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  2. LINDRUM'S BILLIARD TABLE.

    CANBERRA, Thursday. — Mr. Nairn (U.A.P., W.A.), in the House of Representatives to-day, asked the Minister for Customs (Mr. Forde) whether Walter Lindrum, ...

    Article : 164 words
  3. TIMBER-DUMPING.

    If the Soviet Union were allowed to dump cheaply produced timber in Australia it would run the Australian timber industry, according to Mr. E. W. Quinn, manager ...

    Article : 249 words
  4. PLATE-GLASS WORKERS.

    Employers in the plate-glass industry have appealed to the Court of Industrial Appeal for a revision of the determination made by the Court on July 21 last. The hearing of ...

    Article : 205 words
  5. FICTION OF THE DAY

    The following new [?] and [?] been received:— "Eve, the Enemy," by Tickner Edwards (London: Hutchinson and Co.): "Guests of the ...

    Article : 1,577 words
  6. NATURE NOTES & QUERIES

    I was curious about the identity of a snake which "Nomad" (Maryborough) described as swallowing a 4ft. goanna it was, he explains, a very large brown snake about ...

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  7. MAN WHO DIED AT SEA.

    Mr. Justice McArthur in the Practice Court yesterday admitted to probate a carbon copy of the will of Jeremiah McNamara, formerly of Elizabeth street, ...

    Article : 483 words
  8. MASTER BUILDERS' FEDERATION.

    PERTH, Thursday.—At the concluding session of the Master Builders' Federation yesterday a motion was agreed to urging upon the Governments that in providing ...

    Article : 224 words
  9. RAILWAYS EMPLOYEE FINED

    Evidence that a railways employee had been driving a motor-omnibus from Ballarat to Melbourne in opposition to the railways was given at the Footscray Court on Thursday, when Ernest ...

    Article : 253 words
  10. GIRL DROWNED IN DAM.

    BROKEN HILL (N.S.W.), Thursday.— An open verdict was returned to-day at the inquest on Rose Ada Maud Dixon, aged 19 years, whose body was found in a ...

    Article : 52 words
  11. NOT WANTED IN MELBOURNE.

    Eight vagrancy cases were adjourned at the City Court yesterday before Mr. Hauser, P.M., on the condition that the accused, who had recently arrived in Melbourne, left the State. "They are ...

    Article : 205 words
  12. SHADOWLESS OPERATING LAMP.

    Sir,—In your issue of October 17 was a paragraph referring to a shadowless lamp, in which a claim advanced by Mr. George Fitzpatrick, superintendent of the New ...

    Article : 124 words
  13. CONVICTION QUASHED.

    Roy Carroll, of the Nelson Hotel, Montague street, South Melbourne, appealed to Judge Winneke, in General Sessions yesterday, against his conviction at the South ...

    Article : 94 words
  14. BANKRUPT CROSS-EXAMINED.

    There was spirited cross-examination of a bankrupt, who appeared before the registrar (Mr. W. F. Merrell) in No. 3 High Court yesterday. The principal creditor ...

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  15. MUNICIPAL DELEGATES.

    About 175 delegates from cities, towns, boroughs, and shires throughout Victoria are attending the annual session of the Municipal Association of Victoria at the Town Hall. They include (left to right):—Councillor C. H. Morris (Rutherglen), the mayor of Wangaratta (Councillor L. V. Gunther), the president of the Lilydale Shire (Councillor H. Hughes), and Councillor W. J. Andrew (Oakleigh City Council). ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  16. HAWKER—FETHERSTONHAUGH WEDDING.

    At Holy Trinity, Kew, last night Miss Stella Fetherstonhaugh cider daughter of Mrs. F. B. Fetherstonhaugh, of Kew, and the late Mr. Fetherstonhaugh, was married to Mr. G. S. Hawker elder son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Hawker, Clare (S.A.). Miss ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 66 words
  17. HELPING THE BLIND.

    Splendid work is done for the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind by auxiliaries such as that at Oakleigh, which celebrated its third anniversary yesterday with the cutting of a "birthday" cake. Left to right:—Councillor C. C. Vouma[?]d (Oakleigh), Mrs. W. S. Turner (president ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 69 words
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  19. HARDY—SWEETMAN WEDDING.

    At Trinity College Chapel, University of Melbourne, last night Miss Constance Sweetman, third daughter of Dr and Mrs. E. Sweetman, was married to Dr. Kenneth Hardy, older son of Brigadier-General and Mrs. C. H. W. Hardy, of Ballarat Miss Lilian Sweetman ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 57 words
  20. "SAFETY FIRST" FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN.

    An admirable arrangement has been instituted by Mr. H. Bretherton, head teacher of the Blackburn State school, on the White Horse road. Before crossing this busy thoroughfare on their way to and from school, the children have been taught to await the direction of one of the senior pupils, who regulates the traffic, as the boy is doing in this photograph White lines on the roadway indicate the school crossing. The National Safety Council has commended the idea, and every motorist cannot but approve of it and lend sympathetic assistance. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 95 words
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