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  2. GENERAL RAIN CONTINUES.

    Victoria has benefited considerable from the general rains of the last few days Beneficial falls of a moderate character were again reported from all districts in ...

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  4. SOCIAL EVENTS.

    The Athenaum Hall held a large gathering yesterday afternoon, when His Excellency the Governor (Lord Somers) opened an exhibition of paintings by Mr. ...

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  5. BUTTER MARKETING.

    Members of the Australian Dairy Produce Control Board met in Melbourne on Wednesday, and discussed several important matters relating to the overseas ...

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  6. THE KING'S ENGLISH.

    Sir,—If the Kings English extends to words derived from foreign sources, there is considerable room for lmprovement in pronunciation and writing. French words, ...

    Article : 237 words
  7. WIRELESS SERVICES.

    SYDNEY, Thursday. —Giving evidence this morning before the Royal commission on wireless Mr. Herbert Campbell Jones, managing director and deputy chairman ...

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  8. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—I read with great interest the article on the necessity for speaking pure English. I have several children at one of our leading public schools, and their ...

    Article : 231 words
  9. PADDOCK TRAGEDY.

    BRISBANE, Thursday. — An inquest was opened to-day regarding the circumstances of the death of Acting Police-Sergeant Cumming and Mrs. Eileen Walsh, ...

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  10. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—All lovers of good English will hail with pleasure the discussion now in progress. Is not the University of Melbourne in some degree responsible for the lessened ...

    Article : 234 words
  11. WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES.

    At the Playhouse on Monday night La Masque Dramatique staged two original plays before an interested audience. "The Burglar," by Loveday Hills, was well played by its author and Messrs. ...

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  12. TRAFFIC PROSECUTIONS.

    At the Preston Court on Thursday, before Mr. J.W.K. Freeman, P.M., and Messrs, E. Lewis [?] J.T.Ellison, J.P.'s, James Mcgrath, builder, [?] street, Northcote, was charged that on ...

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  13. BROADCAST LECTURE ON ITALY.

    Officials at 3LO have arranged with Brigadier-General Charles Rudkin, a former member of the British House of Commons, who is in Australia on a lecture tour, to give ...

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  14. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir—Is not your contributor who has "no time" for slang in the position of the American lady who formed a society for the suppression of slang, and remarked, ...

    Article : 68 words
  15. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—Sir John Monash and Mr. Lee Neil both use the expression "bad grammer." In my young days I was taught that a sentence might be incorrect or ungrammatical, ...

    Article : 86 words
  16. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—There is one error in pronunciation which has not been alluded to by correspondents which is not exclusively Australian. I refer to the addition of the ...

    Article : 134 words
  17. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—The suggestion that a "better speech week" be held in Melbourne is a worthy one and, with the help of 3LO, much valuable assistance would be tendered to parents ...

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  18. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir —It is to be hoped that the discussion on this subject will result in checking the present tendency to weaken and degrade our noble and expressive mother tongue. The ...

    Article : 214 words
  19. GEELONG MUNICIPALITIES.

    GEELONG, Thursday. —The main subject discussed at the sixth meeting of the Geelong and district municipal conference held to-day was the question of ...

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  20. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—Novel having known anything but correct English to speak, it is only since my young brother entered the University that I have heard of an intriguing place called ...

    Article : 109 words
  21. NEW ZEALAND DAIRY BOARD.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday.—At a meeting of the Dairy Export Control Board Mr. Goodfellow, London representative of the board, who recently returned to New ...

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  22. THREW BOTTLE AT CONSTABLE.

    "Willam Monag[?], of Ferrars street South Melbourne, was charged at the South Melbourne Court on Wednesday, [?]fore Messrs. W. G. Smith. P.M., H. R. Jones, J. J. Rehan. P. J.'s, Esmonde, W.H. ...

    Article : 157 words
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