When George Calwell, formerly a member of the police force, was called before Mr. Justice Macfarian on Friday to receive sentence for having assaulted with ...
Article : 265 wordsA seasonal song service was held yesterday under the leadership of Days of Prayer Council at the Town Hall, which was well attended. The Rev. S. J. Hoban, superintendent of the Central Mission, led the assemblage in the Christmas hymn "Adeste Fideles." Perhaps the most striking feature shown in the photograph is the absences of young people, although the service was held in the lunch hour. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 72 wordsFive days were occupied in argument— concluded yesterday—by counsel for Mr. Reynolds Driver and the War Service Homes Commission, in view of the ...
Article : 1,282 wordsWhen wigs are off in the Practice Court it does not necessarily follow that they are on the green. It indicates that the judge is taking chamber business, and that ...
Article : 324 wordsWithin one minute of being photographed, this porcupine, found at Mount Dandenong, had completely buried itself. The fox terrier retired to nurse the wounds of battle. —(Herschets Pty. Ltd., photo.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 32 wordsIn high glee the younger children at the Salisbury street (Canterbury) State school chased their old friend Santa Claus around the schoolgrounds after the "break-up," well knowing that he would generously repay capture. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 40 wordsMr. Justice Weigall, in the Practice Court yesterday delivered judgment in an appeal by the Mercantile Mutual Insurance Company Ltd., against the rejection by the ...
Article : 291 wordsAn original and charming item on the programme of the speech day colourations yesterday of the Melbourne Church of England Girls' Grammar School, South Yarra, was the dance of the seasons on the hockey-field by pupils of Miss Heyford-Smith. The artistic posing of the dancers personifying the spirit of youth in "springtime" is depicted. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 61 wordsBy the s.s. Essex yesterday arrived Ripley Betty, a magnificent Borzoi from the Ripley Kennels, England, consigned to her new mistress, Mrs. Ware, Williamstown. The dog lived in the cabin of Captain A. L. Hughes, who is shown holding her. On December 12 two puppies were born. Their sire is owned by the Duchess of Newcastle, and their grandsire is the pet of Queen Alexandra. "Betty" is noted for the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 82 wordsHannah Mitchell, who is charged with having murdered Mabel Harriet Hodgkinson at Burnley on October 23, is still too ill to attend court. Mitchell recently ...
Article : 96 wordsLeo Tennyson Groyther. a farmer, of Leongatha, appeared before Judge Moule in the Insolvency Court yesterday on an examination summons. Groyther had ...
Article : 196 wordsHenry Moog was charged at the Flemington Court yesterday with having played "two-up" on November, 8. He pleaded guilty, Mr. J. McNamara, P.M., was on the bench with Messrs. ...
Article : 83 wordsA delightful picture was presented yesterday at the Berry street (East Melbourne) Foundling Hospital and Infants' Home, when one of the nurses appeared as Santa Claus. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 30 wordsThis aboriginal grinding-stone or hammer was discovered on Thursday by Mr. G. H. Morton, and identified by Mr. S. F. Mann. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 46 wordsPoulterers reap the harvest of the year at Christmas-time, when many of the principal wholesale firms turn out daily several thousand pairs of dressed birds. In anticipation of the seasonal demand the hotels and cafes have begun to stock their refrigerating chambers, and it was to supply this demand that such busy scenes as that depicted were witnessed yesterday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 64 wordsMr. J. McNamara, P.M. (chairman), and Messrs. McBean, Carroll, O'Callaghan, Carlyle, and Kennedy, J.P.'s, were on the bench at the Flemington Court on Tuesday, when John Matthew Gamble, ...
Article : 283 words"The theft of a bottle of beer is enough to start a war among men of that class," said Mr. J. Barnett in the City Court yesterday, when delending John Baker, aged 26 years, an Irish ...
Article : 188 wordsAt the Flemington Court on Tuesday before Mr. McNamara, P.M., and Messrs, McBean, O'Callaghan, Carlyle, Kennedy, and Carroll J.P.'s, Alfred Curtis, an officer of the Melbournce City Council, ...
Article : 230 wordsAt the Flemington Court yesterday James Chinnick signified his willingness to abstain from intoxicating liquor in accordance with the clauses of a prohibition order for which his ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wed 19 Dec 1923, Page 19
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