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  2. LAUNCESTON, TASMANIA The Examiner

    THE AUSTRALIAN public cannot but be impressed by the persistence with which the Acting Prime Minister continues to ...

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  3. Topics of the Day Toured Britain for £6: Soldiers' Hike

    Gunner A. Willson, with the A.I.F. in England, has made a tour of England and Scotland, which cost him £6 and ...

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  4. TO-DAY'S MESSAGE

    Teach me to live. To serve Thee in the darkest paths of life: Arm me to conflict now, fresh ...

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  5. COURSE WAR WILL TAKE NOT YET CLEAR

    The 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 ...

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  6. IT HAPPENED 90 YEARS AGO

    SUDDEN DEATH—A man named Charles Unwin fell down dead whilst undergoing punishment at the treadmill on the morning of ...

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  7. PERSONAL

    The Governor (Sir Ernest Clark) yesterday visited the Women's Air Training Corps camp at Elwick. The Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) returned ...

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  8. ESCAPED FROM RAIDER

    FUNCHAL (Madeira), Saturday.—Four British and two Greek ships which escaped from the attack by a German surface raider on a convoy ...

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  9. PILOT'S LONG SWIM

    LONDON, 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. ...

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  10. Obituary Police Funeral of Constable C. E. Moran

    The funeral at Cornelian Bay Crematorium yesterday of Constable Charles Edward Moran (45), of the police station at Moonah, was ...

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  11. Burnie Medical Clinic

    A special meeting of the Burnie Trades and Labour Council was held at the waterside workers' office to meet the Acting Director of Public ...

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  12. CRITICISM OF LABOUR APPOINTMENTS

    CANBERRA, Sunday.—Criticism by Mr. Ward of the appointment of two of his fellow Labour members, Dr. Evatt and Mr. Chifley, to assist in war ...

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  13. LESS TEA AND WHISKY?

    SYDNEY, Sunday—"Australia has a four-fold need," said the Minister for Commerce (Sir Earle Page) yesterday. ...

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  14. BRITISH BOMBS

    BRITISH bombs have been raining heavily upon the German invasion bases across the Channel. Apparently the Royal Air Force ...

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  15. Seriously Injured

    Baden 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. ...

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  16. CYCLING SMASH AT QUEENSTOWN

    The cycling track on the recreation ground at Queenstown was the scene of an unusual accident on Saturday evening, when a half-mile race held ...

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  17. Fell On to Saw

    Leonard 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 ...

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  18. STANDARDISED PETROL

    SYDNEY, 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 ...

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  19. DELORAINE R.S.L. MEETING

    The 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 words
  20. MORE SKILLED WORKERS

    MELBOURNE, Sunday—The Federal Labour Department is making a survey of Australia's needs in skilled workers and of the supply of seasonal ...

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  21. Addition to School

    The Minister for Lands and Works (Major Davies), who returned from Flinders Island yesterday, stated that he had met a deputation regarding ...

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  22. FAR EAST CRISIS

    FEARS of immediate Japanese aggression appear to have abated, but there remains the possibility that Tokio is only waiting to ...

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  23. Lived on N.W. Coast for 82 Years

    Mr. George Baxter Vertigan, who lives with his youngest daughter, Mrs. A. R. Arnott, Ashburner-street. Devonport, was 82 years of age yesterday. ...

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  24. Three Grass Fires

    The Launceston Fire Brigade was called out to three grass fires in and around Launceston at the week-end. None of them caused serious damage, ...

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  25. WRECKAGE OF AIRCRAFT

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—An urgent appeal to the public not to interfere with the wreckage of aircraft involved in accidents was made at the ...

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  26. MR. A. S. PORTEOUS, SCOTTSDALE

    Mr. Alfred Stanley Porteous, of Scottsdale, died suddenly at St. Margaret's Hospital on Friday night. Mr. Porteous and his family came ...

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  27. TRADESMEN FOR ARMY

    MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Plans have been completed for the technical training within the next six months of further large batches of tradesmen for ...

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  28. CORRESPONDENCE

    Sir,—On last Thursday evening I visited the Royal Park for the special purpose of listening to one of Launceston's leading bands, which was ...

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  29. Bush Nurse Needed

    At 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 ...

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  30. MINISTER'S VISIT TO ISLANDS

    The Flinders Island Canning and Freezing Works at Lady Barron had expanded very rapidly, said the Minister for Lands and Works (Major ...

    Article : 330 words
  31. REGISTRATION ESSENTIAL: WHEAT GROWERS

    CANBERRA, Sunday—Farmers who had failed to apply for registration of their wheat farms and for licences to grow wheat, were ...

    Article : 220 words
  32. To Visit New Zealand

    SYDNEY, Sunday—The Assistant Minister for Commerce (Mr. Anthony) will visit New Zealand on an official mission to discuss shipping and rural ...

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  33. Chartered Plane

    Five 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 ...

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  34. Ross Improvements

    Sir,—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 ...

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  35. Condition Improving

    Max 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, ...

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  36. MALAYA PREPARED FOR THE WORST

    SINGAPORE, 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 ...

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  37. BAN ON OVERTIME

    SYDNEY, Sunday—Only three unions—the Boilermakers'. Ironworkers' and Sheet Metal Workers'—are now involved in the ban on overtime. ...

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  38. Gun Wound

    Mervyn Arthur Harris, aged 12, of 78 William-street, was admitted to the Launceston General Hospital last night with a gun wound in his left ...

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  39. SAYS U.S. DOING MORE THAN AUSTRALIA

    WASHINGTON, Saturday.—Senator Wheeler in the Senate to-day, attacking the Lease-Lend Bill, said it would mean the United States would be ...

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  40. BRITAIN'S SHIP NEEDS

    WASHINGTON, Sunday.—High maritime sources stated to-day that Britain has over 17,000,000 tons of merchant shipping—approximately the ...

    Article : 86 words
  41. R.S.L. MEMBERSHIP

    Largely 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 ...

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  42. WAR SAVINGS

    SYDNEY, Sunday.—Per head of population Queensland has contributed more to the war savings campaign than any other state. It the ...

    Article : 100 words
  43. Advertising

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  44. APPEAL FUNDS

    Acknowledged, £12,129/14/11. Staff G. M. Jackson and Co. (instal,), £1: refund Town Hall, £1: bachelors' dance, Westbury, per Mr. G. P. Smith, ...

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  45. TO CORRESPONDENTS

    Many letters received of late have far exceeded the 250 word limit and for that reason have had to be rejected. ...

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  46. GERMAN GUNS ROAR

    LONDON, Sunday.—Shelling across the Strait after midnight when the last British bomber had flown from Boulogne, a single gun fired at ...

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  47. A.C.F. ANNUAL MEETING

    The annual meeting of the Australian Comforts Fund will be held at the Anzac Hostel on Monday next. The report and balance sheet will be ...

    Article : 36 words
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