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  2. TRAMWAYS BOARD SUED.

    An action brought by Mrs. Elizabeth Speakman, of Epsom road Ascotvale, motor-car proprietress, claiming £392 from the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways ...

    Article : 374 words
  3. SKIN WOOL ACTION.

    Mr. Justice Cussen, in the First Civil Couit yesterday, delivered judgment in the actions in which certain suppliers ol skin wool to the war time wool pools elaim ...

    Article : 2,771 words
  4. RECRUITS FOR POLICE FORCE.

    The type of recruits now being trained for the Victoria police force commands admiration. The recruits are a keen, alert body of young men, who yesterday at the St. Kilda road barracks were being instructed by Constable E. C. James in ju-jitsu methods. After training in first aid, physical drill, and self-defence for about six weeks, the recruits will learn the rudiments of criminal law for a term, and will then be drafted to Russell street. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 81 words
  5. PLUCKY ARREST PRAISED.

    Claude McCarthy, aged 31 years. Ronald Murray, aged 24 years; Albert Jackson, aged 23 years; and George Curley, aged 27 years, were charged at Box Hill Court on ...

    Article : 290 words
  6. "BIG BROTHERS."

    This striking cover design exemplifies the spirit of fraternal help which is animating the New Settlers' League in supporting the "Big Brother Movement" It is being ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 42 words
  7. HOW A BROWN SNAKE STRIKES.

    When "Boobook," Mr. Donald Macdonald's "Nature Notes" contributor, was in the act of releasing the camera shutter on this 4ft. brown snake, it struck viciously at the lens. When roused these reptiles are both quick and dangerous. Note the flattened neck before striking. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 48 words
  8. INSPECTION OF HUME RESERVOIR.

    —(C. F. Awburn, Hampton, photo.) In a special train yesterday morning nearly all the mombers of the State Ministry and about 60 members of Parliament left to inspect the works of the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission at the Hume Reservoir. This recent photograph gives a general view of work in the stone quarries. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 60 words
  9. TRANSFER SET ASIDE.

    Mr. Justice Mann in the Banco Court yesterday delvered reserved judgment in an action brought by Mary Ann Smyth, now of Trnong, spinster, against Mrs. Malving Maria Mathieson, ...

    Article : 350 words
  10. PRESBYTERIAN HALL AT FITZROY.

    Of £5,000 required for the erection of the now Presbyterian Settlement Hall in Napier street, Fitzroy, £1,000 was in hand yesterday afternoon after His Excellency the Governor-General had opened the "All Nations" fair in the Fitzroy Town Hall, and appealed for support for this movement, which alms at providing instructional classes for the youth of the city. With their Excellencies on the platform were the Right Rev. J. Crookston, Moderator-General of the Presbyterian Church of Australia (right), and the mayor of Fitzroy (Councillor Beckett, M.L.C.), behind Lady Forster. The First Carlton and First Fitzroy Troops of Girls Guides and the Sixth Fitzroy Boy Scouts formed the guard of honour. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 113 words
  11. SHEEPSKINS CASE.

    Judgment was, also delivered by Mr. Jtistice Cussen in the sheepskins action, in which Crompton and Son Limited and Wilcox, Mofith Limited on behalf of them ...

    Article : 600 words
  12. SHOPIIFTIN CHARGE.

    Susan Hunt, aged 50 years, married, of Osborne street, South Yarra, was charged at the City Court on Thursday with having stolen two pocketknives, valued at 5/, the property of Myer's Pty. ...

    Article : 289 words
  13. SCHOOLBOY CAPTAIN.

    H. Lee (Randwick), captain of the visiting team of New South Wales schoolboy criketers, was among the top morers for his side in the match against a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 37 words
  14. AT THE FARMERS' CONVENTION.

    At Portiand, where the annual conventipn of the Chamber of Agriculture is now being held, an old resident, Mr. William Jones, 76 years of age, and a native of the town, had a fund of interesting reminiscences for (left to right) Messrs. J. E. Byass (Shepparton), T. J. Purvis (secretary ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 65 words
  15. STEAM SHOVEL AT WORK IN CITY.

    On the site of Myer's new buildings in Lonsdale street a Buoyrus steam shovel (not quite as big as the machine in use at Yallourn) is making great bites in the clay, and lifting it into waggons. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 43 words
  16. BABY FOUND ON GAS-BOX.

    The City Court Bench on Thursday resumed the adjourned healing of a case in which Kuby Chriatina Auderson aged 19 years, of Ireland street, West Melbourne, was charged with having ...

    Article : 235 words
  17. "HELP FROM A MASTERED MIND."

    Speaking at St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday on "Help From a Mastered Mind," tlie Rev. Roscoc Wilson said that the arts and sciences represented fields of conquest ...

    Article : 138 words
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