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  2. SMUGGLED OPIUM.

    One of the largest parcels of smuggled opium ever taken in Melbourne was discovered by a Harbour Trust employee yesterday morning at Victoria Dock. The ...

    Article : 586 words
  3. DIOCESE OF ST. ARNAUD.

    An important event in the history of the Anglican Church in Victoria will take place to-day, when in accordance with the provisions of the St. Arnaud Diocese ...

    Article : 922 words
  4. CONVERSION OF CHAPEL STREET TRAMWAY.

    The unusual spectacle of horses working with a plough along the track of the cable tramway caused much interest in Chapel street, Prahran, yesterday. To prepare tha bed of the roadway for the electric tram rails the earth had to be dug with ploughs. So far, the operations of the contractor for the conversion of the system extend from Toorak road to beyond the Prahran Town Hall, at the corner of Chapel and Greville streets. Transport services are being maintained by motor-'buses. It is expected that the work of conversion will be completed before Christmas. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 101 words
  5. VOYAGE OF 125 DAYS COMPLETED.

    Amid the rush and bustle of the early morning activities at the wharves along the Yarra yesterday, when swiftly moving vehicles passed along the roadways, a contrast was presented when a [?]ug, drawing this picturesque vessel, passed up the river from an anchorage in Hobson's Bay. The four-masted barque Archibald Russell occupied 125 days in making the trip from Sundsvaal, on the Baltic Sea, to Melbourne, with a cargo of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 78 words
  6. SEIZED BY POLICE.

    Police on duty at Victoria Dock yesterday found two cornsacks on one of the wharves. The contents of the bags, one of which is shown in the photograph, were examined and opium valued at approximately ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 73 words
  7. ANIMALS FOR THE "EAST."

    By the Tanda yesterday many animals were shipped to ports in China and Japan. Each animal was subjected to close examination, and the picture shows Mr. R. N. Wardle, Government veterinary officer, ex ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 45 words
  8. INTERPRETING A JUDGMENT.

    Miss Jean Frances Love, attorney under power for her mother, appeared before Mr. Justice Schutt, in the Practice Court yesterday, in support of a notice of ...

    Article : 376 words
  9. ASSISTING MISSION WORKERS.

    Busy scenes were witnessed at Wirth's Park yesterday, where final preparations were being made for the opening of the "Pacific at School" exhibition, organised by the Australian Board of Missions. Miss ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 54 words
  10. CONSECRATED AS BISHOP.

    At St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday morning the Ven. Archdeacon M. C. James, of Ballarat (left), was consecrated by Archbishop Loes (right) as Bishop of the new Diocese of St. Arnaud. The ceremony of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 49 words
  11. NORTH-WEST AUSTRALIA.

    Some facts about Northern Australia," was the title of an address given to members of the Rotary Club yesterday by Mr. C. R. Herscbell, who showed many lantern ...

    Article : 545 words
  12. BLOOD STOCK FOR TIMOR.

    On behalf of Mr. Kellie Smith, a Scotsman, who has large pastoral interests in the island of Timor, a consignment of Australian blood stock was shipped in the ...

    Article : 150 words
  13. CANVAS BY A. E. NEWBURY.

    Indulging his apparent partiality for views of distant landscapes framed by trees, Mr. A. E. Newbury, who is exhibiting at the Athen[?]um Gallery, has captured the spirit of Australian bush scenery in his canvas "Mellowing Light." A feature of the work is the cloud treatment. The hills in the distance are of a delicate blue, with a light over the trees in the foreground, and the work presents a most pleasing pirture. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. WORK OF MISSION SCHOOL CHILDREN.

    Organised by the Australian Board of Missions, an exhibition of work by school children at the various mission stations in the Pacific islands will be opened to-day by the director of Education, Mr. Frank Tate, at Wirth's Park. The picture shows a stall containing Eastern ouriosities, which will be one of many of a similar type at the exhibition. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 66 words
  15. RINGWOOD BUILDING BY-LAW.

    Mr. Justice Schutt, in the Practice Court yesterday reserved judgment, after hearing argument, on the rule nisi calling upon the Ringwood Borough Council to show ...

    Article : 141 words
  16. PACIFIC AT SCHOOL.

    The director of Education (Mr. F. Tate) will open the "Pacific at School" Exhibition and Fair at Wirth's Olympia this afternoon. The exhibitionm, which is ...

    Article : 109 words
  17. THEFT IN HOTEL.

    Having pleaded guilly to a charge of having stolen 11 dress and a silver teapot from the Post-office Hotel, Chapel street, Prabran at 6 o'clock on the evening of September 24, Percival Walker, labourer, ...

    Article : 83 words
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