A view from the foreshore at Rosebud of the hulk of the old bay paddle-steamer Hygeia as she lay on the sandbank after her storm-lossed drift across the bay. An attempt is being made to refloat her to cary out the original intention to sink her outside the Heads. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 56 wordsA delightful vista from one of the large windows of the Eastern Golf Club, Doncaster. A study in the lounge on the club's annual guest day. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 28 wordsSnow sports were thoroughly enjoyed by the children on holiday at Mount Buller, via Mansfield, during the recent vacation. Left to right:—Dickie Love, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. Love, of Balaclava; Dina Dyason, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Dyason, of Middle Brighton; and Colin Trumble, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Trumble, of Caulfield. — (H. Kotler, Mount ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 63 wordsShaping pottery and hand-painting the product of the kiln by art students of the Working Men's College, who will give a display of their handicraft at the college for a week, beginning on September 23. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 38 wordsA quaint scene on the Tanimbar, the new Dutch cargo motor-ship which arrived from Amsterdam at Victoria Docks this week. The Javanese musicians and dancer are engaged with a native dance, which they called the "Tandak." ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 37 wordsGirls of the 1st Hampton Rangers playing overhead ball on the Domain. Left to right:—Hazel Gale, Nellie Harber, Dorothy Lawson, Rene Duggan, Beth Shum, Constance Rose, Betty Hautrive, Eileen Jackson, Mavis Truran, Marjorie Doe, Marjorie Baillie, and Nancy [?]'carne. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 45 wordsMany visitors to the Royal Show will wonder how the floral clock between the administrative block and the grandstand is operated. This shows the foreman of the Showgrounds timing the mechanism, which consists for the most part of portions of bicycles and a cream separator. Flowers grow in the soil in pans in the clock hands. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 61 wordsIllustrating Mr. J. B. Cooper's article on "Beginnings of St. Kilda Road" in the literary pages to-day is this old photograph of St. Kilda road in 1858, looking north from the St. Kilda junction. On the right, deviating at an angle, is Punt road. The white building in the foreground at the apex of the triangle formed by the intersection is the first St. Kilda police ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 89 wordsMr. and Mrs. W. Jobson, of Elsternwick, have just celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. They were married at Kyneton in 1881. Mr. Jobson was formerly manager of the stud farms of the late Mr. Mark Foy, at Whittlesea ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 49 wordsMrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of the President of the United States, at Akron, Ohio (U.S.), on August 8, christened the U.S.S. Akron, the largest airship in the world. It measures 785 feet from stem to stern, and though it is only a fete feet longer than the famous Graf Zeppelin, the Akron has a capacity of 6,500,000 cubic feet of helium gas, or twice that of the German airship and three times that of the United States Navy dirigible Los Angeles. It has a "useful" lift of 91 tons. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 97 wordsAn amasing picture at the Royal Showgrounds this week of little Valma Renwick dragging her apparently reluctant She[?]land pony, Dolly, back to her stable. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 19 Sep 1931, Page 5
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