Walch's Tasmanian almanac for

Call Number
N 919.46 WAL
Created/Published
Hobart, Tas. : J. Walch & Sons, 1870-[1971]
Issue
1914
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508
Notes
Page 33 in advertisement section misprinted as page 3.
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Contents

WALCH’S TASMANIAN ALMANAC 1914 1
Advertising 2
Tasmanian Government Railways 3
Advertising 4
TASMANIA 5
WALCH’S TASMANIAN ALMANAC FOR 1914 7
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 8
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 8
INDEX. 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15
ECLIPSES IN THE YEAR 1914. 15
AUSTRALIAN SEASONS. 15
LLOYD’S AGENTS 15
FIXED AND MOVABLE FESTIVALS, ETC. 16
NOTES OF THE CALENDAR. 16
EUROPEAN AND AUSTRALIAN TIME. 16
LEGAL WEIGHTS FOR GRAIN, ETC. 16
AN APPROXIMATE AND CONCISE EQUATION TABLE. 17
APPROXIMATE TABLE OF MEAN TEMPERATURE AT SEVERAL PLACES SITUATED WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF A SIMILAR LATITUDE. 17
SIGHS OF THE ZODIAC. 17
EXPLANATION OF THE CALENDAR. 18
GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS. 18
APPROXIMATE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEAN TIME AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES AND AT HOBART. 18
NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED IN TASMANIA. 19
TABLE TO CALCULATE WAGES AND PAYMENTS. 19 , 20 , 21
EXPLANATION OF HOBART SIGNALS. 22
EXPLANATION OF LAUNCESTON SIGNALS. 22
TO FIND THE TONNAGE OF SHIPS. 22
HOBART SIGNALS. 23
LAUNCESTON SIGNALS. 23
WEATHER SIGNALS. 24
DISPLAYED IN ALL THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITALS. 24
CALENDAR FOR 1915. 24
LAUNCESTON TIDE TABLE, 1914. 25
JANUARY 1914. 26 , 27
FEBRUARY 1914. 28 , 29
MARCH 1914. 30 , 31
APRIL 1914. 32 , 33
MAY 1914. 34 , 35
JUNE 1914. 36 , 37
JULY 1914. 38 , 39
AUGUST 1914. 40 , 41
SEPTEMBER 1914. 42 , 43
OCTOBER 1914. 44 , 45
NOVEMBER 1914. 46 , 47
DECEMBER 1914. 48 , 49
NOTES AND MEMORANDA FOR NEXT YEAR, 1915. 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
BRITISH GOVERNMENT. 57
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA. 57
AGENTS-GENERAL FOR THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, LONDON. 57
LIST OF BRITISH COLONIES, WITH NAMES OF GOVERNORS, ETC. 58 , 59
SECRETARIES OF STATE FOR COLONIES, 1854-1910. 60
NUMERICAL SUMMARY OF THE MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT. 60
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. 61 , 62
PRINCIPAL ISLANDS OF TASMANIA. 62 , 63
GOVERNMENT OF TASMANIA. 64
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. 64
PARLIAMENT OF TASMANIA. 65
THE MINISTRY. (June 14, 1912.) 66
POLITICAL AND OFFICIAL RECORD. 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71
ELECTORAL DISTRICTS. 71
OFFICERS OF THE PARLIAMENT. 71 , 72
PARLIAMENTARY QUALIFICATIONS. 72
ELECTION PETITIONS. 72
PARLIAMENTS SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. 73 , 74
SUCCESSIVE PRESIDENTS OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SINCE 1856. 74
SUCCESSIVE SPEAKERS OF HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY SINCE 1856. 75
MINISTRIES SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT. 75 , 76 , 77
ECCLESIASTICAL. 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85
CORONERS. 85 , 86 , 87
MAGISTRACY. 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92 , 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 , 106 , 107 , 108
REGISTRATION OF DEELS, JUDGMENTS, ETC. 108
HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA. 108
LAW. 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 115
Local Courts Act. Sittings of the Courts. 116
