TORONTO, Nov.14— It is considered that this country is on the high road to better times. Babson's Statistical Bureau of Boston has ennumcrated seven reasons ...
Article : 1,150 wordsFlooded to a depth of several fett the subway at Mordialloc yesterday prevented egress from the station to the few-who, In spite of the downpour, determined to adhere to their holiday programme. Late In the afternoon the steady drizzle was Increasing the expanse of flood-waters. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 50 wordsAll along the foreshore of the bay from Mordialloc to Mornington are thousands of week-end and'holiday cottages, the occupants of which, confined indoors by the steady downpour yesterday, wero sorely triod by the depressing holiday weather. Music came to the aid of many a band of optimists, who, with banjo and ukiilelo, did. their best to make merry on the rain-swept back porch. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 69 wordsLONDON,,. Nov. 20.—With 1,250,000 reistered unemployed in Great Britain. it is a standing wonder why the British Labour party is not working body, soul, ...
Article : 912 wordsMost doserving of pity,perhaps; of all the holiday-makers whoso Boxing. Cay vacation was ruined by rain were the campers, who found' it Dffficuit Indee'd to"be cheerful,under.damp canvas,, with no prospect of,the weather clearing. There was a brisk demand for spades and shovels early yesterday morning to drain water away "'from' the camps. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 65 wordsInstead,of throngs of gaily dressed holiday-makers, bathers, yachtsmen, and the Inevitable rows of fishermen, the pler at Mordialloc yesterday, in the height of the holiday season,'was desers. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 32 wordsOn Christmas Day a carnival was opened in the Mordialloc showgrounds for foreshore improvement funds. Yesterday officials gathered on the rain-washed road in front of the deserted grounds, and, after a unanimous vote of censure on the weather, decided to postpone the event. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 47 wordsThe camp mascot of a cheerful party or youths from ono of the Melbourne orphanages who encamped at Carrum for the holidays was a young goat, which was blamed for the bad weather. But the "scapegoat" bleated a denial of responsibility. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 50 wordsIn the heart of Brighton, surrounded by villas, and within four minutes of the Middle Brighton station, is a fine crop of hay, belonging to. Mr. J. H. Higgins, of Dendy street. Now cut ard stooked, this remarkable suburbancrop is the object of much interest in the district. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 54 wordsHoly Trinity Church, Port Melbourne, will celobrate its 70th anniversary to-morrow, an iron church having been built on a church tent site at Sandridge in 1854. The original application for a church, area was made.by Bishop Perry on December 23, 1851, the year In which, gold was discovered in ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 56 wordsAs far as could be seen.along all the stretch of bathing beach from Mordialloc to Carrum yesterday only two bathers defied the downpour. For-five bleak minutes they lont life and colour to the beach, then loft it deserted, as 'in midwinter. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 36 wordsThe Chief Secretary (Dr. Argyle) will not disclose at present the recommendations contained in the report he has received.from the head of the.criminal ...
Article : 101 wordsA man who gave his name as Clifford Johnson was admitted to the St. Vincent's Hospital at 6 o'clock on Christmas Day suffring from concussion of the brain. He stated that htit lie was ...
Article : 117 wordsDuring' ii recent trip to England Mr. L. J.Wrigley, senior inspector of Victorian secondary schools, visited a large number of schools of various types. He ...
Article : 276 wordsFounded only a year ago, the Mentono Girls' Grammar School has established itself as a modern.seaside scholastic Institution, lt is the property of debenture-holders, mostly district resIdents, and Is controlled by a council selected by them. The president is Mr.J.Allan Anderson, and the head mistressis Miss E.M.Pearson. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 35 wordsFounded by Mr.C. H. Rendall, M.A.,.one of the foremost classical scholars of Victoria,In 1892, Haileybury College,at the corner, of South road and New street," Brighton Beach, is fortunately situated within a stene's throw of the beach and baths, The head master is Mr.S.R.Dickinson. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 29 wordsA cyclist snatched a handbag from Miss J. O'Connor, music teacher, of Park street, West Brunswick, when she was walking near her home on Monday. The man was riding on the ...
Article : 101 wordsPerey Kennedy, Ross streert, Port Melbourne, was charged at the Brunswick Court on Wednesday with having driven a motor-cycle at a speed langerous to the public. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 27 Dec 1924, Page 9
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