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Mercury, Monday 25 May 1925, page 3
The Attorney-General (Mr. A. G. Ogilvie) will address the electors at Lutana tonight at eight o'clock.
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Mercury, Thursday 28 May 1925, page 3
Speeches at Lutana
Speaking at Lutana on Wednesday, Messrs' S. Lyden and J. J. Lewis dealt at length with the basic wage and pensions for widows and orphans. Both candidates expressed themselves in favor of insurance against unemployment on similar lines to legislation existing in Queensland and anpealed for a solid support for tlie Labor Party on June 3.
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Mercury, Tuesday 29 May 1928, page 13
On Sunday night, Messrs. Frost and Hohne, In company with Mr. A. G. Ogilvie, addressed two hundred electors at tho Lutana Hall. Mr. J. Craig being in the chair. The candidates were given a very attentive hearing.
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Mercury, Tuesday 21 December 1948, page 13
A record number of branches, representing the largest number of members in the history of the organisation, will send delegates to the annual A.L.P. conference in Launceston on March 1, next year.
The date of the annual, conference was fixed at a meeting of the general executive of the party in Hobart yesterday. The Labour Women's Conference will take place on February 28.
The secretary (Mr. R. H. Lacey) said yesterday , that the. total membership of tine party in Tasmania would exceed the previous record by about 1,200. A new branch at Smithton had enrolled 250 members, and officials expected it to reach 300. The Snug branch had 150, and Cressy 250, and officials of the Prince of Wales Bay-Lutana, branch formed recently were confident that the branch would soon be the strongest in the State.
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Mercury, Tuesday 8 February 1949, page 6
Additional services on the Grove Rd. bus route were sought recently by a deputation which waited on the Commissioner of Transport (Mr. Wilson).
The deputation, which represented the Lutana-Prince of Wales Bay branch . of the A.L.P.. was introduced by Mr. Connolly, M.L.C.
Mr. Connolly said an extra bus in the mornings and afternoons, was needed to convey school children travelling.to the city.
Extra services were also wanted on Saturdays and another on Sundays.
Another request was that the commission erect shelter sheds along the route.
The Commissioner said the question of additional services would be investigated. Regarding those at the weekends, he said it was not a question of buses not being available, but of manpower difficulties. Permanent shelter sheds could not be erected until the new outlet road was completed.
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Mercury, Saturday 30 April 1949, page 6
MR. GRAY, M.H.A., last night charged the Transport Commission with not doing its job properly, and alleged that it was "hoodwinking" the Government.
HE addressed more than 150 persons at a public meeting in the Lutana Hall called to protest against the overcrowding of Transport Commission buses on the Grove Rd. route.
The meeting called on Messrs. Gray, Wright, and Jackson, M*s.H.A., and Sir Rupert Shoobridge, M.L.C.. to explain "why they voted for continued overcrowding" by opposing an item in the Public Works Execution Bill to provide £12,000 for the purchase of three new buses for the Transport Commission.
The meeting was chaired by the Minister-for Lands and Works (Mr. Reece) and the president of the Prince of Wales Bay-Lutana branch of the A.L.P. (Mr. E. R. Cullen) explained why the meeting had been called.
Other members of Parliament present included Messrs. Wright, Jackson, Gray, Hand, Neilson, and Wedd, M's.H.A., Sir Rupert Shoobridge, and Messrs. D'Alton and Connolly, M's.L.C.
Mr. Cullen said deputations had asked the Commissioner for Transport (Mr. Wilson) for more buses to relieve overcrowding on the Grove Rd. route, but had been told that no consideration could be given the matter because the commission did not have buses to put on.
Mr. Gray said that on Wednesday, Thursday, and yesterday at least 12 buses were parked in Collins St. --- buses which could have been used on the Grove Rd. route if the commission was doing its job.
"Go to the Transport Commission with a deputation from the branch and demand they put the buses on this service immediately," he stated.
Voice: We already have been there.
Mr. Gray: They have hoodwinked you too.
Mr. Gray said a person could go to the commission any day and book a bus to go to any part of the State.
Sir Rupert Shoobridge said he voted against the item because he was not prepared to vote for anything for the commission until the report of the Select Committee on Transport had been received.
Mr. Wright said the meeting was to have been a protest meeting by the people of Lutana, and he resented an opportunity being taken by political opponents to lash up feeling upon a matter which should be discussed sensibly.
At this stage interjections were so numerous that Mr. Reece had to call the meeting to order.
The meeting agreed to the following motions:
This public meeting of Lutana district citizens strongly protests against all those persons of both Houses of Parliament, who opposed additional buses for existing road services, and commends the Government for its policy with respect to road transport services.
This meeting of Lutana citizens strongly condemns the action of the Legislative Council in rejecting additional Transport Commission buses, and it opposes the continuance of this undemocratically elected body.
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Mercury, Friday 10 June 1949, page 24
An improvement to the Lutana Moónah bus service was sought by a deputation from the Lutana branch of the A.L.P." which waited on the manager of the Tramways Department (Mr. Murn).
The deputation was introduced by Mr. Neilson, M.H.A., and was accompanied by Mr. Connolly, M.L.C.
It asked that buses from Lutana in the early evening be speeded up to provide an additional trip to cater for passengers attending picture theatres; that a bus leave Moonah at 11.30 p.m.; and that Lutana be provided with an earlier bus on Saturday mornings to cope with passengers attending football matches.
The deputation asked that the 5.15 p.m. bus from the city should complete the full route of the Lutana area.
Mr. Murn said the department was anxious to improve the service but there were difficulties because of labour shortages. He thought some of the matters raised could be attended to satisfactorily.
Subcategories
Community Events Article Count: 14
Assortment of events held at the Hall.
Lutana Free Kindergarten Article Count: 15
A free kindergarten operated at the Hall between early 1924 to the middle of the 1990s.
The Electrode Article Count: 29
"Devoted to the interests of the E.Z. employees and to the co-operative activities at Risdon".
No. 1 (August 1920) - vol. 6, no. 3 (June 1930).
Labor Branch History Article Count: 28
The Australian Labor Party has a long connection with the Hall - from running meeting, social and fundrasing events and operating a branch from the Hall.