarding ...
Article : 86 wordsFEARS of immediate Japanese aggression appear to have abated, but there remains the possibility that Tokio is only waiting to ...
Article : 369 wordsMr. George Baxter Vertigan, who lives with his youngest daughter, Mrs. A. R. Arnott, Ashburner-street. Devonport, was 82 years of age yesterday. ...
Article : 136 wordsThe Launceston Fire Brigade was called out to three grass fires in and around Launceston at the week-end. None of them caused serious damage, ...
Article : 95 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.—An urgent appeal to the public not to interfere with the wreckage of aircraft involved in accidents was made at the ...
Article : 109 wordsMr. Alfred Stanley Porteous, of Scottsdale, died suddenly at St. Margaret's Hospital on Friday night. Mr. Porteous and his family came ...
Article : 161 wordsMELBOURNE, Sunday.—Plans have been completed for the technical training within the next six months of further large batches of tradesmen for ...
Article : 127 wordsSir,—On last Thursday evening I visited the Royal Park for the special purpose of listening to one of Launceston's leading bands, which was ...
Article : 105 wordsAt request was made to the Minister for Lands and Works (Major Davies) while he was on Flinders Island last week to arrange for a bush ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Flinders Island Canning and Freezing Works at Lady Barron had expanded very rapidly, said the Minister for Lands and Works (Major ...
Article : 330 wordsCANBERRA, Sunday—Farmers who had failed to apply for registration of their wheat farms and for licences to grow wheat, were ...
Article : 220 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday—The Assistant Minister for Commerce (Mr. Anthony) will visit New Zealand on an official mission to discuss shipping and rural ...
Article : 67 wordsFive sailors chartered the small airliner Marika from A.N.A. in Melbourne yesterday to make a quick trip to Launceston on leave. The plane left ...
Article : 38 wordsSir,—Some time ago I noticed a letter by "Clean Up No. 1," from Ross. I am pleased to say it has done some good as far as gorse and briars ...
Article : 252 wordsMax Martin, aged 12, of Gravelly Beach, who had four fingers of his left hand seriously injured when a detonator exploded i[?]. his hand on Saturday, ...
Article : 39 wordsSINGAPORE, Friday.—Nobody here mistakes the increasing signs of an approaching crisis in the Far East. The defence and civilian authorities are fully prepared. The visit of the Commander-in-Chief (Air Chief Marshal ...
Article : 391 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday—Only three unions—the Boilermakers'. Ironworkers' and Sheet Metal Workers'—are now involved in the ban on overtime. ...
Article : 105 wordsMervyn Arthur Harris, aged 12, of 78 William-street, was admitted to the Launceston General Hospital last night with a gun wound in his left ...
Article : 27 wordsWASHINGTON, Saturday.—Senator Wheeler in the Senate to-day, attacking the Lease-Lend Bill, said it would mean the United States would be ...
Article : 202 wordsWASHINGTON, Sunday.—High maritime sources stated to-day that Britain has over 17,000,000 tons of merchant shipping—approximately the ...
Article : 86 wordsLargely due to so many members joining the active list of the forces, the membership of the Hobart sub-branch of the R.S.L. shows a slight decrease ...
Article : 75 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday.—Per head of population Queensland has contributed more to the war savings campaign than any other state. It the ...
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Article : 105 wordsMany letters received of late have far exceeded the 250 word limit and for that reason have had to be rejected. ...
Article : 35 wordsLONDON, Sunday.—Shelling across the Strait after midnight when the last British bomber had flown from Boulogne, a single gun fired at ...
Article : 33 wordsThe annual meeting of the Australian Comforts Fund will be held at the Anzac Hostel on Monday next. The report and balance sheet will be ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Mon 17 Feb 1941, Page 4
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