COURTS OF GENERAL & QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE 117 , 118
MEETINGS OF LICENSING BENCHES. 118 , 119
JURORS AND JURIES. 119 , 120
WITNESSES’ EXPENSES. 120 , 121
TITLES TO LANDS. 121 , 122 , 123 , 124
BARRISTERS, ATTORNEYS, SOLICITORS, AND PROCTORS (RESIDENT IN TASMANIA) 124 , 125 , 126 , 127 , 128 , 129 , 130
COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENTS IN TASMANIA. 130 , 131 , 132
DISTRIBUTION OF STATE DEPARTMENTS. 133
STATE GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS. 133 , 134 , 135 , 136
DEPARTMENTS UNDER THE MINISTER OF LANDS & WORKS. 136 , 137 , 138 , 139 , 140 , 141 , 142
SURVEYORS’ BOARD. 142
SURVEY FEES. 143 , 144
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. 144
RAILWAYS. 144
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND STOCK 144 , 145
BOARDS OF AGRICULTURE. 145 , 146
DEPARTMENT OF MINES. 146 , 147 , 148 , 149
CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT. 150 , 151 , 152 , 153 , 154 , 155 , 156 , 157 , 158 , 159 , 160 , 161 , 162 , 163 , 164 , 165 , 166 , 167 , 168 , 169 , 170 , 171 , 172 , 173 , 174 , 175 , 176
BONDING WAREHOUSE RENTS AND CHARGES. 177
H.M. SHIPS OF THE NEW ZEALAND DIVISION. 178
SHIPS OF THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY. 178 , 179
COMMONWEALTH MILITARY FORCES. 179 , 180 , 181 , 182 , 183 , 184 , 185 , 186
TELEGRAPHIC INFORMATION. 186 , 187 , 188 , 189 , 190 , 191 , 192 , 193
DEFERRED TELEGRAMS AT REDUCED RATES. 193
LIST OF PLACES FOR WHICH DEFERRED TELEGRAMS MAY BE ACCEPTED. 193 , 194
WEEK-END CABLE LETTERS. 194
POST OFFICE 194 , 195 , 196 , 197 , 198 , 199
LETTER RECEIVERS, HOBART. 200
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS. 200 , 201
TABLE OF THE ARRIVAL AND DESPATCH OF INLAND MAILS. 202 , 203 , 204 , 205 , 206 , 207 , 208 , 209 , 210 , 211 , 212 , 213 , 214 , 215 , 216 , 217 , 218
COMMONWEALTH LETTERS PATENT. 219 , 220 , 221
TRADE MARKS. 221
DESIGNS. 222 , 223
TASMANIAN RAILWAYS. 223
TASMANIAN GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS. 223 , 224 , 225 , 226
MAIN LINE—HOBART SUBURBAN SUNDAY TRAINS. 226
MAIN LINE-HOBART SUBURBAN TRAINS. 227
TASMANIAN RAILWAYS. 228 , 229 , 230 , 231 , 232 , 233 , 234 , 235 , 236
GAUGES OF AUSTRALIAN RAILWAYS. 236 , 237 , 238 , 239
DEATH DUTIES. 239
STAMP DUTIES. 239 , 240 , 241
MARINE BOARDS. 241 , 242
MARINE BOARD OF HOBART. 242 , 243 , 244 , 245 , 246
MARINE BOARD OF LAUNCESTON. 246 , 247 , 248 , 249 , 250 , 251 , 252
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HOBART. 252
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, LAUNCESTON. 252
SHIPPING ON THE REGISTER OF THE PORT OF HOBART. 253 , 254 , 255
SHIPPING ON THE REGISTER OF THE PORT OF LAUNCESTON. 255 , 256
HONOURS HELD BY TASMANIANS. 256
ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA. 257
AUSTRALASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. 257
TASMANIAN MUSEUM, ART GALLERY, AND BOTANICAL GARDENS. 258
QUEEN’S DOMAIN COMMITTEE. 258
DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS WEEDS. 258 , 259
DESTRUCTION OF RABBITS. 259
FRUIT DISTRICTS. 259 , 260
FISHERIES. 260 , 261 , 262 , 263
GAME LAWS, SHOOTING AND FISHING SEASONS, ETC. 263 , 264
SUCCESSION OF AGENTS-GENERAL OF TASMANIA. 264
INCOME TAX. 265 , 266
TAX ON DIVIDENDS AND COMPANIES. 266
LAND TAX. 266
THE UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA. 267 , 268
GRADUATES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA. 268 , 269 , 270
RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS. 270
TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 271
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. 272 , 273 , 274 , 275 , 276 , 277
PUBLIC HEALTH. 277
