The Polish revolts in upper Silesia are spreading. The German newspaper "Lokal Anzeiger" attributes them to the fear of the result of the ...
Article : 80 wordsDr. Clarke issued the following statement last night:— The cases of influenza that are now occurring in Tasmania may be divided ...
Article : 353 wordsConcurrently with the announcement that the influenza scourge had effected an entrance to the State, a rumour was circulated that whiskey was an ...
Article : 198 wordsPresident Wilson had, a conference today with the United States Foreign Relations Committee, and in his address said the United States might accept the ...
Article : 385 wordsThe "London Daily Telegraph" publishes a long letter from its well-known correspondent "Nauticus" deprecatmg the difference made between the war ...
Article : 167 wordsOnly one case of influenza was reported to-day. The patient was a passenger from the train from Burnie, and was admitted to the hospital. One ...
Article : 53 wordsThe authorities in Berlin on learning that a party of Germans on board an express train was conveying 20,000,000 marks (nominally £1,000,000) to ...
Article : 53 wordsThere are about 70 of the employees at the Zine Works at Risdon, and about 40 of the employees at the Electrona carbide works, suffering from ...
Article : 34 wordsOn the adjournment of the, Senate to-day, Senator Russell, in reply to a question by Senator Keating, said:— The presence of influenza in Tasmania ...
Article : 182 wordsThe Public Service Commissioner (Sir John Gellibrand) informed a "Mercury" reprasentative yesterday that the heads of departments had brought under his ...
Article : 211 wordsThe Warden of Richmond has received advice from Mr. R. S. Grice, of Lowlands, Richmond, that the sisters at the Richmond Convent had decided to turn ...
Article : 107 wordsIn the Senate to-day, Senator Russell, replyrng to a question in the Senate by Senator Gardiner, said that approximately seventeen persons ...
Article : 458 wordsAccording to "Die Flotte," the German Navy League's organ, the German naval losses in open fighting in the war were:—One battleship, seven armoured ...
Article : 77 wordsThe following appeared in "The Mercury" some little time ago, and is worth reproducing at the present time. The writer of the article was in charge ...
Article : 845 wordsOur Campbell Town correspondent writes:—Influenza in a virulent form is raging at Campbell Town. At present up to 50 cases have occurred in the town, ...
Article : 103 wordsLieutenant Peterson and Lieutenant Davis, the two American airmen who were captured by Mexican bandits and held for rausom, have been released, ...
Article : 84 wordsNurse Burns, who received her early professional training in Queensland, and who for some time was attached to Dr. Stirling's staff in Melbourne, ...
Article : 295 wordsThe Local Board of Health held a meeting on Tuesday, to make arrangements for the supply of bedding and provisions for an isolation hospital in ...
Article : 88 wordsThe young woman named Sylvia Chavles, who has been missing for a few days, was discovered yesterday afternoon by Constable Hughes at a ...
Article : 41 wordsA naval engagement between British warships and Russian Bolshevik warships took place yesterday off the coast of Finland, in which, it is reported, a ...
Article : 136 wordsThe workers attached to the Central Depot had an exceptionally busy time yesterday, and from an early hour in the morning until late in the evening ...
Article : 284 wordsMany people are suffering from influenza, and the majority of the patients are confined to then beds. It is not certain that there are any p[?]eumonic cases. ...
Article : 61 wordsYesterday American troops invaded Mexican territory, and went in pursuit of the bandits who captured the American airmen. ...
Article : 29 wordsYesterday seven additional cases were admitted to the Charemont Hospital, making a total of 52 admissions since the hospital was opened. One death ...
Article : 132 wordsA large number of cases of ordinary influenza were reported by the medical officer of health (Dr. H. L. Cummings) as having occurred in the Huon ...
Article : 183 wordsThe British Treasury, on the advice of the Wheat Commission, has reduced the tax on flour for non-bread purposes from 36s. per 2801b. to 24s. The ...
Article : 182 wordsThe Helsingfors (Finland, correspondent of the "Daily Express" states that British high-speed coastal motor-boats carried out a dashing exploit at ...
