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  2. CHINESE CLAIMS DAMAGES.

    Loucy O'Kang, a ten hawker, of Celestial avenue, Melbourne, brough an action for damages against Frank Hewitt, of Coora road, Oakleigh, before Judge Dethridge ...

    Article : 891 words
  3. DANGER-SIGN ON HAWTHORN BRIDGE.

    Since Wednesday trams to East Kew have stopped running over Hawthorn Bridge owing to the subsidence of supporting piers rendering it unsafe for heavy traffic. To rebuild the bridge will cost £112,000, and to repair it £30,000. The Power street tram alone ventures across the faulty structure at a speed of four miles an hour. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 58 words
  4. DIVER AT WORK IN RIVER.

    After the remarkable mishap to the large piledriver working on the new coal wharves, which collapsed and precipitated three workmen into the river on Monday, a diver was kept busy yesterday in salvage work. The woodwork was raised above water level, and is visible in the foreground of the picture. The diver descended to recover the donkey-engine from the muddy river bed. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 67 words
  5. PROMISSORY NOTE NOT MET.

    Before Mr.Justice Mann, in the Banco Court yesterday,James Shicls, of Loch street, St.Kilda, brought an action against Colin Mcsser, of Flinders lane, Melbourne, ...

    Article : 649 words
  6. COURT RULE OVERLOOKED.

    Failure on the part of the newspapers to observe rule 22 of order 22 of the Supreme Court rules led to a spirited argument before Mr.Justice Mcarthur, in the First ...

    Article : 1,823 words
  7. BROADCASTING TOWERS.

    At the new station of the Melbourne Broadcasting Company, Braybrook, to be opened shortly, 200ft. steel lattice towers are erected. The station will broadcast at ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 52 words
  8. RACING STALLION ARRIVES.

    All Prince, a noted English stallion, arrived safely by the Port Sydney yesterday, consigned to John Sanderson and Company for Adamson, Mackinnon, and Cox. By Prince Palatine from All Green, this eightyear-old-stallion will be sent to Mr. A. T. Creswick's stud at Liewah. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 51 words
  9. HORSE THAT FELL.

    Before Judge Moule, in the County Court yesterday, Lonis Austin Sallman, of High street, Malvern, claimed from William G. Harders, of Horsham, stock and ...

    Article : 252 words
  10. OVERSEAS LINER BERTHS IN RIVER DOCK.

    One of the largest overseas vessels to steam up the Yarra is the Commonwealth and Dominion liner Port Sydney (9,136 tons), which made an impressive entrance into Victoria Dock yesterday morning. Eventually, under the Harbour Trust's reconstruction project, vessels drawing up to 32ft. of water will be able to find accommodation at the Victoria and Appleton Docks. The Port Sydney left Antwerp on June 5 and London on ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 76 words
  11. WATTLE'S GOLD ATTRACTS TOURISTS.

    Heralding the approach of spring, the wattle is now almost in its full glory at Hurstbridge, Diamond Creek, and the nearer mountain resorts, while here and there along there aside roadways a touch of gold indicates early flowering. The Cootamundra wattle, from New South Wales (illustrated), is best known to week-end tourists, though all true wattle-lovers look forward to the later flowering of Acacia pyenantha. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 69 words
  12. TRADE MARK INFRINGED.

    Reserved judgment was given by Mr. Justice Schutt in the Practice Court yesterday in a case in which Joseph Charles Day, trading as Joseph Lyddy, of Little ...

    Article : 496 words
  13. WOMAN DEEMED INSANE.

    In the Criminal Court yesterday the Crown prosecutor (Mr. Macindoe) said that there would be no further Court proceedings against Alice Maude Dodds, who had ...

    Article : 55 words
  14. PRISONERS SENTENCED.

    Several pri[?]ences who had pleaded guilty, or who had been found guilty, were brought before Mr. Justice Macfarlan in the Criminal Court yesterday for sentence. ...

    Article : 779 words
  15. CONSTABLE AS LOCKSMITH.

    A clever invention of Constable Phillipps, of the motor police, is a patent lock which cannot be picked nor damaged by burglars, in this nent working model illustrated, A is the lock controlling s, the double vertical bolt which shoots into sockets above and below the doorway. If ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 83 words
  16. FREE SOUP FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN.

    Of the varied charitable activities of the Brunswick Street Methodist Mission, Fitzroy, none is more popular than the tri-weekly distribution of free soup to little felk, who come from near and far with billyeans, jugs, and bowls for a family allowance, The Rev. V. Trigge ladled the soup out of the belling cauldron yesterday, while Sister Winnie saw that each applicant had a proper share. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 76 words
  17. BROTHERS AT VARIANCE.

    Before Messrs. J.H.Mcliean, P.O'Callaghan, T.Carlyle, W. Kennedy, and J. Carroll, J.P.'s, at the Flemington Court on Tuesday, Thomas Coulahan, of Warrick street, Ascotvake, was ...

    Article : 381 words
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