Speaking of opportunities in Australia. Dr. S'huter, addressing 31 Little Brothers who arrived by the Largs Bay yesterday. said that suceess depended mainly on hard ...
Article : 1,342 wordsThis photograph, taken from the dome of the Exhibition Building, shows plainly what will happen if the Exhibition trustees are permitted to extend the sports oval into the Carlton Gardens to provide room for mechanical hare-coursing and other commercialised amusements. The newly altered oval can be seen, and the white dotted line, representing the projected new alignment of the outer fence, indicates approximately what havoc will be caused to the grave of beautiful trees in the gardens if the extension is permitted. Under the trees are slides, swings, and other apparatus which form a part of the children's playground. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 104 wordsThe annual conference of the Municipal Association of Victoria was continued yesterday at the Town Hall. The president (Councillor J. Hancock) presided. ...
Article : 658 wordsThe newly completed aircraft factory and aerodrome which constitute the civil airport of Melbourne at Coode Island was officially opened yesterday afternoon by His Excellency the Governor-General (Lord Stonehaven), who flew from Canberra directly to the aerodrome for the purpose. In the upper photograph guests are seen inspecting the aerodrome and hangars, and below is Lord Stonehaven stopping out of the Satinbird ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 71 wordsThere was an interesting ceremony at the Brighton road State school yesterday morning, when an Australian flag, presented to the school by the Australian Natives' Association, was hoisted on the school flagstaff by Mr. Herbert Moroney, secretary of the St. Kilda branch. Mr. Moroney is shown hoisting the flag after he had made the presentation. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 59 wordsDuring blasting at the Hoffman Brick Company's quarry at Brunswick on Friday, October 14, a large piece of rock crashed through the side of a shelter shed and ...
Article : 458 wordsA further batch of Little Brothers arrived in Melbourne by the Australian Commonwealth line steam[?] Largs Bay yesterday morning. Mr. Gray, M.L.A., is shown welcoming his Little Brother (S. H. Alleyne) on the wharf. In the centre is Mr. Linton, M.L.A., founder of the Big Brother movement. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 50 wordsThree thousand people will be able to find seating accommodation on this great pavilion, which is soon to be erected between the Frank Grey-smith stand and the other grandstands on the Melbourne Cricket-ground. Many others will be able to watch the play on the arena from comfortable seats in a great lounge running nearly the whole length of the building, and fitted with wide windows looking out beneath a higher tier of seats. The building, which will cost about £80,000, is to be ready for the International cricket matches next year. Messrs. Stephenson and Meldrum are the architects, and Messrs. T. Donald and Co. the contractors. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 113 wordsMr. Dixon, K.C., leading counsel for Alfred Clarke, of Hawthorn, respondent in the appeal by the Federal taxation commissioner against a judgment of Mr. ...
Article : 152 wordsInconvenience was caused to passengers on the steamer Large Bay by a strike of stewards when the vessel was one day out from Po. t Said, on the way from London ...
Article : 151 wordsAt 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon the ceremony of consecrating the colours of the 52nd Infantry Battalion will take place on the Oakleigh recreation-ground, ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 21 Oct 1927, Page 13
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