Further evidence was given yesterday before the Select committee on machinery monopolies regarding the exorbitant prices for machinery and parts which, a witness ...
Article : 555 wordsEvidence regarding the special const[?]uction plan for an electric tramway [?]ong Nicholson street, East Brunswick, from Albion street to Holden street, was given ...
Article : 943 wordsShips entering the Victoria Dock yesterday had a difficult task b[?]rthing against the high northerly wind. Here is the s[?]eame[?] Por[?] Adelaide, Which arrived after a non-stop run from London, roaching nor north on the north side of the dock by means of a long hawser and warping in. An unusual feature of the operation was the fact that the vessel droppod her starboard bow anchor in the dock to prevent her being blown against other vessels. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 84 wordsWidespread damage was caused by the gate which blew over Melbourne on Tuesday night. Abov.: Linesmen repairing electric wires in Dean street, Moonee Ponds, which had been cut by a flying sheet of iron, and through which a horse had been killed by electricity; the Maribyrnong Hotel, the verandah of which was lifted almost bodily from its place. Below: The ridging of St. Brendan's Roman Catholic Church, Flemington, lifted ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 100 wordsMr. and Mrs. W. May[?] an extraordinary escape [?]m [?]eath wh[?] the [?]rick wall o[?] a partially completed building collapsed during the height of the gate early yesterday morning, and, crashing through the roof of their shop, in the main street of Garfield (Gippsland), buried them as they lay in bed. The photograph shows the brick-strewn bed from which they struggled. Inset: Mr. Maybury. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 37 wordsPrince Alfred College (Adelaide) [?] down before a rush by Wesley in the first quarter of the match between the two schools on the Melbourne Cricket-ground yesterday, and Law scores Wesley's first goal. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 262 wordsFailing to round the bend from Alexandra avenue into Riverside drive on August 15 a double-seated motor-car, driven by John Douglas Davey, aged 36 years, commercial traveller, of ...
Article : 613 wordsHats were blown in all directions yesterday. Here is one being recovered from the water in the Victoria Dock and returned by a kindly stranger to a visitor who had been caught unawares. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 40 wordsDesigned by Messrs. Gawler and Drummond, architects, this office building of 10 stories will shortly be built on the south-eastern corner of Queen and Little Collins streets. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 31 wordsWillanjle was again successful at the Yarra Glen and Ltlydare Hunt Club's race meeting at Moonee Valley yesterday. Mr. T. J. Gaffney, who received the cup on behalf of the owners, is shown on the left. In the centre is J. Carlson, who rode the winner, and on the right is Mr. F. B. Lithgow, president of the hunt club. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 112 wordsMr. Book (Crown prosecutor) told Mr. Justice Wasley in the Criminal Court yesterday that the Crown did not intend to file a presentment against James Alexander ...
Article : 100 wordsW. Braham, a former tramways employee, of Drummond street, [?], was charged at the Carlton Court on Tuesday, under the Tramways Act, with having on June 28 avo[?]ded payment of a [?]. ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 30 Aug 1928, Page 9
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