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  2. RAILWAY IMPORTATIONS.

    Comment on the statements in the State Parliament on Thursday that the Railway Commissioners were trying to Americanise the service by purchasing American and ...

    Article : 338 words
  3. AN INTER-STATE BUS.

    An action has been commenced in the High Court of Australian by the General Transport Company of South Australia Ltd. and Edley Hampton Dayman, of ...

    Article : 1,097 words
  4. MARCONI WIRELESS.

    Several hundred shareholders attended the annual meeting of the Marconi Wireless Co. Ltd. Lord Inverforth presided. Members of the board on entering were ...

    Article : 503 words
  5. KIDNAPPED & MURDERED.

    Edward Hickman, who is suspected of the murder of Marion Barker, has been arrested at Pendleton (Oregon). Hickman admitted he knew Marion Parker. He ...

    Article : 688 words
  6. WORK OF THE SESSION.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 440 words
  7. INCOME TAX.

    The action brought by the Commonwealth of Australia and the Federal Commissioner of Taxation against Abrahams Bros., of the Small Arms Co., of ...

    Article : 151 words
  8. BUSH FIRE DANGER.

    Very soon large numbers of tourists and campers will be travelling into the country, and an appeal is made to them to be scrupulously careful in the lighting ...

    Article : 511 words
  9. TOYS FOR CHILDREN OF UNEMPLOYED.

    The rafile in connection with the unemployed toy fund was drawn yesterday, the winning number being 1982. The prize can be had at 392 Bourke-street. ...

    Article : 62 words
  10. Hospitals Visited.

    Yesterday the State president of the Returned Soldiers' League, Mr. E. Turnbull, with the vice-president, Mr. H. J. Martin, visited the Caulfield and Austin ...

    Article : 117 words
  11. The Alpine Road.

    The hopes of those who were instrumental in inducing the Government to recondition Australia's greatest scenic alpine highway, between Bright and ...

    Article : 249 words
  12. Increases in South Australia.

    ADELAIDE, Friday.—The new Stale stamp duties will come into operation to-morrow. All cheques of £2 or upwards will have to bear a twopenny stamp. The ...

    Article : 86 words
  13. The Salvation Army.

    The series of Christmas parties being given by the Salvation Army to the men, women and children accommodated in its many social institutions is being steadily ...

    Article : 118 words
  14. ABOUT PEOPLE.

    The Governor-General, accompanied by Lord Grimthorpe and attended by Flight-Lieutenant Davidson, was the guest of the committee of the Victorian Cricket ...

    Article : 906 words
  15. Swift Remedial Action Wanted.

    Sir,—It was most refreshing to read in your issue this morning of Mr. Forrest's virile attack on the unpatriotic attitude and policy of the Railway Commissioners ...

    Article : 252 words
  16. A Special Train from Mildura.

    In "The Age" of 10th December "Railway Deficit" complained that, although a train which Mildura residents had suggested be run to Melbourne at a late hour ...

    Article : 126 words
  17. A "SAFE" CHRISTMAS.

    Sir,—May I use your valuable columns to urge the whole of the public of. Australia to make this Christmas as safe one. Accidents have, in the past, been so ...

    Article : 204 words
  18. Telegraphs and Telephones.

    Although Monday is being observed as Christmas day in the Postal department, it has been decided that ordinary rates tor telegraph and telephone trunk line call ...

    Article : 40 words
  19. FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA.

    Captain Lancaster and Mrs. Keith Miller left Akyab at eight o'clock this morning. They were forced to land at Dawbon, near Poozumdaung Creek, close ...

    Article : 71 words
  20. A Sassafras Gymkhana.

    Every attraction calculated to appeal to the joyous mood of holiday makers has been arranged in connection with the Sassafras gymkhana, to be held at Sassafras ...

    Article : 142 words
  21. LEVEL CROSSINGS.

    The report of the Railways Standing Committee on the proposed abolition of the level crossing at Heidelberg-road, Clifton Hill, and the substitution of a subway ...

    Article : 465 words
  22. FLIGHT TO NEW ZEALAND

    Although nothing definite has been arranged yet, there is a possibility of an Australia to New Zealand flight being made by three members of the New ...

    Article : 176 words
  23. AMUSEMENTS.

    American artists new to Australia will appear in the cast of Apples and Pairs, the farce comedy to be presented for the first time here at the Palace Theatre ...

    Article : 160 words
  24. MAIL BAG ROBBERY.

    SYDNEY, Friday.—A young woman to-day went to the Commonwealth Bank and asked the officials to change 200 English hall-sovereign notes into Australian ...

    Article : 121 words
  25. Special Carol Service.

    To-night a programme of Christmas carols and other items will be given in the Salvation Army Temple, Bourke-street, by the Training Garrison staff ...

    Article : 68 words
  26. Inspectors to Visit Camps.

    The new regulations framed to make camping conditions more sanitary are now in force. The Health Commission has arranged for inspectors to visit camps ...

