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  2. LAUNCESTON, TASMANIA The Examiner

    COMMENTING upon the report of the board which enquired into the affairs of the Hydro-Electric Commission we said we were just a ...

    Article : 635 words
  3. Topics of the Day MUNITIONS WORKS FOR STATE

    The Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Fadden) gave a very definite indication in the House of Representatives at ...

    Article : 118 words
  4. TO-DAY'S MESSAGE

    The sun, the moon, the stars, Send no such light upon the ways of men As one great deed. ...

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  5. PARLIAMENT WILL DECIDE

    Parliament next month will be asked by the Government to abolish the Hydro-Electric Commission and approve in its stead the appointment of a general manager with high qualifications and a chief engineer to be responsible, ...

    Article : 455 words
  6. IT HAPPENED 90 YEARS AGO

    FORCE OF CONSCIENCE.—A letter bearing the Devonport postmark and containing 4/6 postage stamps was received by an ...

    Article : 78 words
  7. PERSONAL

    The Minister for Lands and Works (Major Davies) will present the prizes at the Methodist Ladies' College sports on Saturday. ...

    Article : 292 words
  8. FAUNA BOARD

    The Fauna Board, at a meeting at Hobart yesterday, following a recommendation from the sanctuary committee, rejected a petition from certain ...

    Article : 324 words
  9. FLEET AIR ARM

    NELSON describe his frigates, the fastest naval craft of their time, as the essential eyes of the fleet. To-day their place is taken by the ...

    Article : 291 words
  10. NO "TEMPTING OFFER" FROM COUNCIL

    A sharp denial of the charge that the Launceston City Council had apparently made a "tempting offer" to ...

    Article : 517 words
  11. Queenstown Fire

    Shortly before 6 p.m. yesterday a four-roomed wooden house in Conlan-street, South Queenstown, with most of the contents, was destroyed by fire. ...

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  12. OUTPUT INCREASING

    Power generated by the Hydro-Electric Commission in Hobart during February this year exceeded the total for the corresponding period last year by ...

    Article : 84 words
  13. OBITUARY

    The cremation took place at Cornelian Bay yesterday of Mr. Oswald E. Sinnott, formerly one of the state's best known commercial travellers. The ...

    Article : 159 words
  14. Railway Costs

    The increase in working costs of the Tasmanian Government railways, exclusive of interest, for January, compared with the corresponding period ...

    Article : 100 words
  15. CITY MISSIONARY

    Mr. E. H. Tomlinson, who this week took up his duties as Launceston City Missionary. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  16. "FOURTH ARM OF SERVICE"

    "I feel that air raid precaution activity will develop into a fourth arm of service," declared the Minister in Charge of Civil Defence ...

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  17. HEADPHONES FOR R.A.A.F. MORSE TRAINEES

    Anyone possessing an old but reasonably efficient pair of headphones will be assisting R.A.A.F. training to a considerable degree if they will give or ...

    Article : 240 words
  18. R.A.A.F. Recruiting

    More than 120 applicants for enlistment in the R.A.A.F. were examined in Launceston during the two days the Mobile Recruiting Unit visited the city ...

    Article : 117 words
  19. A.I.F. RECRUITING

    MR. SPENDER'S statement that there is a lag in recruiting for the A.I.F. is perturbing. If the decline in enlistments is in any way due ...

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  20. AWARDED O.B.E.

    Lieut. Thomas Kenneth Morrison, son of the first Tasmanian Rhodes Scholar, Professor L. N. Morrison, now of Canberra, has been awarded the O.B.E. ...

    Article : 140 words
  21. Petrol Licences

    A good many motorists are apparently under a misapprehension as to what is expected of them regarding the new issue of petrol ration licences and ...

    Article : 118 words
  22. FEMALE LABOUR DISCUSSED

    A meeting of the Racket Makers' Wages Board was held at the Public Buildings last night to review the existing determination, which has been in ...

    Article : 149 words
  23. Shipping Control

    The Launceston Marine Board has already written to the Premier (Mr. Cosgrove) urging that Tasmania, as a state entirely dependent on its ...

    Article : 92 words
  24. U.A.P. ANNUAL MEETING

    The annual meting of the Launceston branch of the U.A.P. and Nationalist Organisation will be held at the King's Hall, Charles-street, to-night, ...

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  25. REORGANISATION IN C.D.L.

    As a result of the lessons learned at the last full-scale rehearsal, a considerable degree of reorganisation is now being carried out in the Civil ...

    Article : 298 words
  26. Letters to the Editor

    Sir,—The fact that our beloved King desired that Sunday, March 23, be observed as day of prayer throughout the Empire was given excellent ...

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  27. Fewer Passengers

    A marked falling-off in the number of passengers departing and arriving at principal Tasmanian ports is shown in statistics for the gear ended ...

    Article : 91 words
  28. Wartime Loading for Engineers in Metal Trades

    MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—All classes of employees in the engineering division of the metal trades, irrespective of whether they are ...

    Article : 193 words
  29. SALARY MAY BE RAISED

    Parliament, it is expected, will be asked to raise the salary of the new Public Service Commissioner, who has to be appointed before the end of June, ...

    Article : 125 words
  30. R.A.F. FLIERS PRAISED ON ANNIVERSARY

    CAIRO, Thursday."Good flying to you all through the clouds and sand ahead," was the greeting sent to the men of the Royal Air Force in the Middle East by ...

    Article : 174 words
  31. WATER SUPPLY TO CITY

    Though the Launceston City Council has not yet had before it any concrete proposals for enlarging the water supply mains between St. Patrick's River ...

    Article : 345 words
  32. Motor Registrations

    Despite petrol rationing, the number of motor vehicles registered in Tasmania at the end of February was only slightly less than for the period ...

    Article : 80 words
  33. Seriously Hurt

    Injuries to the face and eye were suffered by John Bennett (17), of Glen Huon, when he was forced against a stack of timber after having attempted ...

    Article : 86 words
  34. TRIBUTE TO WORK

    "By the departure of Mrs. W. Walch Devonport is losing one of its best citizens," declared one speaker at the annual meeting of the Devonport ...

    Article : 230 words
  35. FOR VICTORIA

    Rev. F. R. Woolhouse and Mrs. Woolhouse were tendered a farewell at the Methodist school hall, Longford, last night. Mr. and Mrs. Woolhouse and ...

    Article : 206 words
  36. PUBLIC SERVICE DIVIDED

    A section of the Public Service Association is trying to prevent the council from sending a delegate to the forthcoming conference of public ...

    Article : 222 words
  37. Boys' Band

    A conference which lasted two and a half hours and came to no decision was held at the Public Buildings, Launceston, last night to endeavour to arrive ...

    Article : 67 words
  38. MATRON C. A. FALL MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES

    Matron Constance Amy Fall, who trained at the Launceston General Hospital and is well known to many of the nurses there, has been ...

    Article : 128 words
  39. Advertising

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    Advertising : 51 words
  40. A.I.F. in Malaya

    The Postal Department has received advice that gift parcels forwarded to all branches of the Australian forces station in Malaya are admited free of ...

    Article : 30 words
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