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  2. GOLF CLUB'S LIQUOR LICENSE.

    An application by the Commonwealth Golf Club for a license for the sale of liquor to its members at the club's premises in the Moorabbin licensing district was heard ...

    Article : 273 words
  3. HOUSEWIVES' ASSOCIATION: NEW EXECUTIVE.

    Members of the Housewives' Association of Victoria yesterday elected their new executive. From left to right are:— Front row: Mesdames M. Paterson (hon. treasurer), R. Cooper (publicity officer), W. Thomas (hon. secretary), Glencross (past president), F. G. A. Bacnard (president), J. Downing (senior vice-president), Miss Portia Geach (President N.S.W. Association), Mrs. A. T. Knight (vice-president). ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 113 words
  4. "COALS TO NEWCASTLE."

    It is suprising to learn that the first wooden-frame house erected in California was brought from Australia in sections. It was erected in Webster street, Los Angeles, in 1847 by William Bushton. Inquires made by the American Consul-General in Melbourne (Mr. T. Sammons) show that the first wooden houses in Australia came from England in sections, so that probably one of these houses found ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 79 words
  5. THE SCHOOLS.

    The annual Old Boys' Day of the Old Geelong 'Grammarains will be held at Geelong Grammar School to-morrow. The programme includes cricket matches, ...

    Article : 1,474 words
  6. WORKERS' MODEL HOMES.

    On his way from England to Claremont, Tasmania, to inspect the site of the new factory of Cadbury Bros., in conjunction with the firms of Fry and Pascall, Mr. ...

    Article : 288 words
  7. OPENING OF FEDERAL PARLIAMENT.

    With due ceromony His Excellency the, Governer-General, accompanied by Her Excellency Lady Forster, yesterday afternoon opened the new session of Federal Parliament. As their Excellencies left Federal Government House the batteries on the Domain (in the lower right-hand picture) fired a salute. In the upper right-hand picture, the vice-regal party and escort are shown arriving at parliament House. Above, on the left. His Excellency stands to the salute while the National Anthem is palyed. Below on the left, their Excellencies are shown leaving after the ceremony. The main photograph shows the arrival of their Excellencies at Parliament House. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 108 words
  8. AUSTRALIAN COTTON.

    Australian experiments in cotton culture, according, to Sir William McBeath, are attracting considerable attention in Ceylon, and many former Imperial Army officers ...

    Article : 216 words
  9. TRADE COMMISSIONERS.

    Reference was made at a meeting of the executive committee of the Taxpayers' Association on Tuesday to the criticism by business men of the trade commissioners ...

    Article : 162 words
  10. FODDER FOR DROUGHT PERIODS.

    BRISBANE, Tuesday.— Preliminary consideration was given by the State Cabinet, to-day to the proposal submitted by the Council of Agriculture for the ...

    Article : 107 words
  11. SCENES AT CATTLE SALEYARDS.

    Scenes of congestion and confusion, similar to those which can be seen any morning at the sheep sales, are witnessed at the weekly cattle sales at the corporation yards, Newmarket. Such scanes have caused visitors to marvel that a city like Melbourne tolerates saleyards and abattoirs right in the city. Driving cattle through the streets with the aid of trained dogs as "hoolers" (as shown) is a common occurrence. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 66 words
  12. CURIOUS CROWDS AT INQUEST.

    Fascinated by what promises to be a dramatic case and in spite of the fact that only witnesses and press representatives were to be admitted crowds waited all day yesterday around the morgue, where the coroner (Dr. R. H. Cole) opened his inquiry, into the circumstances of the death of Bertha Coughlan, in connection with which Hannah Mitchell, a nurse, is on hall on a charge of wilful murder, while her sister, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 34 words
  13. TRAFFIC IN WILD BIRDS.

    Sir,—I observe from a paragraph in "The Argus" of to-day that the former Minister of Customs proposed to prevent the shipping overseas of all protected birds; but ...

    Article : 178 words
  14. FARMER'S WILL DISPUTED.

    The will of Frederick Hulbach, of Eddington. farmer, who died on August 14, 1922, aged 72 years leaving estate of a gross value of £1,600, was the subject of a dispute which came before ...

    Article : 209 words
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