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  2. MOTOR-CYCLISTS COLLIDE.

    Each travelling at more than 50 miles an hour, R. E. Dowel and H. Thornton, two competitors in the Victorian Motor-Cycle Club's 25 miles road race on Saturday, ...

    Article : 862 words
  3. FIRES AT FITZROY.

    Between 11 and 12 o' clock on Sunday morning a fire occurred at a shop occupied by Mr. S. Friedman, cup manufacturer, in Johnson street, Fitzroy, Before the ...

    Article : 506 words
  4. MUSIC AND DRAMA.

    The most interesting part, of the performance of "Patience" on Saturday evening was the keenness with which a modern audience appreciated all the satire directed ...

    Article : 905 words
  5. CRITISH ASSOCIATION.

    During the week-end the visiting scientists scattered themselves over Victoria. There were excursions by train, by motor— and there was to have been one by sen, it ...

    Article : 5,085 words
  6. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    The civilian rifleman of the Commonwealth is proving himself the handy man he has long since fitted himself to be. From the commencement of hostilities in Europe, and particularly since ...

    Article : 1,429 words
  7. HOYT'S OLYMPIA.

    All tastes were catered for in the picture programme presented at Hoyt's Olympia on Saturday. There was again a crowded house, and hundreds had to be ...

    Article : 177 words
  8. A GERMAN ARMED AUTOMOBILE.

    The illustration shows a 7.1-em. Krupp gun in position for travelling. These guns are said to range for some eight miles when fired at an elevation of 45deg. Three gunners are carried on the car to work the gun, and they are securely protected from the effects of rifle fire by means of the bullet-proof shield. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  9. A FRENCH FIGHTING AEROPLANE.

    French military aviators have already demonstrated the effectivencess of the acroplane, both for observation purposes, and as a means of attack in the European war. The simple, yet effective, gun-mounting adopted on the French miltiary monoplane illustrates the progress which France has made in acrial armament. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 63 words
  10. WEST'S PICTURES.

    The Life of Queen Victoria continues to appeal to national sentiment at West's. This motion picture record of the Empire's history during the Victorian cra has a ...

    Article : 207 words
  11. TIVOLI THEATRE.

    There was an appreciable charge in the programme at the Tivoli Theatre on Saturday evening, and the recongnised standard of merit at the favourite place of ...

    Article : 377 words
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  13. THE FIREFLIES.

    There was another crowded house at the performance of the Fireflices in the Athen[?]nm Hall on Saturday night, and ther new programme which was presented was ...

    Article : 731 words
  14. INFANTS MURDERED.

    Inquests were held by the coroner (Dr. R. H. Cole) at the Morgue on Saturday concerning two newly born children, whose deathes, were caused by violence. On ...

    Article : 223 words
  15. "OUT NETS!" ON A BRITISH WARSHIP.

    According to the "Naval Annual" of 1914. the use of net defence against torpedoes has been discontinned on the latest ships of the British fleet, though the Admiralty's reason for the discontnuance has not been tated. It has long been reeognised, however, that the nets defence—which consist of steel-linked chain nels siis-pended from booms over the warship's sides and extending for some depth below the vessel—is of little use except when the warship is at anchor. Should the nets ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 201 words
  16. THE RAILWAYS.

    Consideration will be given by the Railway Commissioners to the question of preventing delays at the level crossing near the Northcote station. For a long time past ...

    Article : 135 words
  17. BRIGHTON CEMETERY.

    The Brighton Progress Association is moving in the direction of getting the trustees of the Brighton Cemetery to have an additional area made available for burial ...

    Article : 113 words
  18. BIJOU THEATRE.

    Every seat in the Bijon Theatre was filled by 8 o'clock on Saturday night, and many late comers were content to stand rather than miss the performance. "The Lost ...

    Article : 288 words
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