With surprising rapidity the main hall of the Melbourne Town Hall was destroyed by fire which occurred at a quarter-past 1 o'clock yesterday morning. Although the cause of the outbreak is unknown, it is believed that the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 2,531 wordsThe destruction, by fire, of the Town Hall organ means the disappearance of a historic and important instrument. It was built, in the first instance, by the ...
Article : 281 wordsAlthough arrangements have been mad[?] for Galli-Curci, the Italian-America[?] prima donna, to open an Australian tour with a series of 12 concerts in Melbourn[?] ...
Article : 132 wordsAt an early hour yesterday morning th[?] town clerk (Mr. W. V. McCall) opened the corporation strong-room, and made [?] summary of the distribution of insurances. ...
Article : 382 wordsIn an old handbook issued in 1859, it is stated that "the Town Hall, Swanston street, is a large stone building where the business of the corporation is transacted. ...
Article : 919 wordsDisturbed by the clanging bells on fire carts, lodgers at the Victoria Coffee Palace, who were sleeping in rooms facing Collins street, were horrified to see flames and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,188 wordsOne of the early arrivals at the Town Hall was the city engineer (Mr. H. E. Morton), who, before 3 o'clock on Sunday morning, had inspected the damage with ...
Article : 347 wordsAmong the visitors to the Town Hall yesterday to inspect the debris were several leading musicians who have appeared in the hall on different occasions. Mr. ...
Article : 148 words"I had just returned to the Town Hall police depot in the basement at 1 o'clock," said Senior-constable A. J. Kohn, "and was eating my supper with other constables, ...
Article : 571 wordsConstables on duty at the entrances to the Town Hall buildings, a few small blackened pieces of timber lying on the footpath in Collins street, and a heap of ashes in the ...
Article : 117 wordsAfter an inspection of the ruined hall, in which the firemen were still subduing the last flickering flames, the Lord Mayor (Councillor W. Brunton) said that the ...
Article : 269 wordsIn the pauels between the pi[?]rs on the eastern and western walls of the main hall where hung the full-length portraits in oils of 16 former Mayors and Lord Mayors ...
Article : 316 words"A special meeting of the council will be called to consider the position created by the fire, and the measures to be taken to provide the citizens with a hall," said ...
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Advertising : 116 wordsJanuary and February are regarded as the slackest months of the year in Town Hall booking. Only one entertainment h[?] been held this year in the main hall—that ...
Article : 149 wordsUnder a patrol system the Town Hall and administrative buildings are under the constant care of watchmen. The hall [?]ttendant (Mr. J. Dewar) being away [?] ...
Article : 533 words[?]yed at Sydney. See [?] [?] "The Australasian [?] Sat., Jan. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 2 Feb 1925, Page 11
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