Article : 174 wordsMr. Boss-Walker, writing yesterday, says:—After reading leaderette upon the epidemic in to-day's, "Mercury" he would be a bold layman, indeed who ...
Article : 1,004 wordsIn the House of Representatives to-day. The Speaker announced that on August 23 he would issue a writ to fill the ...
Article : 726 wordsA post-mortem examination was made yesterday by Dr. W. G. C. Clark, of the bodies of John Dale, aged 31 years, and James Patterson, aged 60 years, ...
Article : 117 wordsThe medical officer of health for Port Cygnet (Dr. Geo. Wade) reported this evening that the epidemic in the municipality is continuing to be as prevalent ...
Article : 63 wordsThe contingent of returned soldiers, comprising two officers and 60 men, which were landed at Barnes Bay by the steamet Yulgilbar, were released ...
Article : 124 wordsWidespread dissatisfaction is increasing in South Africa over the cost of foodstuff, locally produced, and there is a growing demand for Government ...
Article : 67 wordsReferring yesterday to the statement which appeared in "The Mercury" from Mr. Slattery that the Kingborough Council and the medical officer of ...
Article : 255 wordsDoctors Carter, Matthews, Hawthorne, and Smallpage are leaving Sydney to-day by the steamer Kyogle for Hobart. They have been in the ...
Article : 125 wordsIn view of the South African Party's Congress opening at Bloemfontein tomorrow (Wednesday), when General Botha, the Prime Minister of the ...
Article : 127 wordsIt is understood that the report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Gallipoli Campaign will show that the Commissioners consider that the ...
Article : 154 wordsThe Mayor (Alderman J. G. Shield) yesterday received the two following generous offers:— I beg to state I will distribute free ...
Article : 186 wordsA telegram was received yesterday from the New South Wales Division of the Australian Red Cross Society by the chairman of the Southern section ...
Article : 79 wordsDuring the last financial year, bounties on apples grown in and evaporated in Australia, and sold to the Imperial Government, represented an outlay of ...
Article : 80 wordsThe Halifax (Nova Scotia) correspondent of the "New York Times" states that the Prince of Wales landed at the same spot where his grandfather, the ...
Article : 106 wordsSeveral requests have been made to the Chief Health Officer for permission to hold outdoor church services. Dr. Clarke stated that the request would ...
Article : 41 wordsThere were three deaths from influenza in Victoria to-day. The admissions to hospital numbered 31. ...
Article : 25 wordsThe epidemic at Queenstown continues very bad, and in all business establishments and the Mount Lyell Co.'s departments work has to be carried on with ...
Article : 368 wordsAmended wholesale rates fixed for flour within the metropolitan areas of Tasmania are as follows:—In 150lb. bags, £11 7s. 6d. per ton; 100lb. bags. £12 2s. ...
Article : 51 wordsMost of the home in Launceston now contain one or more cases of influenza, and several business houses are seriously inconvenienced through the shortage of ...
Article : 168 wordsThe Health Department stated last night that the wearing of masks in public convevances where more than three persons were present was to be ...
Article : 36 wordsAs already announced the Government resumed nogotiations with the representatives of engine-drivers, firemen, and cleaners on the British ...
Article : 121 wordsThe Dominions and India meterological conference will be held in London from September 23 to September 27, and will discuss the exchange of ...
Article : 52 wordsDr. Clarke, the Acting Chief Health Officer has issued an order directing that "on and after to-day all shops, except the shops of chemists and ...
Article : 88 wordsSpeaking at a banquet of the Employers' Federation to-night, the President (Mr. William Brooks) announced that a conference of employers would ...
Article : 142 wordsThe House of Lords to-day passed through all stages the bill introduced to prevent profiteering in Great Britain. ...
Article : 32 wordsOn inquiry at the Health Department last night, Mr. E. Tudor, the Secretary, stated that no instructions had yet been received from Melbourne as to the ...
Article : 37 wordsThe New York transportation strike has been settled after 48 hours' serious congestion of traffic. The employees on the underground lines receive 25 ...
Article : 42 wordsInfluenza is very prevalent in the Glenorchy district, and the local doctor and helpers are having a strenuous time. With great difficulty a trained ...
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The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Thu 21 Aug 1919, Page 5
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