Notwithstanding the winter's chill still in the Water, these lads enjoyed helping their father to pull in the ne[?]s on the Williamstown back beach last Week-end. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 27 wordsAbout 200 cadets from Melbourne public schools and grammar schools competed on the Williamstown rifle range last Saturday. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 21 wordsThis 4½h.p. Benz car, bought in 1900, was the first motor vehicle seen in Plymouth (England). Though its owner intended to bury it, it was "reprieved" and sold as a "going concern," as related on another page of this issue. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 43 wordsMany artistic and noval pageant will be presented at the international gala at the Town Hall to-night. Misses A. Wong Loy and M. Lan Goo[?]y, who will appear in Chinese national costume, are on the left; right, a scene from the old Cornish Christmas play, "St. George and the Dragon," to be given by the Melba Conservatorium Opera Co. Mr. Lennox Brewer ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 74 wordsMessrs. Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, who encircled the earth by aeroplane in the record time of eight days, being escorted along Lower Broadway through a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 37 wordsQueenie, the Zoological Gardens elephant, in a prodigious yawn. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 15 wordsThe foster-mother of "Sonny Boy," the young seal at the Melbourne Aquarium, probably considering that he is now too old to be petted, turns on the surprised "baby" with a snap and a snarl. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 37 wordsThe Japanese game of gekkin, a variety of single-stick, as played on the Port Said Maru at Victoria Dock this week, calls for special protection for its exponents, including a padded steel and wicker helmet. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 40 wordsAn avalanche of coal [?]ouring from the mouth of the great grab crane at the Metropolitan gasworks, West Melbourne. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 22 wordsLewis-gun practice at Flinders naval depot. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 9 wordsJoan, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. M. MacGillicuddy, of East Melbourne, who will appear as the mistress of the "Dolls' House Party" to be presented by the Ivanhoe auxiliary in aid of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 49 wordsTesting the new sails and mast of the King's racing yacht Britannia at Cowes, England. The mast is 176 feet high. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 23 wordsJimmy Coles and Peter Sisson, who won prizes as guardsmen at the Melbourne District Nursing Society's fancy dress party for children on Saturday, with Pipe-Major Harry MeClelland. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 28 words—(R. Sheppard, Hobart, Photos.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Sat 8 Aug 1931, Page 5
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