02 Aug 1919
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Newspaper
Zeehan And Dundas Herald
Location
Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia
Date
Aug 02, 1919
Page
1
A veteran, twice in the war, shot himself in Hobart. He spoke calmly an hour earlier with the Connnect Chambers clerk and left a wife and three children. The inquest verdict states death by self destruction though no motive is found.
Five divorce cases are set for hearing the week after next at the Supreme Court in Tasmania. One petition involves amendments in a separate matter while unrelated text references remedies and comfort items.
The Tasmanian Minister of Lands reports enforcement of a standardisation act due to war-time leniency ending. Growers face mandatory fruit inspection at Hobart wharves. noncompliant fruit will be rejected. The minister seeks growers’ cooperation and outlines inspection plans across districts.
A fierce blaze at the Beuih Beeken Ba ibe complex on a Wednesday morning destroyed the Gale beon site and related equipment. Fire raged for two hours, with underground workings spared but the surface plant largely wrecked. Repair costs run into 2 million pounds, timelines extend 15 months to two years for rebuilding, and arson is suspected amid unrest in the town.
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