MEDICAL. 278 , 279 , 280 , 281 , 282
THE CLOSER SETTLEMENT BOARD. 282
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS. 283 , 284 , 285
REFORMATORY. 285
STANDARD TIME IN TASMANIA. 285
DENTAL. 286 , 287
GOVERNMENT CHEMICAL AND ASSAY LABORATORIES, Bathurst-street, Hobart. 287
LICENCES. 288
BANK HOLIDAYS. 289
BANKS. 289 , 290 , 291 , 292
FACTORIES. 292 , 294
PROGRESS OF TASMANIA. 295
STATISTICS.* 295 , 296
POPULATION OF TASMANIA. 295 , 296
SHIPPING TRADE, 1912. 297 , 298
GENERAL REVENUE, 1912-13. 299
EXPENDITURE, 1912-13. 299 , 300
TAXATION, 1911 12. 301 , 302
AUSTRALASIAN STATISTICS, 1912. 303
FIRE STATIONS AND ALARMS, HOBART. 304
FIRE BRIGADE BOARDS. 304 , 305
FIRE BELL SIGNALS, LAUNCESTON. 305
INSURANCE COMPANIES, HOBART. 305 , 306
INSURANCE COMPANIES, LAUNCESTON. 306 , 307
TABLE OF DISTANCES ALONG THE MAIN ROAD. 307
MASONIC. 308 , 309
PROTESTANT ALLIANCE FRIENDLY SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA. 309 , 310 , 311 , 312 , 313 , 314
RACE MEETINGS, TASMANIA. 314
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY. 315
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL RESERVE. 315
WAGES BOARDS. 315
LIST OF TOWNS, POST OFFICES, & TELEGRAPH STATIONS IN TASMANIA. 316 , 317 , 318 , 319 , 320 , 321 , 322 , 323 , 324 , 325 , 326 , 327 , 328
PARISHES 328 , 329
REGULATIONS FOR SALE OF FRUIT IN HOBART. 329
CHIEF MOUNTAINS & HEIGHTS IN TASMANIA. 330 , 331
THE CITY OF HOBART. 332 , 333 , 334 , 335
WATER SUPPLY, HOBART. 335 , 336
MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS. 336
COACHES AND OMNIBUSES FROM HOBART. 336 , 337
STEAMERS FROM HOBART. 337 , 338
CAB FARES, HOBART. 338
CARRIERS FROM HOBART. 338
CARTERS' CHARGES, HOBART. 339
WATERMEN'S FARES, HOBART. 339
PLACES OF DIVINE WORSHIP IN AND NEAR HOBART. 339
SOCIETIES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, COMPANIES, CLUBS, ETC., HOBART. 340 , 341 , 342 , 343 , 344 , 345 , 346 , 347 , 348 , 349 , 350
CITY OF LAUNCESTON. 350 , 351
MUNICIPALITY. 351 , 352 , 353
PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS, NOT MUNICIPAL, LAUNCESTON. 353
COACHES FROM LAUNCESTON. 353 , 354
CARRIERS FROM LAUNCESTON. 354
CAB FARES, LAUNCESTON. 354
CARTERS’ CHARGES. LAUNCESTON. 354
STEAMERS FROM LAUNCESTON. 355
PLACES OF DIVINE WORSHIP IN AND NEAR LAUNCESTON. 355
SOCIETIES, PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, COMPANIES, CLUBS, ETC., LAUNCESTON. 355 , 356 , 357 , 358 , 359 , 360 , 361
WATERMENS FARES, LAUNCESTON. 361
MUNICIPALITIES. 362 , 363
BEACONSFIELD MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. 363 , 364 , 365
BOTHWELL MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH, CUMBERLAND, AND WESTMORLAND. 365 , 366
BRIGHTON MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 366 , 367
BRUNI MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 368
CAMPBELL TOWN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF SOMERSET AND GLAMORGAN. 368 , 369 , 370
CIRCULAR HEAD MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF WELLINGTON AND RUSSELL. 370 , 371 , 372
CLARENCE MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 372 , 373
DELORAINE MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF DEVON, WESTMORLAND, AND LINCOLN. 373 , 374 , 375
DEVONPORT MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. 375 , 376 , 377 , 378
EMU BAY MUNICIPALITY. 378 , 379 , 380
ESPERANCE MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF ARTHUR, KENT, AND BUCKINGHAM. 380 , 381
EVANDALE MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL, DORSET, AND SOMERSET. 381 , 382
FINGAL MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL AND GLAMORGAN. 382 , 383 , 384
FLINDERS MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF FLINDERS. 384 , 385
