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  2. SIGNED WITH A MARK.

    A will, roughly drawn in a motor-car outside the Melbourne Hospital and signed with a mark by a patient who was seriously ill with pneumonia in one of the ...

    Article : 791 words
  3. MOUNT VESUVIUS IN ERUPTION.

    Thousands of tourists are flocking to Naples, Italy, to see Mount Vesuvius, which has broken out into violent eruption, presenting a magnificent spectacle by day and a still more wonderful one by night. Scores of people stay up all night to watch it. Many of the instruments belonging to the observatory near the summit were lost in the overflowing lava. A view of Mount Vesuvius, with Naples and its famous bay in the foreground. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 78 words
  4. NEW AUSTRALIANS.

    Encouraging reports of successes in share farming achieved by immigrants who came out as farm labourers seem to indicate that this way of progress in country occupation ...

    Article : 1,560 words
  5. MONKEY TRICKS.

    In spite of the sevcre buffeting which the steamer Baron Minto experienced off the Now South Wales coast, Jacko, the ship's mascot, suffered no ill effects, and went through his tricks with apparent glee when the vessel berthed at Williamstown yesterday. He is here saluting the photographer. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 49 words
  6. UNIVERSITY BOXERS.

    The University boxing championships were decided yesterday. Top: E. C. W. Hyde, who was defeated for the novice middle-weight title by E. Byron ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 37 words
  7. FULL-RIGGED SHIP OVERDUE.

    The normal passage of a sailing ship from Willapa Harbour, near Puget Sound, to Melbourne occupies about 70 days, but though the full-rigged ship Tonawanda sailed on April 21, and is therefore 108 days out, she has not yet been sighted or spoken. She carries a cargo of timber for Melbourne. The Tonawanda under topsails. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 58 words
  8. PRISONER'S BAD RECKONING.

    On various grounds Charles Murray, a young man, appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday against his conviction on two charges of false pretences, ...

    Article : 518 words
  9. EXACTING TESTS OF SIX-WHEELED LORRY.

    Severe and exacting tests of the new War Office subsidy type of rigid six-wheeled Karrier motor-lorry recently carried out at Swan Hill by the British Imperial Oil Company were watched with interest by representatives of the Development and Migration Commission. Left: Mud l8 inches deep which the lorry, fitted with easily adjustable caterpillar tracks, negotiated without difficulty. Centro. The double wheels with War Offico pattern caterpillars fitted. Right: The lorry ploughing its way through the mud. Inset: A dash into the water, below which Is the mud. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 92 words
  10. THE GOVERNOR'S FIRST VISIT TO FOOTSCRAY.

    His Excelleney the Governor (Lord Somers) paid his first official visits to the City of Footscray yesterday afternoon. He was received by the mayor (Councillor D. O'Toole) at the town hall, and afterwards visited two of the factories including. that of the Mount Lyell Company. Left: Lerd Somers, In a fierce downpour of rain, Inspecting the guard of honour supplied by the 32nd Battalion under Captain R. J. M. Gordon. Right: At the city's Great War honour roll at the town hall. Lord Somers is seen with the Chief Secretary. (Mr. Prendergast), the mayor, and Mr. R. Fordham, president of the district branch of the Returned Soldiers' League. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 102 words
  11. PREVENTING DISEASE.

    The city health officer (Dr. John Dale) addressed members of the Melbourne University Association yesterday on "Preventive Medicine." Dr. Dale said that it ...

    Article : 213 words
  12. 3AR RAFFIA BASKET COMPETITION.

    The results of the [?] conducted by 3AR in conjuction with the [?] and Crafts Society of Victoria were [?] last night as follows:—1st prize, Miss [?] ...

    Article : 110 words
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