Word: launceston
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This week Evangelist Graham will carry his crusade to Hobart and Launceston in Tasmania, then put in a fortnight's rest on Queensland's sunny Gold Coast before beginning a New Zealand crusade on March...
Blended Spirit. In Launceston, Tasmania, after police caught Minister for Police Charles Aylett drinking in a bar after hours, he was fined $5 in spite of his contention that "Parliament makes laws to cover extreme cases, but Parliament always considers that the law will be administered with discretion...
Modern Times. In Launceston, Australia, conforming to the civic motto, "Progress with Prudence," city fathers amended an old bylaw requiring swimmers to wear neck-to-knee bathing suits, decided to allow more modern apparel on the beaches, provided the suits cover at least three inches...
Trial & Error. In Launceston. Australia, sentenced to two years' imprisonment for fabrication of divorce evidence, Maxwell Edward Aylett, 33, bookmaker and sometime law student, announced that he had decided to forsake his legal studies, commented: "I have not any liking for criminal courts...
Local Habitation. In Launceston, Australia, complaining that "people give me curious glances when I tell them my address," a farmer petitioned the district council to change the name of his district from Nowhere Else to Somewhere Else...