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  2. VALUE OF ELECTRICITY.

    Members of the South Australian Royal Commission on Manufactures and Secondary Industries held their first sitting in Melbourne at the State Parliament House ...

    Article : 1,420 words
  3. "LAZY" STRIKE CONTINUED ON TRAMWAYS.

    Conductors and drivers of tramcars continued to observe the letter of the Board's regulations yesterday, in accordance with the determination of the union to conduct a "lazy" strike. Inspectors were vigilant, but they had no power to prevent conductors from taking elaborate precautions before giving the signal to start the cars. Two inspectors in the city watching a conductor who looked round very carefully before ringing the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 73 words
  4. AMUNDSEN'S AIRSHIP LEAVING FOR A TRIAL FLIGHT.

    The Italian dirigible, Norge, built for the Amundsen polar expedition, leaving its hangar at the Campino aerodrome, Rome, for a trial flight. The Norge has arrived at Pulham (England) from Rome, to proceed later to Oslo (Norway), where Amundsen and Ellsworth will take command. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 51 words
  5. EMPIRE WIRELESS.

    BALLAN, Monday.—About half-way between [?] and Ballan, a few miles south of the Ballarat railway line, a small village is rapidly springing into existence ...

    Article : 1,676 words
  6. DANGEROUS DRUGS.

    Mrs. Alice Matlock was convicted at the City Court on January 6 on a charge of having had in her possession a dangerous drug, and was sentenced to be imprisoned ...

    Article : 308 words
  7. ARRIVALS BY THE ORAMA.

    A few of the passengers who reached Melbourne by the steamer Orama yesterday. Above—left, Sir Owen Cox, of Sydney; right—Captain C. Crocker, of the British War Office, who has come to place an army meat contract in Queensland. Below—Lieutenant-General Parnell, with his wife ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 58 words
  8. ARRIVALS BY THE STEAMER DIOGENES.

    Under the auspices of the Salvation Army, a large party of migrants, including war widows and children, reached Melbourne by the steamer Diogenes yesterday. Many of the women migrants will undertake domestic work. There were 62 migrants in the party under the charge of Mr. F. J. Greenwood and Mrs. M. Wright. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 57 words
  9. WRIT AGAINST COUNCIL.

    "You have failed to do anything which is of any use in a court of law," said Mr. Justice Mann, in the Practice Court yesterday, to Rupert Frederick Millane, of ...

    Article : 368 words
  10. SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ROYAL COMMISSION AT WORK.

    Sir John Monash, chairman of the Electricity Commission, yesterday gave evidence before the Royal Commission from South Australia which is inquiring into manufactures and secondary industries. He spoke of the relation between electric power and secondary industry. In the photograph from left to right round the table are:—Sir John Monash, Messrs. Anthoney and Whitford, M.L.A.'s, Mr. Morrow, M.L.C., Mr. Condon, M.L.A. (chairman), Mr. Gluyas, M.L.C., Messrs. Vardon and Harvey, M.L.A.'s, and the secretary, Mr. W. Smith. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 84 words
  11. SHAKESPEARIAN THEATRE FIRE.

    On March 6 the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-on-Avon was destroyed by fire, and the picture gallery and museum connected with it were saved with difficulty. A movement is now on foot to rebuild the theatre, and a subscription list is open in the columns of "The Argus." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 51 words
  12. RAILWAYS ARBITRATION.

    Before Deputy President Sir John Quick, in the Commonwealth Arbitration Court yesterday, the hearing of the case of the Australian Railways Union against the ...

    Article : 746 words
  13. CAPTAIN KEPPEL-PALMER LEAVES FOR SOUTH AMERICA.

    Friends saying "good-bye" to Captain Keppel-Palmer, formerly private secretary to Lord Stradbroke, who left Melbourne with his wife yesterday on the first stage of a holiday trip to South America. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 35 words
  14. WIRELESS STATION AT BALLAN.

    In a few months the first tests of the new beam wireless station for communication with England will be carried out. The masts erectod at the station are 250ft. high and 660ft. apart. The beam is transmitted at right angles to the line of masts. A description of the new station appears in the news columns to-day. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 62 words
  15. ROBBERY AT MELTON.

    Having been arrested at Maribyraong Bridge, Flemington, by the police motor patrols on Sunday morning, two men alleged to have broken into a store at South Melton that morning, ...

    Article : 187 words
  16. UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF WATCH.

    Convicted at the City Court on Monday on a charge of having had in his actual possesion on April 7 a gold watch and chain which it was suspected had been stolen, James W. Bar[?], aged ...

    Article : 75 words
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