GEORGE TOWN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET. 385 , 386
GLAMORGAN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF GLAMORGAN. 386 , 387
GLENORCHY MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 387 , 388 , 389
GORMANSTON MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONTAGU, FRANKLIN, AND LINCOLN. 389 , 390
GREEN PONDS MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF MONMOUTH. 390 , 391
HAMILTON MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH, CUMBERLAND, LINCOLN ARTHUR, FRANKLIN, AND BUCKINGHAM. 391 , 392
HUON MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF KENT AND BUCKINGHAM. 392 , 393 , 394
KENTISH MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF DEVON AND LINCOLN. 394 , 395
KINGBOROUGH MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 395 , 396 , 397
KING ISLAND MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF WELLINGTON. 397
LATROBE MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. 398 , 399
LEVEN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. 399 , 400 , 401
LILYDALE MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET. 401 , 402
LONGFORD MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF WESTMORLAND, SOMERSET, AND CORNWALL. 402 , 403 , 404
NEW NORFOLK MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF BUCKINGHAM AND MONMOUTH. 404 , 405 , 406
NEW TOWN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 406 , 407
OATLANDS MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH, SOMERSET AND PEMBROKE. 407 , 408
PENGUIN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON. 409 , 410
PORT CYGNET MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 410 , 411
PORTLAND MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL AND DORSET. 411 , 412
QUEENBOROUGH MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF BUCKINGHAM. 413
QUEENSTOWN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF MONTAGU. 413 , 414 , 415 , 416 , 417
RICHMOND MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONMOUTH AND PEMBROKE. 417 , 418
RINGAROOMA MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET. 418 , 419 , 420
ROSS MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF SOMERSET AND GLAMORGAN. 420
SCOTTSDALE MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF DORSET. 421 , 422
SORELL MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 422 , 423
SPRING BAY MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 423 , 424
ST. LEONARDS MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF CORNWALL AND DORSET. 424 , 425
STRATIAN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF MONTAGU, FRANKLIN, MONTGOMERY, AND ARTHUR. 425 , 426
TABLE CAPE MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF WELLINGTON. 426 , 427 , 428
TASMAN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTY OF PEMBROKE. 428 , 429
WARATAH MUNICIPALITY. 429 , 430
WESTBURY MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF WESTMORLAND AND DEVON. 430 , 431 , 432
ZEEHAN MUNICIPALITY, IN THE COUNTIES OF RUSSELL, MONTAGU, AND LINCOLN. 432 , 433 , 434
TO PRESERVE EGGS. 434
DISTANCE TABLE. 434
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. 435
ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. 436 , 437
Obituary 437 , 438
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 439 , 440
Advertising 440 , 441 , 442 , 443 , 444 , 445 , 446 , 447 , 448 , 449 , 450 , 451 , 452 , 453 , 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 , 493 , 494 , 495 , 496 , 497 , 498 , 499 , 500 , 501 , 502 , 503 , 504 , 505 , 506 , 507 , 508

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