This picture on the [?] of the historic race of 1890, when Carb[?]e won with 10st. [?]., was lent by Mr. W.J. Bloxom, of Richmond. Highborn (6st. 8lb.) was second, and Correz. (7st. 3lb.)third. Carbine won by two and a half lengths, with half a length between second and third. The time was 3 min. 28¼sec. The fashions of 32 years ago look very quaint. It is evident that the man in the right foreground did not back Carbine. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 81 wordsMr. F. Vanderkelen, the ex-consul for Belgium, who returned to Melbourne last week, after a visit to Europe extending over four years, said that, since the ...
Article : 282 wordsIt appears probable that the Noxious Weeds and Vermin Hill will shortly be placed on the Statute Book, and it is to be sincerely hoped that no delay will take ...
Article : 1,307 wordsFrancis Corbett, aged 21 years, appeared at the Collingwood Court on Monday to answer a charge of having insufficient means of support. ...
Article : 162 wordsThis picture of Carbino was taken a few months before he died. It was the last ever taken. The great horse died on June 10, 1914, at Welbeck Abbey, England, the residence of the Duke of Portland. He was then aged 29 years. The Duke had Carbine's hoofs mounted in gold, and one of them is now in the possession of the Victoria Racing Club. The other three are at Welbeck Abbey. Mr. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 96 wordsA deputation is to wait upon the Railways Commissioners to-morrow to urge that greater facilities than are provided by the shed now in course of construction should be given for the handling of chaff, onions, potatoes, and other produce at the Spencer street railway yards. The shed being built, a picture of which was published a few days ago, is 560ft. long and only 41ft. wide. The illustration above is of the Sydney produce shed, which is 957ft. long by 201ft. wide, and has a wide macadamised road down its whole length to facilitate the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 101 words[?] the thousands of people who pass through the Flinders street railway yards daily realise how complex the system of lines [?]. This view, taken from the bridge near Prince's [?] station, gives [?] idea of the maze of lines over which the southern and eastern suburban traffic and the Gippsland and Mornington country trains pass. A few years ago the Railways department had a cinematograph record taken of six passenger trains passing one another at the same moment at a spot in about the centre of the picture. This was then considered a remarkable event. It now happens daily. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 176 wordsJohn Williamson, aged 42 years, t[?]lenmker, was charged in the City Court yesterday with having been in possession of a tin trunk, a suitcase, and a rug, suspected of having been stolen. ...
Article : 153 wordsCanon Hughes presided at a meeting of the joint council for religious instruction in schools which met in the Presbyterian Assembly Hall on Thursday, The council publishes ...
Article : 133 wordsNumbers of Macquarie perch have been liberated in the Yarra near Templestowe by the Fisheries department, and have been providing good sport, but the ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 7 Nov 1922, Page 7
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