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  2. COMMISSION ON BETS.

    Hearing of the action in which Leslic Danaher Speneer is suing John Pierce for £119 and £156, alleged to be due for money paid and as commission on bets ...

    Article : 449 words
  3. COUNSEL AS DEMONSTRATORS.

    Somewhere, there is recorded a defence which was lodged in an action known us the "Pot" case. The defence was that the pot had never been borrowed, that the ...

    Article : 689 words
  4. MELBOURNE'S 89th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATED.

    In 1835 the City of Melbourne was foundod. The 89th birthday of the city was celebrated last night in the Queen's Hall by a number of pianeo[?]s. This old engraving (reproduced by the Crown Lands department 43 years ago) depicts Melbourne (viewed from the south side of the Yarra) in 1839. Few cities in the history of civilisation have made such progress in two generations. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 72 words
  5. MELBOURNE POTTER AND HIS ART.

    Mr. Merrie Boyd, brother of the late Mr. Ponleigh Boyd, the noted artist, is one of the pioneers in the production in Melbourne of hand-made pottery in typical Australian designs of flora and fauna. An ex[?]tion of his craftsmanship was opened yesterday at the Melbourne Book Club, 193 Collins street. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 56 words
  6. ORGANISING FOR STATE ELECTIONS.

    With only a month before the State elections, Mr. J. Gilder. State electoral officer, was busy yesterday completing his organsation, the details of which extend to the smallest polling booth in the farthest corner of the State. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 42 words
  7. SEAMAN SENT TO PRISON.

    The arrest of James Newton, aged 38 years, a seaman, in a lane off Spring street, Port Melbourne, early on the morning of May 18, and the discovery of a hack-saw ...

    Article : 355 words
  8. TAXATION EXPERT'S FEE.

    A settlement was announced in the [?] Court yesterday in the action brought by John Vivian Montgomery Wood, carrying on business as J. V. M. ...

    Article : 352 words
  9. FAREWELL TO VICTORIAN AND TASMANIAN SCOUTS.

    By the liner Hobson's Bay on Wednesday 84 boy scouts, comprising 71 selected from Victorian and 13 from Tasmanian troops, will sail for London, where they will attend the Empire Jamboree at Wembley before taking part in the international demonstration at Copenhagen. They were the guests at Stonnington yesterday of His Excellency the Governor (the Earl of Stradbroke), who, with the Countess of Stradbroke, gave the left-hand shake of fellowing as the scouts filed past their hosts. On the left is Commissioneer-in-Charge E. H. C. Russell. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 94 words
  10. VACATION SCHOOL OPENING.

    A dignified figure in the resplendont robes of his office, the chancellor of the Melbourne Univenlty (Sir John MacFarland) presided yesterday at the Inaugural meeting of the University vacation school. At the entrance he greeted His Excellency the Governor (the Earl of Stradbroke), who ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 52 words
  11. JUDICIARY ACT ATTACKED.

    Mr. Dixon, K.C., and Mr. Russell Martin (instructed by Mr. C. Crowley, of the Commonwealth Crown solicitor's office) yesterday applied, on behalf of the ...

    Article : 189 words
  12. SALE FALLS THROUGH.

    Before Judge Wasley, in the County Court yesterday, Norman Colepsen, Towt sued James John Marshall and Leslie Henry Haslam, carrying on business as J. J. Marshall and Company. ...

    Article : 383 words
  13. ACCUSED OF MURDER.

    Another application for bail for John Norman Gray, who has been committed for trial on a charge of having murdered his w[?], Veronica Gray, at Stawell, was made ...

    Article : 410 words
  14. CIGARETTES AFTER HOURS.

    On the information of Gorden Charles Danger, field, inspector of factories and shope, C. Black, of 56 Swa[?]ston street, was charged at the District Court before Mr. D. Grant P.M., on Monday ...

    Article : 379 words
  15. DOUBLE WEDDING AT TRAVELLERS' AID SOCIETY.

    The helping hand of the Travellers' Aid Society was extended yesterday in unusual circumstances to two now arrivals by the Ballarat, who became the brides at a double wodding, and were subsequently the guests of the society at a wedding breakfast. The bridegrooms are, both new settlers of 18 months' residence in Victoria. After the ceremony at St. John's Church, Latrobo street, in this group, from left to right, woro:— Front row, the Rev. F. A. Ray (Church of England immigration chaplain; Mr. J. F. Richardson (bridegroom); Mrs. Ada Molineux (bride); Miss Susan Headlam (bride); Mr. F. Lorains (bridegroom); Miss Joan Duncan (bridesmaid); the Rev. Aiaslie Yeates. Back flow:—Mrs. Steward (travellers' helper); Miss Nest Malcolm (general secretary of the society). ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 134 words
  16. CHARGE OF RECEIVING FAILS.

    Gorden Alexander MacPherson, uphol[?]terer, was charged before Mr. Justlie McArthur, [?] the Criminal Court yesterday, with having received a quantity of goods valued at £13, the ...

    Article : 181 words
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