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  2. AUTHORS' WEEK.

    That the success of Australian Authors' Week has exceeded even the most sanguine expectations of the promoters is now evident. ...

    Article : 257 words
  3. OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.

    CANBERRA, Thursday.--Mr. C. S. Nathan has been appointed deputy of Professor A. E. V. Richardson on the executive of the council for scientific and ...

    Article : 452 words
  4. EIGHT HOURS DAY.

    A disappointing balance sheet of the Eight F[?] demonstration of 1927 was pla[?] ore a meeting of the Trades [?]all Council last evening by the auditors. ...

    Article : 438 words
  5. AMEN IMMIGRATION.

    A deputation from the Australian Natives' Association waited upon the Prime Minister yesterday on the question of alien immigration. Mr. J. Green, chief ...

    Article : 638 words
  6. THE VINDICATION OF ASQUITH.

    Time, sometimes, brings its revenge and reward to those who can wait, though many great men, who have spent themselves in the service of their ...

    Article : 2,243 words
  7. STATE PARLIAMENT.

    A number of small bills were dealt with in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. The Minister of Railways (Mr. Tunnecliffe) moved the second reading of the ...

    Article : 2,264 words
  8. BOOKS FOR LISTENERS-IN.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 632 words
  9. INTERSTATE CRICKET.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--The Australian Board of Control met to-night, and after a lengthy conference decided that in future one of the Test matches against the ...

    Article : 327 words
  10. VICTORIA'S FIRST NEWSPAPER.

    An interesting talk on the life of John Pascoe Fawkner, the founder of Melbourne, and proprietor of the first newspaper published in Victoria, was given ...

    Article : 422 words
  11. TIN HARE COURSING.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--Mr. .Shepherd, police magistrate, at Globe court to-day fined Charles Gilbert, a bookmaker, £[?] with £5 186 costs, in default three ...

    Article : 169 words
  12. SCHOOL PRIZES OFFERED.

    In brief addresses to pupils of Oakleigh State schools, Mrs. Coulson Davidson dealt in interesting manner with the prose of MacLaren (My Crowded ...

    Article : 74 words
  13. LABOR AND MIGRATION.

    For several weeks the Melbourne Trades Hall Council has been endeavoring to determine its attitude toward migration. At a recent meeting a long ...

    Article : 352 words
  14. MIRBOO NORTH FIRE.

    MIRBOO NORTH, Thursday.--A fire broke out at noon to-day in the residence of Mr. Wm. Larcombe at Mirboo. The house, of four rooms, and also the ...

    Article : 194 words
  15. CITY PICKPOCKETS.

    It has been reported to the Russell-street police that Mr. C. H. [?]indell, visitor to the show from New South Wales, was robbed of £35 when riding [?] ...

    Article : 162 words
  16. ADAM LINDSAY GORDON MEMORIAL.

    The Gordon Memorial committee is conducting an art union in aid of the fund to erect an equestrian statue to commemorate the Australian poet Adam ...

    Article : 271 words
  17. PARTY AT "THE PALMS."

    One of the most enjoyable functions of Authors' week was yesterday afternoon's tea party, given by the Victorian branch of the English-Speaking Union at The ...

    Article : 210 words
  18. AMUSEMENTS.

    Miss Hetty King, the well-known English male impersonator, will commence her second Australian season at the Tivoli Theatre to-morrow afternoon. Since ...

    Article : 87 words
  19. SLY-GROG TRAFFIC.

    Margaret Mary Ogden, of Reilly-street, Collingwood, was before the Collingwood bench yesterday charged with having sold liquor without having a Beenee to do so. ...

    Article : 182 words
  20. WATERSHED AREAS.

    Speaking at the annual dinner of the Nurserymen and Seedsmen's Association of Victoria last night with regard to the hardship that certain shires had to endure ...

    Article : 203 words
  21. Farmers' Co-operative Company

    MIRBOO NORTH, Thursday.--At the annual meeting of the Mirboo and Morwell Valley Farmers' C'o-operative Co. Ltd. it was stated that, as a result of a ...

    Article : 217 words
  22. STRUGGLE AGAINST DROUGHT.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--With a grazing and agricultural community occupied more or less throughout the year in a depressing struggle against drought, the ...

    Article : 131 words
  23. Edward Goll's Students.

    In the Assembly Hall to-night, at the University Conservatorium concert to be given by the pupils of Mr. Edward Goll, a movement of the Appassionata Sonata of ...

    Article : 71 words
  24. IN DEFENCE OF GORDON.

    Sir,--Your correspondent Agnes Considine asks in to-day's issue why so many of the elite of literary Melbourne are busy belittling A. L. Gordon. If your ...

    Article : 130 words
  25. MUSIC, SONG AND STORY.

    While the doubt felt by many admirers of the gifted Australian writer Henry. Tate as to whether he was not a better musician than he was a poet cannot be ...

    Article : 212 words
  26. THE WINNING OF BARBARA WORTH.

    The film version of the novel, "The Winning of Barbara Worth," which, will be screened at the Majestic Theatre tomorrow, is one of the outstanding ...

    Article : 162 words
  27. THE BUFFALO CHALET.

    Sir,--Under the pressure of strong opposition, which employed moral suasion and stressed, legal obstacles, the proposal made a few months ago for the ...

    Article : 345 words
  28. ACCIDENT NOT REPORTED.

    At Preston court yesterday William McNamee and Robert Ernest Lewis, trading as the Reservoir Motor Body Works Ltd., Epping-road, Reservoir, were ...

    Article : 103 words
  29. CYCLING ROUND THE WORLD.

    Dr. Julius P. de Vilnits, a young Latvian, who is cycling round the world, arrived in Melbourne yesterday. He left Riga (Latvia) on 6th September, 1925, and ...

    Article : 237 words
  30. AUTHORS' EXHIBITION.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.--Addressing some school children to-day at the authors' exhibition, Miss Louise Mack (Mrs. Creed) said, she could put into two figures ...

    Article : 96 words
  31. QUEENSLAND STRIKE.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.--The men in the South Johnstone area are returning to work. A telegram received by the Police Commissioner to-day said that the ...

    Article : 54 words
  32. POLL RESULT REVERSED

    The recount of the votes polled at the last municipal election at Oakleigh took place before Mr. Rodgers, P.M., at Oakleigh town hall yesterday. The ...

    Article : 125 words
  33. Attempted Export of Birds.

    Officers of the Fisheries and Game department expressed considerable interest yesterday in the report from Brisbane published in "The Age" that 700 birds ...

    Article : 79 words
  34. MERINO SHEEP STATIONS.

    BENDIGO, Thursday.--In the course of an address at the weekly luncheon of Bendigo Rotary Club to-day Mr. E. M. Vains, dealing with the sheep industry ...

    Article : 141 words
  35. "Picnic Beer'' Confiscated.

    At Footscray yesterday William Shearer, of Hugh-street, Yarraville, appeared to show cause why 216 bottles of beer found on his premises should not be forfeited. ...

    Article : 88 words
  36. At the University High School.

    At assembly yesterday morning Mr. J. H. Ross entertained the pupils of the University High School for over an hour with poems and short excerpts from the ...

    Article : 209 words
  37. Manager for Lake Tyers.

    A sub-committee of the Aborigines' Protection Board is considering applications received for the position of sub-manager at the Lake Tyers aboriginal settlement, ...

    Article : 74 words
  38. Seaman Injured.

    While working on the steamer Teneriffe at Yarraville yesterday a seaman, Gjerde Hans, aged 33, fell down the hold. He received injuries to his head, and ...

    Article : 37 words
  39. Advertising

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    Advertising : 13 words
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