Lieutenant O. Cathcart Jones and Mr. K. Waller, competitors in the air race, who were fourth in the speed section, and arrived in Melbourne on Thursday last, ...
Article : 716 wordsWAGGA, Sunday. -- The Murrumbidgee River broke its banks late last night at several points in the vicinity of the town and spreading over a huge area ...
Article : 517 wordsA smoke social to mark the opening of a new hall erected by the Heidelberg branch of the Returned Sailors and Soldiers' League was held on Saturday ...
Article : 264 wordsBENDIGO, Sunday. -- Mining operations, at Bendigo, which have been suspended for the past month owing to the strike of winding-engine drivers, will be ...
Article : 575 wordsHold-up men, who are specialising in what the police describe as "small hauls," continue to be particularly active. Following the cases reported on Friday ...
Article : 159 wordsWERRIBEE, Sunday. -- A woman was injured and nine other persons narrowly escaped being seriously hurt when a motor car carrying the captain and other ...
Article : 169 wordsAdded interest will be given to the barbecue at Laverton on Saturday, 10th November, by the appearance of the air ...
Article : 143 wordsJ. C. Williamson Ltd. will give a gala performance of White Horse Inn at His Majesty's Theatre to-night in honor of C. W. A Scott and Captain T. Campbell ...
Article : 163 wordsCRANBOURNE, Sunday. -- One of the Worst floods for years occurred in the Cardinie district, owing to the unprecedented falls of rain on Thursday and ...
Article : 194 wordsAmong the numerous prime reports of small robberies reported at Russell- street, police head quarters on Saturday was one relating to the theft of £5 ...
Article : 98 wordsAbout 9.16 p. m. on Saturday Arthur McDonald, a gas works employe of North Geelong, accompanied by his wife and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. I. W. ...
Article : 162 wordsA special Centenary thanksgiving service, arranged by the Presbyterian Church, was held in Fitzroy town hall yesterday afternoon in connection with the Fitzroy- Collingwood ...
Article : 211 wordsThe following telegram has been despatched to Mr. C. W. A. Scott (winner of the Centenary Air Race) by the motor secretary of the Australian Association ...
Article : 99 wordsAnother thief whose peculiar hobby seems to be to secure the best collection of horse tails in Melbourne is now operating in various suburbs. The last ...
Article : 65 wordsORBOST, Sunday. -- On Friday night, after the Duke of Gloucester had left Orbest, the Snowy River rose to such an extent that at Watt's Gulch, on the ...
Article : 78 wordsThe South Suburban Toy Dog and Perstan Cat Club held a parade at Olympic Park on Saturday afternoon, when approximately [?] [?]mail dogs and 12 Persian Cats were judged. ...
Article : 355 wordsT. c Dutch Pander-Jager machine, piloted by Geysendorfer and Astes, was destroyed while taking off from Bamyouli aerodrome to-night. ...
Article : 82 wordsAbout 5.20 p. m. on Saturday a men standing at the corner of Swenston and Little Collins streets heard a crash of breaking glass, and saw a man running ...
Article : 76 wordsWhen a s[?]den car overturned at the intersection of High and Darebin streets, Northcore, following a collision with another car late last night. Mrs. Hilda ...
Article : 58 wordsWODONGA, Saturday. -- Along the course of the Murray there is no definite sign of that stream receding. In the upper reaches the cost of replacing ...
Article : 200 wordsAt the invitation of the Essendon branch of the R. S. S. I. L. A., a party of about forty man from the Sussex, Diomede, Dunedin and Carhorra were entertained at dinner at the ...
Article : 130 wordsBitter criticism of Indian reform [?]posals embodied in the Governments White Paper was expressed by Mr. Rajendra Prosed, presiding at the 48th ...
Article : 364 wordsGEELONG, Sunday. -- Following upon the collision of a motor car with a street tree in Corio-terrace en Saturday afternoon. William Hickman Smith, 56 years, ...
Article : 66 wordsWright and Polando, who made a forced landing in Persia, have withdrawn from the race. Wright says that an air lock in the ...
Article : 189 wordsA procession, arranged by the Combined Brunswick Lodges' Centenary Celebrations Committee was held yesterday. Starting from Park- street on the southern boundary, it went ...
Article : 176 wordsAt the annual conference of the Clerks' Union, which was concluded at the week end, it was resolved to instruct all branches that when considering claims ...
Article : 226 wordsSALE, Sunday. -- Owing to a defect in the steering gear, a car driven by Gilbert Garrett, of Longford, ran into the river at the punt lane. When it was brought ...
Article : 52 wordsALBURY, Sunday. -- The Hume reservoir, after having been the means of preventing the most serious inundation of the Murray flats since 1917 by ...
Article : 261 wordsThere was a large attendance of members of the Albion-street, West Brunswick, [?]dist Church, as well as representatives of other churches, on Saturday afternoon. when ...
Article : 395 wordsOccupiers of the houses at Kensington and Macaulay which were invaded by water during the flood of Thursday took advantage of the drying weather ...
Article : 315 wordsYARRAM, Sunday. -- Whilst returning from Sale en Saturday a car, containing J. McPhee (driver), Mrs. McPhee and two passengers, met with an ...
