Walch's Tasmanian almanac for

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N 919.46 WAL
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Hobart, Tas. : J. Walch & Sons, 1870-[1971]
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(1931)
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Contents

WALCH'S TASMANIAN ALMANAC 1
MAP OF TASMANIA 6
Advertising 2 , 3 , 4
WALCH’S TASMANIAN ALMANAC FOR 1931 7
PREFACE. 8
ADDENDA. 9
POSTAGE. 9
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 9
EDITOR’S NOTICE. 9
INDEX. 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16
ECLIPSES IN THE YEAR 1931. 16
AUSTRALIAN SEASONS 16
MOONLIGHT NIGHTS. 16 , 17
CENTAL TABLE FOR THE SALE OF GRAIN, FLOUR, POTATOES, ETC. 17
APPROXIMATE TABLE OF MEAN TEMPERATURE AT SEVERAL PLACES SITUATED WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF A SIMILAR LATITUDE. 18
WEATHER TABLE. 18
STANDARD TIME IN TASMANIA. 18
FIXED AND MUTABLE FESTIVALS, ETC 19
NOTES ON THE CALENDAR. 19
EUROPEAN AND AUSTRALIAN TIME. 19
DRILLING GLASS. 19 , 20 , 21
EXPLANATION OF THE CALENDAR. 22
GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS. 22
APPROXIMATE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEAN TIME AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES AND AT HOBART. 22
LAUNCESTON TIDE TABLE, 1931. 23
HOBART SIGNALS 24
WEATHER SIGNALS. 24
EXPLANATION OF HOBART SIGNALS. 25
CALENDAR FOR 1932. 25
JANUARY 1931. 26 , 27
FEBRUARY 1931. 28 , 29
MARCH 1931. 30 , 31
APRIL 1931. 32 , 33
MAY 1931. 34 , 35
JUNE 1931. 36 , 37
JULY 1931. 38 , 39
AUGUST 1931. 40 , 41
SEPTEMBER 1931. 42 , 43
OCTOBER 1931. 44 , 45
NOVEMBER 1931. 46 , 47
DECEMBER 1931. 48 , 49
NOTES AND MEMORANDA FOR NEXT YEAR, 1932 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54
SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND SINCE CONQUEST. 55
SOVEREIGNS AND HEADS OF GOVERNMENTS 55
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND REIGNING SOVEREIGN AND FAMILY 56
ANNUITIES TO THE ROYAL FAMILY. 56
CENSUS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. 56
SECRETARIES OF STATE FOR COLONIES, 1866-1929. 56
BRITISH GOVERNMENT. 57
GOVERNMENT OK IRISH FREE STATE. 57
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. 57
LIST OF BRITISH COLONIES, WITH NAMES OF GOVERNORS, ETC. 58 , 59
NUMERICAL SUMMARY OF THE MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. 60
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. 60 , 61 , 62 , 63
SUCCESSION OF LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS AND GOVERNORS OF TASMANIA. 63
GOVERNMENT OF TASMANIA. 64
PARLIAMENT OF TASMANIA. 65
THE MINISTRY. 66
POLITICAL AND OFFICIAL RECORD. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72
OFFICERS OF THE PARLIAMENT. 72
ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. 72
PARLIAMENTARY QUALIFICATIONS. 73
ELECTION PETITIONS. 73
PARLIAMENTS SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. 74 , 75 , 76
SUCCESSIVE PRESIDENTS OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SINCE 1856. 76
SUCCESSIVE SPEAKERS OF HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY SINCE 1856. 76
MINISTRIES SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80
ECCLESIASTICAL. 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87
CORONERS. 87 , 88
MAGISTRACY. 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 114
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. 114
LAW. 115 , 116 , 117 , 118 , 119 , 120
Local Courts Act. Sittings of the Courts 121
COURTS OF GENERAL & QUARTER SESSIONS OF TH E PLACE 122 , 123 , 124
REGISTRATION OF FIRMS. 125
JURORS AND JURIES. 125 , 126
WITNESSES’ EXPENSES. 126 , 127
TITLES TO LANDS. 127 , 128 , 129 , 130 , 131 , 132 , 133 , 134 , 135 , 136
DISTRIBUTION OF STATE DEPARTMENTS. 137
