Articles from page 12: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 1,129 words
  3. BRISBANE NOTES.

    Now that the holidays are over people are again beginning to take some interest in political matters. Both the United Party and the Labour Party are ...

    Article : 418 words
  4. THE CRICKET FEVER.

    Melbourne people, young and old, have got the cricket fever badly. Some people acclaim cricket as a sport devoid of much spectacular attraction, but the ...

    Article : 82 words
  5. PRODUCE MARKETS.

    Sales were only held on three days at Roma-street produce markets last week, and only moderate business was done. Any changes in values compared with ...

    Article : 241 words
  6. A SECURE SEAT.

    The death of Mr. J. W. Billson, who held the Fitzroy seat in the Assembly in the Labour interest for many years, has rendered a safe Labour constituency ...

    Article : 109 words
  7. THE PEA RIFLE DANGER

    With the advent of the holidays there is the usual crop of accidents caused by the careless use of the pea rifle. These weapons, although harmless in the hands ...

    Article : 82 words
  8. COTTON AND CHEMISTRY.

    Cotton is gaining upon its rivals by aid of the chemist. Silk, the aristocrat of textiles, gets the gloss that is the envy of the rival fibres from being forced out ...

    Article : 401 words
  9. MELBOURNE GOSSIP.

    Sir John McWhae, who has resigned from the position of Agent-General, and returned to Melbourne has done excellent service to the State by a timely ...

    Article : 277 words
  10. OBSOLETE TOWN HALL.

    Melbourne's Town Hall, when built in 1867, was considered a great architectural achievement, and for many years it served its purpose well. Now, however, it ...

    Article : 61 words
  11. SUGAR AND BANANAS.

    Much gratification was expressed locally at the announcement of the Federal Government's sugar policy, though one or two of the new ...

    Article : 201 words
  12. AUSTRALIA'S FINANCIAL CENTRE

    Sir Harold Beauchamp, who was formerly chairman of the New Zealand bank, has committed himself to the statement that Melbourne wan the financial centre ...

    Article : 134 words
  13. POPULAR SCIENCE

    A substitute for white of egg and yellow of egg is made from fish roe, according to a patent German process. The roe is first extracted with fat and ...

    Article : 127 words
  14. CHRISTMAS, 1924.

    Christmas, 1914, is a thing of the past. So far as the metropolis is concerned, glorious weather prevailed throughout. The ships were open on Christmas Eve, ...

    Article : 331 words
  15. THE GUN RUNNERS

    The other day Lord Darling had a rather important case before him—gun-running. Captain Attfield, merchant; Charles Hinman, ex-Lieutenant-colonel; ...

    Article : 727 words
  16. LOST MONEY.

    Paragraphs respecting a very heavy payment of death duties to a neighbouring State Government recall the fact that the property involved was part of the ...

    Article : 301 words
  17. POISON GAS AND ANTHRAX.

    Should skins suspected of harbouring anthrax spores be disinfected with poison gas? This question was raised at the meeting of the committee of experts ...

    Article : 133 words
  18. SEEING THROUGH A BRICK WALL.

    If there was one thing which used to be thought impossible it was seeing through a brick wall. But that idea will have to be dropped now, for Dr. W. D. ...

    Article : 143 words
  19. THE WATERFRONT.

    Just what is going to happen on the waterfront after the holidays are over, it is extremely difficult to forecast. A great deal of anxiety there ...

    Article : 341 words
  20. THE SUGAR TROUBLE.

    Mr. Bruce's decision in favour of a continuance of the embargo on sugar importation, though not unexpected after his recent utterances, following the ...

    Article : 44 words
  21. HAIRLESS MICE.

    A pair of hairless mice were captured in the north of London a few weeks ago. These little animals were first recorded in 1856, when several specimens ...

    Article : 96 words
  22. HOLIDAY ACCIDENTS.

    The newspapers team with accounts of holiday accidents and offences. This is, of course, the usual thing at this time of the year, but this season's list of ...

    Article : 236 words
  23. SCIENCE OF MODEL YACHTS.

    It is not widely realised that model yachting is a science, having a definite bearing on the knowledge of navigation and seamanship generally. Models are ...

    Article : 187 words
  24. THE "WHITE" INDIANS.

    Certain members of the British Association, while on the way to attend the meeting at Toronto last August, were afforded an opportunity of examining at ...

    Article : 348 words
  25. FARMERS' HARVEST

    Victorian farmers have good cause to regard this Christmas with a great deal of pleasure. They have got a handsome Christmas box, seeing that wheat is now ...

    Article : 95 words
  26. THE POLICE UNION.

    The Police Union has not rushed the offer of the Home Secretary to transfer the president of the union to Hughenden instead of Spirngsure. In Police ...

    Article : 156 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$