Article : 63 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. -- Police patrol cars engaged in two exciting chases on Saturday night after alleged stolen cars. The first chase took place when a stolen ...
Article : 212 wordsWednesday next will be observed as a holiday by the baking trade in Melbourne and suburbs, in lleu of Wednesday, 21st November, which is one of the ...
Article : 406 wordsLEETON, Saturday. -- Joseph James Fuller, 25 years, a well-known footballer was driving a tractor at Mr. W. Taylor's farm to-day, and when crossing a drain ...
Article : 149 wordsThe remains of the New Zealand airmen, Cillman and Baines, who, while flying over Italy as competitors in the Melbourne race, crashed and were burnt ...
Article : 168 wordsDARWIN. Sunday. -- Mr. S. G. While, of Tatul, Havelock North, N. Z., arrived here at 1.15 p. m. on Saturday from England. He was first sighted flying from ...
Article : 153 wordsA further conference of land transport unions will be held shortly to consider proposals for closer organisation. The unions which conferred on the ...
Article : 85 wordsWELLINGTON, Sunday. -- The completion of New Zealand's biggest feat in electrical engineering was celebrated on Saturday, when the Governor-General ...
Article : 118 wordsURANA, Sunday. -- In consequence of the flood waters a large hole was made in the Urana dam. lately constructed, and a great body of water was backed ...
Article : 111 wordsA meeting of bread carters is advertised to be held in the Temperance Hall, Russell-street, Melbourne, to-morrow evening. Mr. J. Bedford, the former president of ...
Article : 73 wordsMr. Lean Skilling stated to-day that Mr. Ulm is testing a plane in England for his flight from Canada to Australia, which will probably start on 20th ...
Article : 114 wordsThe Eucharistic Congress authorities have arranged for seating accommodation for 25,000 people in the arena at the thow ground, with emergency seating for ...
Article : 255 wordsThe Australian girl filer Miss Freda Thompson, who left England on 27th September on a flight to Melbourne, and who subsequently crashed near Athens ...
Article : 67 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. -- When a motor launch caught on fire and sank at Windsor early this morning, Frederick Stevens, 14 years, of Willoughby, and ...
Article : 130 wordsThe Centenary picnic of 3AW -- the [?]rst yet organised -- was held at Williamstown Beach on Saturday, and proved a tremendous success, over 13,000 people ...
Article : 87 wordsThe diamond jubilee of the foundation of the Catholic Young Men's Society in Victoria was commemorated by a general communion in St. Patrick's ...
Article : 328 wordsMOE, Sunday. -- The heavy rains of last week caused one of the largest floods on record. The Latrobe River, with its many bends, was again ...
Article : 225 wordsPedestrians in Wellington- parade, East Melbourne, on Saturday, about 10 a. m., witnessed an exciting bolt in w[?]ca a horse attached to a milk cart careered ...
Article : 86 wordsIn order to express appreciation of the help given the Dutch pilots Parmentier and Moll at Albury a committee has been formed to collect ...
Article : 48 wordsSeveral soldier reunions took place on Saturday night, proving, as usual, happy affairs. That of the 23rd Battalion (Lieutenant F. J. Kirkwood presiding) ...
Article : 323 wordsLord Barnby, head of the British [?]dustrial Mission to Manchukuo, who has arrived here on the return trip to England, was reluctant to comment upon ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 160 wordsIn an article in the "Observer" the editor, Mr. J. L. Garvin, expatiates on the lessons of the air race, and urges the Government to reuse itself. He ...
Article : 76 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. -- When a launch valued at £1500 caught alight and was destroyed close to Manly Wharf to-night nine persons were obliged to Jump into ...
Article : 96 wordsORBOST, Sunday. -- An exciting incident occurred as people were returning to Orbost from the show grounds after the Duke' s visit. Mrs. John Morgan, ...
Article : 120 wordsPERTH, Sunday. -- Grave fears are entertained for the safety of the crew of a fishing boat. Fisherman sighted a submerged boat ten miles from Dongarra. ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 194 wordsMoving pictures of the finish of the air race, transmitted by wireless for the first time, after 67 hours' work, were shown in a hundred cinemas to-night. ...
Article : 64 wordsSaturday's heavy rain caused the Upper Yarra to rise considerably during Saturday night, but from 11 a. m. yesterday a slight but steady fall was recorded. ...
Article : 268 wordsMORNINGTON, Sunday. -- A special meeting of Mornington shire council was held on Friday night to deal with applications for the positions of shire ...
Article : 136 wordsCRESWICK, Sunday. -- At a special service in St. John's Church of England, Cr[?]swick this afternoon a memorial let to the memory of the late Sir ...
Article : 101 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. -- So badly damaged was the Sunbeam, a new speed boat, when it came into collision with another speed boat, the Miss Phyllis, whilst ...
Article : 98 wordsIn a radio message received by Guinea Airways Ltd.. Adelaide, from Lac, New Guinea, the general manager reports that the company's three-engined G.31 ...
Article : 54 wordsSYDNEY, Sunday. -- William Hopkins Jones, 50 years, of Ashfield, was killed instantly when he fell from a scaffold at an Ashfield fibre works on Saturday on ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Mon 29 Oct 1934, Page 10
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