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS. 137
STATE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. 138 , 139 , 140 , 141 , 142 , 143 , 144 , 145 , 146 , 147 , 148
DEPARTMENT OF MINES, MAGAZINES, AND EXPLOSIVES. 148 , 149
MINES DEPARTMENT LABORATORY, LAUNCESTON. 149
REGULATIONS UNDER “THE MINING ACT.” 149 , 150 , 151 , 152
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS. 152
REGISTRY OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, & DEATHS 153 , 154
TELEGRAPHIC INFORMATION. 154 , 155 , 156 , 157 , 158 , 159
TELEPHONE EXCHANOES. 159 , 160
TRUNK COMMUNICATIONS. 161
POST OFFICE. RATES OF POSTAGE. 161 , 162 , 163 , 164 , 165 , 166 , 167
TABLE OF THE ARRIVAL AND DESPATCH OF INLAND MAILS. 168 , 169 , 170 , 171 , 172 , 173 , 174 , 175 , 176 , 177 , 178 , 179 , 180 , 181 , 182 , 183 , 184
COMMONWEALTH LETTERS PATENT. 185
LETTERS PATENT. 185 , 186
TRADE MARKS. 186 , 187
DESIGNS. 187 , 188
CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT. 188 , 189 , 190 , 191 , 192 , 193 , 194 , 195 , 196 , 197 , 198 , 199 , 200 , 201 , 202 , 203 , 204 , 205 , 206 , 207 , 208 , 209 , 210 , 211 , 212 , 213 , 214 , 215 , 216 , 217 , 218 , 219
EXCISE TARIFF. THE FIRST SCHEDULE. 220 , 221 , 222 , 223 , 224
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY. 225 , 226 , 227 , 228 , 229
LAND TAX. 229
INCOME TAX. 229 , 230 , 231
SPECIAL TAX ON INCOMES. 231
TAXON DIVIDENDSAND COMPANIES. 231 , 232 , 233
DEATH DUTIES. 234 , 235
PRINCIPAL LAKES IN TASMANIA. 235
TASMANIAN RAILWAYS. 236 , 237 , 238 , 239 , 240
MAIN LINE HOBART SUBURBAN SUNDAY TRAINS 240
MAIN LINE-HOBART SUBURBAN TRAINS. 241
TASMANIAN GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS. 242 , 243 , 244 , 245 , 246
SHEFFIELD LINE. 246 , 247
CHUDLEIGH LINE. 247
DERWENT VALLEY LINE. 248
STANLEY—TROWUTTA—SMITHTON LINES. 248
DERWENT VALLEY LINE. 249
STRAHAN—ZEEHAN LINE. 249
FINGAL LINE.-ST. MARY’S—CONARA JUNCTION. 250
OATLANDS LINE. 250
MARKAWAH TRAMWAY. 250
MOUNT LYELL RAILWAY (PRIVATE LINE.) 250
EMU BAY RAILWAY (PRIVATE LINE.) 251
FISHERIES. 251 , 252 , 253 , 254
GAME LAWS, SHOOTING AND FISHING SEASONS, ETC. 254 , 255 , 256
FACTORIES. 257
WAGES BOARDS. 257
SHOPS. 257
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION. 258
FOOTWEAR. 258
LABOUR BUREAU. 258
MIGRATION TO TASMANIA. 258
FRUIT DISTRICTS. 259
DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS WEEDS. 259 , 260
DESTRUCTION OF RABBITS 260
ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA. 261
TASMANIAN MUSEUM, ART GALLERY, AND BOTANICAL GARDENS. 261 , 262
NATIONAL PARK. 262
AUSTRALASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 262 , 263
PUBLIC HEALTH. 263
MEDICAL. 264 , 265 , 266 , 267 , 268
DENTAL. 269
GOVERNMENT CHEMICAL AND ASSAY LABORATORIES, Bathurst-street, Hobart. 269
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 270 , 271 , 272
THE UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA. 273 , 274 , 275 , 276
RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS. 276
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. 277 , 278 , 279 , 280 , 281
MARINE BOARDS. 281 , 282 , 283 , 284 , 285 , 286 , 287 , 288
SHIPPING ON THE REGISTER OF THE PORT OF HOBART 288 , 289 , 290
SHIPPING ON THE REGISTER OF THE PORT OF LAUNCESTON. 290 , 291
BONDING WAREHOUSE RENTS AND CHARGES. 291
LICENCES. 292 , 293
CARTERS CHARGES. 293
BANKS. 294 , 295
INTERSTATE RATES OF EXCHANGE. 296
FIRE BRIGADE BOARDS. 296 , 297
FIRE STATIONS AND ALARMS, HOBART. 297
FIRE BELL SIGNALS, LAUNCESTON. 298
INSURANCE COMPANIES, HOBART. 298 , 299
INSURANCE COMPANIES, LAPUNCESTON 299 , 300 , 301 , 302 , 303
ANCIENT ORDER OF FORESTERS. 303
AUSTRALIAN NATIVES’ ASSOCIATION. 303
PROTESTANT ALLIANCE FRIENDLY SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA. 304