    Article : 46 words
  27. NEWSPAPER CONTROL.

    Sir William Berry, editor in chief of the "Sunday Times"; Mr. Gomer Berry, deputy chairman Allied Newspapers Ltd., and Sir Edward Iliffe, a director of the ...

    Article : 386 words
  28. MELBOURNE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY.

    To-night in the Town Hall Melbourne Philharmonic Society will repeat Handel's oratorio The Messiah, in which, by arrangement with Messrs. J. and N. Tait. ...

    Article : 88 words
  29. Red Cross Offices and Stores.

    The Red Cross offices and stores, at 42 Latrobe-street, will be closed from Christmas eve until Wednesday, 4th January. ...

    Article : 27 words
  30. HOSPITAL DEVELOPMENT.

    Pleasure was expressed yesterday by the chairman of the Melbourne Hospital committee (Sir A. Danks) at the report presented to Parliament yesterday by the ...

    Article : 146 words
  31. COLLINS-STREET TRAMS.

    Sir,—As an opponent of the electrification of the Collins-street trams, Sir William McPherson, in effect, seeks to deprive his wage-earning constituents of the ...

    Article : 272 words
  32. Carols at St. Paul's To-night.

    This evening, at 8 o'clock, the annual carol service will be held at St. Paul's Cathedral. Carols, old and new, will be sung, by the choir, and many will be glad ...

    Article : 53 words
  33. ROBINSON CRUSOE PANTOMIME.

    The first performance of the new Christmas pantomime, Robinson Crusoe, will be staged at the matinee to-day at the Princess Theatre. The chief comedy ...

    Article : 79 words
  34. BAY EXCURSIONS.

    The s. Weeroona will leave Port Melbourne Station Pier as follows:—To-day, at 1.45 p.m., for Queenseliff, Sorrento and Bromans; Sunday at 11 a.m., Monday, Tuesday and ...

    Article : 116 words
  35. TINY TOTS' TREAT.

    No possible effort was spared by the superintendent (Mr. McGregor) and his staff of voluntary workers to make Christmas very "really and truly" for about sixty ...

    Article : 214 words
  36. THE ALARM CLOCK.

    The first performance in Melbourne of Avery Hopwood's farcical comedy The Alarm Clock, will be staged this evening at the Athenæum Theatre. Among the ...

    Article : 46 words
  37. PINNED UNDER TRACTOR.

    BRISBANE, Friday.—To be pinned momentarily beneath an overturned five-ton tractor was the experience of Mr. R. W. Lahey, manager of the Canungra mill ...

    Article : 89 words
  38. CATHEDRAL SPIRES.

    Yesterday marked an important event in the history of the Church of England in Victoria, when the crowning stone of the new western spire of St. Paul's ...

    Article : 254 words
  39. THE MESSIAH.

    The Melbourne Philharmonic Society will repeat the performance of Handel's oratorio The Messiah in the Town Hall to-night. The same cast of principals ...

    Article : 64 words
  40. TIRED OF POLITICS.

    PERTH, Friday.—"Our political system is wrong, and is leading the country into an economic bog," declared Mr. W. Watson, member for Fremantle, on ...

    Article : 119 words
  41. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,—To compare Melbourne with London, New York, Paris or Berlin is ridiculous. These places are not comparable. In these cities they have underground railways ...

    Article : 124 words
  42. WILLS AND ESTATES.

    Clement Thomas, late of Tennyson-street, St. Kilda, clothier. who died on 11th November, left by will dated 1st July, 1925, real estate valued at £10,[?]51 and personal property valued ...

    Article : 224 words
  43. AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH BAND.

    The Australian Commonwealth band, which returned to Australia recently after a tour of Canada and the United States, will open a season at the Capitol Theatre, ...

    Article : 40 words
  44. Theatres and Entertainments.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 118 words
  45. THE CANTON SLAUGHTER.

    "British Imperialist reaction must be recognised as the chief motive force in the Canton slaughter and acts of violence perpetrated on the Soviet citizens," said ...

    Article : 86 words
  46. Salvation Army Christmas Cheer.

    The Salvation Army Temple presented a busy scene yesterday morning, when over 100 parcels of Christmas cheer were distributed to widows with children, and ...

    Article : 78 words
  47. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,—A sentence of my letter of yesterday has been brought under the notice of Mr. Teece, of Melbourne Hospital, and he has made comment thereon. The ...

    Article : 106 words
  48. N.S.W. MEAT BOARD.

    SYDNEY, Friday.—The Government has announced the appointment of Dr. E. S. Morris, senior medical officer of the Health department to the sent on the ...

    Article : 41 words
  49. Advertising

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    Advertising : 33 words
  50. Salvation Army Boys' Home.

    Mr. Lewis Thomas, secretary of the Children's Welfare department, joined yesterday in the preliminary Christmas festivities at "Eden," Bayswater, the ...

    Article : 122 words
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