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  2. CRITIC OF LOST DOGS' HOME.

    Before Mr. Justice Mann[?] in the Third Civil Court yesterday, an action in which a number of persons who comprised the executive committee of the Lost Dogs' ...

    Article : 1,172 words
  3. HUMOUR IN ULTRA-MODERN ART.

    While there are many noble and beautiful works of art in the collection of European paintings gathered by the Melbourne artist, Mr. Penleigh Boyd, and now on exhibition at the Athenaeum, there are examples of futurist, cubist, and vorticist work which puzzle the uninitiated, and cause them to search the catalogue for the titles to the mysterious subjects. After close inspection it is sometimes possible to obtain a faint Idea of what the artist is striving to convey. One of the "gems" of the vorticist school Is "The Dance," by Claude Flight, a noted English exponent of the art, which is reproduced on the left. Another of this artist's remarkable efforts in designing rhythmic movement is "Buses in a London Street," on the right In the centre is a specimen of modern ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 152 words
  4. SHOTS FIRED IN CHASE.

    "This young fellow was apparently filled up with too many picture shows, and too much cheap literature," declared Mr. T. C. Brennan, in addressing the jury before ...

    Article : 432 words
  5. BROKEN HILL COMPANIES.

    Litigation and arbitration between the Junction North Broken Hill mine and the Broken Hill Proprietary, which had extended over seven years, came to an end ...

    Article : 1,163 words
  6. TO INCULCATE TIDY HABITS.

    Before commencing on a campaign of prosecution of citizens of untidy habits who litter the streets with tram tickets and rubbish, the City Council has decided to place 81 additional bins for the collection of such refuse on electric light standards throughout the city. Portion of the new issue is shown at the corporation storeyards, Dynon road. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. INTERESTED IN INFANT WELFARE.

    Members of the executive of the Kew branch of the Victorian Baby Health Centres are shown in this gr[?], taken at the annual meeting in the Kew Town Hall yesterday. From left to right are— Mrs. C[?] (vice-president), Mrs. Woolcock (president), Sister Cleveland, Mrs. Brent Robinson (hon. secretary), and Mrs. Potter (hon. treasurer). ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. BLIND BEGGAR DIES.

    When the names of John Caustin, aged 68 years, and Julia Caustin, aged 67 years, were called at the Collingwood Court yesterday, John Caustin failed to appear. ...

    Article : 402 words
  9. HIGH PRICE FOR CITY FREEHOLD.

    Almost the record price for city freehold has been paid in the transaction which has resulted in the purchase of portion of the London Stores building, at the corner of Elizabeth street and Bourke street, by London Stores Ltd., from the executors of the Benjamin estate. The price was £165,000, or £2 290 a foot on the Bourke street frontage of 72ft., excluding the building, valued at ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. NURSERY RHYME PAGEANT.

    To help to raise their quota of funds for the Young Women's Christian Association movement in foreign lands, senior club girls organised a pageant of nursery rhymes on Saturday in the Connibero Hall, Russell street. "The Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe" is depicted, with her decorated domicite; she is apparently about to castigate with her broomstick an unruly member of her large ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 74 words
  11. MALVERN LAND SYNDICATE.

    In the City Court yesterday, Lionel Morris, formerly subdivisional manager for T. J. O'Brien, land and estate agent, of Bourke street, was charged with having between August 22, 1922, ...

    Article : 768 words
  12. COUNCILLOR AS JUSTICE.

    Arthur King, a resident of Camberwell, yesterday appealed to the Full Court of Victoria against a decision of the Camberwell Court of Petty Sessions in fining him ...

    Article : 246 words
  13. EMPANELLING A JURY.

    When the Court of General Sessions re[?]amed its sittings yesterday a new panel of jurymen had to be sworn in. There was the usual batch of excuses put forward ...

    Article : 211 words
  14. FIRST ELECTRIC GOODS LOCOMOTIVE COMPLETED

    This is the first unit of two electric goods locomotives ordered by the Railways Commissioners for passenger, yard shunting, and goods work, and built in the Newport and Jolimont workshops, it is receiving finishing touches, and should have a trial run in a few days. The complete locomotive consists of two separate units, with a combined tractive power of about 37,000lb., at 15 miles an hour, or slightly more than the most powerful steam locomotive, the "C" class. Its important advantage is its economy, for when ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 119 words
  15. PERILOUS ADVERTISING WORK.

    In contrast with the vorticist specimens reproduced above, this picture may be entitled "Low Art" or "High Art," according to the viewpoint. The design was being painted high up on the wall of the Auditorium buildings yesterday by two experts, who combined the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 56 words
  16. GIRL'S STORY OF ASSAULT.

    The jury having failed to agree at the previous trial, there was a rehearing, before Judge Dethridge in General Sessions yesterday, of the charge laid against ...

    Article : 198 words
  17. DEATH IN JUROR'S FAMILY.

    Upon the resumption of a case in the Court of General Sessions yesterday morning, it was learned that one of the jurymen had sustained a family bereavement ...

    Article : 122 words
  18. NEGLIGENT DRIVER FINED.

    Consequent upon an accident which occurred at the corner of Flinders and Swanston streets on June 24, Harry Nottingham, of Seven street, Box Hill, motor-driver, appeared at the District ...

    Article : 220 words
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