UNITED ANCIENT ORDER OF DRUIDS. 305 , 306 , 307
BOARD OF CENSORS OF MOVING PICTURES. 307
LIST OF TOWNS, POST OFFICES, & TELEGRAPH STATIONS IN TASMANIA. 308 , 309 , 310 , 311 , 312 , 313 , 314 , 315 , 316 , 317 , 318 , 319
OLD AGE AND INVALID PENSIONS. 319
PARISHES 320 , 321
NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN TASMANIA. 321
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HOBART. 321
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, LAUNCESTON. 321
CHIEF MOUNTAINS & HEIGHTS IN TASMANIA. 322 , 323
HEIGHTS OF THE PRINCIPAL MOUNTAINS IN THE SEVERAL CONTINENTS. 324
HOBART FRUIT BOARD. 324
STATIST ICS. 325 , 326 , 327
VALUE OF PRODUCTION 327
SHIPPING TRADE—OVERSEA AND INTERSTATE 327
LAND UNDER CULTIVATION, 1920-21 to 1929-30 328
AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL INDUSTRY 328
PRODUCTION. 328
PASTORAL INDUSTRY. 329
TOTAL TRADE OF TASMANIA. 330
IMPORTS, EXPORTS, AND TOTAL TRADE OF TASMANIAN PORTS. 1929-30. 330
QUANTITIES & VALUES OF PRINCIPAL EXPORTS 330
STATE FINANCE 331
PUBLIC DEBT, TASMANIA. 331
GENERAL REVENUE, 1929-30. 332
EXPENDITURE, 1929-30. 332 , 333 , 334
AUSTRALASIAN STATISTICS, 1929. 335
STATES AND COMMONWEALTH 336
THE CITY OF HOBART 337 , 338
MUNICIPALITY. 339 , 340 , 341
WATER SUPPLY, HOBART. 341 , 342
HOBART MUNICIPAL TRAMWAYS. 342 , 343
STEAMERS FROM HOBART. 343 , 344
COACHES AND OMNIBUSES FROM HOBART. 344
PLACES OF DIPINE WORSHIP in and NEAR HOBART. 344 , 345
SOCIETIES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, COMPANIES CLUBS, ETC., HOBART. 345 , 346 , 347 , 348 , 349 , 350 , 351 , 352 , 353 , 354 , 355 , 356 , 357
AUTOMOBILE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 357
RACE MEETINGS, TASMANIA (1931) 357
CITY OF LAUNCESTON. 358 , 359 , 360
PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS, NOT MUNICIPAL, LAUNCESTON. 361
STEAMERS FROM LAUNCESTON. 361
COACHES FROM LAUNCESTON. 361 , 362
PLACES OF DIVINE WORSHIP IN AND NEAR LAUNCESTON. 362
SOCIETIES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, COMPANIES, CLUBS, ETC., LAUNCESTON. 362 , 363 , 364 , 365 , 366 , 367 , 368 , 369
LICENCES, LAUNCESTON. 369
MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION OF TASMANIA. 370
MIDLAND MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION. 370
RISDON FERRY. 370
LOCAL GOVERNMENT. 371
INDICATIONS OF WEATHER. 371
MUNICIPALITIES. 372
BEACONSFIELD MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. 373 , 374
BOTHWELL MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH, CUMBERLAND, AND WESTMORLAND. 374 , 375
BRIGHTON MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH 376 , 377
BRUNY MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 377
CAMPBELL TOWN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF SOMERSET AND GLAMORGAN. 377 , 378 , 379
CIRCULAR HEAD MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF WELLINGTON AND RUSSELL. 379 , 380 , 381
CLARENCE MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 381 , 382
DELORAINE MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF DEVON, WESTMORLAND, AND LINCOLN. 382 , 383 , 384
DEVONPORT MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. 384 , 385 , 386
EMU BAY MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF WELLINGTON AND DEVON 386 , 387 , 388
ESPERANCE MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF ARTHUR, KENT, AND BUCKINGHAM. 389 , 390
EVANDALE MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL, DORSET, AND SOMERSET. 390 , 391
FINGAL MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL AND GLAMORGAN. 391 , 392
FLINDERS MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF FLINDERS. 393
GEORGE TOWN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET. 393 , 394
