On behalf of the Tenants' Proctection League, Mr. Don Cameron appeared to give evidence before the Royal commission on the high cost of living yesterday. ...
Article : 555 wordsOnly six romain of the delegates who attended the first conference at Warrnambool of the Australian Natives' Association, held in 1894. They are depicted in a merry mood in this group, from left to right, as follows, the year of their first conference beig in parentheses:—Mr. G. Wise (1887); Mr. G. Wise (1887); Mr. G. Fitzsimmons (1886, he was elected chief president in 1894), Sir Alexander Peacock (1882; he has missed the 1904 conference only), Messrs. T. Crosble (1891); T. Rust (1894), and J. Hume Cook (1891). ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 89 wordsEvidence in support of the claims of the Actors' Federation was given in No. 3 Arbitration Court yesterday, before Mr. Deputy President Webb, by william Hall, ...
Article : 688 wordsIn this composite group, photographed at the civic reception given yesterday by the Lord Mayor (Councillor W. Brunton) to the general secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society in England (the Rev. J. H. Ritson), from left to right are:—Front row—Mr. Snowball, M.L.A., and Dr. W. H. Fitchett; centre row—Mr. Ritson, the Lord Mayor, and Archbishop Lees; standing—the Bishop of Bendigo (the Rev. D. Baker), the former general ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 109 wordsImbedded in a block of granite in the State Electricity Commission's building, William street, is a remarkable fossil. Mr. F. Chapman, paleontologist to the National Museum, states:—"In this Devonian marble of Buchan is a fossilised coral reef with shells, limy plants, and sponges consolidated by calcareous mud into a compact rock. The curious object photographed is a remarkably interesting specimen of a cup-shaped sponge, known as ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 121 wordsHenry Louis Benjamin, bookmaker, of Toorak road, South Yarra, appeared in the City Court yesterday on a charge of having on March 17 wilfully damaged a poster ...
Article : 633 wordsAlbert Edward Arms, who was acquitted by the jury in the Criminal Court on Wednesday on a charge arising out of the alleged Melbourne Gaol[?] plot, was before ...
Article : 517 wordsIn the Alexandra Gardens is a quaint old "weather prophot," in the form of a tiny cottage with two little figures, one representing "Fair Weather," in the form of a girl in summer clothes, and one "Rain," a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 77 wordsThe Minister for Education (Sir Alexander Peacock) and the director of Education (Mr. F. Tate) yesterday officially opened the new playing oval of the Warrnambool State school, upon which £1,200 has been expended by the department. Scholars paraded on the oval on Wednesday are shown. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 54 wordsMore than 12 hours of practically continuous and heavy rain flooded the low-lying areas of South Melbourne and Montigue yesterday Some streets were inundated with several feet of water strotching from fence to fence. Vehicles are shown in one of these thoroughfares; horses made slow but sure headway, but the motor came to grief, [?] ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 59 wordsIt is estimated that had fine weather prevailed nearly 2,000 excursionists would have made a trip down the bay on the occasion of the Victorian Police Association's picnic yesterday. Heavy rain, however, thinned the numbers down to a handful of enthusiasts, who, with mackintoshes, goloshes, and umbrellas, straggled down the rainswept pier. Picnikers are shown [?]ing board [?] steamer W[?] ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 59 wordsEdward Treloar and Albert Ormond Potts appeared before Judge Dethridge in General Sessions yesterday for sentence on [?]arges of having conspired to defraud the ...
Article : 220 wordsAn action arising out of the first premium paid in connection with an insurance policy was heard before Judge Wotley in the County Court yesterday. John ...
Article : 314 wordsMiss Dulc[?]e Lambourne left a motor-car belonging [?] her mother standing in Rathmines grove. Auburn, [?]tside her home, on the evening of March 19. [?]on afterwards she went out again, and found that ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 28 Mar 1924, Page 9
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