GLAMORGAN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF GLAMORGAN. 394 , 395 , 396
GLENORCHY MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 396 , 397
GORMANSTON MUNICIPALITY IN THE COUNTIES OF MONTAGU, FRANKLIN, AND LINCOLN. 398
GREEN PONDS MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 399 , 400
HAMILTON MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH, CUMBERLAND, LINCOLN, ARTHUR, FRANKLIN, AND BUCKINGHAM. 400 , 401
HUON MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF KENT AND BUCKINGHAM. 401 , 402
KENTISH MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF DEVON AND LINCOLN. 403 , 404
KINGBOROUGH MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 404 , 405
KING ISLAND MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF WELLINGTON. 406
LATROBE MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. 407 , 408
LEYEN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. 408 , 409 , 410
LILYDALE MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET. 410 , 411
LONGFORD MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF WESTMORLAND, SOMERSET, AND CORNWALL. 412 , 413
NEW NORFOLK MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF BUCKINGHAM AND MONMOUTH. 413 , 414 , 415
OATLANDS MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH, SOMERSET, AND PEMBROKE. 415 , 416 , 417
PENGUIN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. 417 , 418
PORT CYGNET MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 418 , 419
PORTLAND MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL AND DORSET. 419 , 420
QUEENSTOWN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF MONTAGU. 421 , 422 , 423 , 424
RICHMOND MUNICIPALITY. IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH AND PEMBROKE. 424 , 425 , 426
RICHMOND MUNICIPALITY. IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH AND PEMBROKE. 426 , 427
RINGAROOMA MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET. 428 , 429
ROSS MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF SOMERSET AND GLAMORGAN. 429 , 430
SCOTTSDALE MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET. 430 , 431 , 432
SORELL MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 432 , 433
SPRING BAY MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 433 , 434
ST. LEONARDS MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL AND DORSET. 434 , 435
STRAHAN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONTAGU, FRANKLIN, MONTGOBIERY, AND ARTHUR. 435 , 436
TABLE CAPE MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF WELLINGTON. 436 , 437 , 438
TASMAN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 438 , 439
WARATAH MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF RUSSELL. 439 , 440
WESTBURY MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF WESTMORLAND AND DEVON. 441 , 442
ZEE HAN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF RUSSELL, MONTAGU, AND LINCOLN. 442 , 443
LLOYD’S AGENTS. 443
PRINCIPAL ISLANDS OF TASMANIA. 444
PLAIN RULES FOR FORETELLING WEATHER. 444
TABLE OF DISTANCES ALONG THE MAIN ROAD. TABLE OF DISTANCES OF PRINCIPAL MOTOR ROUTES. 445 , 446
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 447 , 448 , 449
DAY TABLE FOR CALCULATING INTEREST 449
GRISTING FORMULA. 449
TABLE TO CALCULATE WAGES AND PAYMENTS 450
Obituary. 450 , 451
Advertising 452
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 453 , 454
Advertising 454 , 455 , 456 , 457 , 458 , 459 , 460 , 461 , 462 , 463 , 464 , 465 , 466 , 467 , 468 , 469 , 470 , 471 , 472 , 473 , 474 , 475 , 476 , 477 , 478 , 479 , 480 , 481 , 482 , 483 , 484 , 485 , 486 , 487 , 488 , 489 , 490 , 491 , 492

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