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  2. BOAT AS RESIDENCE.

    The defence raised by a husband at the Hawthorn Court on Wednesday that he had been forced to leave home owing to the voilent temper of his wife, and that he ...

    Article : 386 words
  3. JAVA TOURIST PARTY.

    Most of the members of the party which left Melbourne on December 24 for a tour of five weeks to Java and Singapore, organised by the Commonwealth Railways ...

    Article : 249 words
  4. GIFT FOR AIR FORCE.

    Through the enthusiasm and skill of members of the Australian Citizen Air Force the equipment at the Air Force Depot at Laverton has been augmented this week ...

    Article : 231 words
  5. ITEMS OF INTEREST.

    Three signal failures occurred yesterday afternoon between the Heyington and Toor[?]nga stations, on the Glenwaverley line, and delayed trains in both directions ...

    Article : 1,205 words
  6. HIGHER COURTS.

    The Christmas law vacation will end this week, and the higher State Courts will resume regular sittings on Tuesday next, Monday being a public holiday. ...

    Article : 350 words
  7. ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA.

    Advice has been received by the Sydeny office of Messrs. C. C. Wakefield and Co. Ltd., London, that Flying-Officer C. W. A. Scott will at an early date attempt to ...

    Article : 207 words
  8. SALES TAX EXEMPTIONS.

    It has been decided by the commissioner of taxation (Mr. R. Ewing) that goods sold to certain Victorian Government departments are exempt from sales tax[?] provided ...

    Article : 451 words
  9. KILLED BY MOTOR-CAR.

    An inquest was held on Wednesday into the death of Cy[?]il Alexander Pavey, aged 21 years, tile worker, who, when walking home from a dance with a party of friends, ...

    Article : 459 words
  10. THEFT IN STREET.

    When walking in Exhibition street, near the intersection of Bourke street, at 10 o'clock on Tuesday night, the Rev. J. H. Cain was robbed of his wallet. The thief ...

    Article : 195 words
  11. CHURCH NEWS.

    The Rev. Brother Benignus will leave in the Jervis Bay on February 6 on a visit to Malta. The Rev. Father J. Gavan, of Morwell, ...

    Article : 488 words
  12. DOGS AND MEN FIGHT.

    How a fight between a number of dogs caused a disturbance in the Albert Park was related at the South Melbourne Court on Wednesday, when Mark Cameron, driver, Eastern road, and Thomas ...

    Article : 241 words
  13. "BELITTLING THE COURT."

    Criticism of the manner in which proccedings under the Fraudulent Debtors Act are conducted was offered at the South Melbourne Court on Wednesday by Mr. J. W. Clarke, P.M. ...

    Article : 180 words
  14. COWES MOTOR-CYCLE RACES.

    Station 3UZ will broadcast a description of the Auto Cycle Union of Victoria's motor-cycle road races from Phillip Island on Monday. Record entries have been ...

    Article : 127 words
  15. CROWN JEWELS EXHIBITION.

    An exhibition of replicas of the British Crown jewels will be opened by Sir James Barrett at the Majorca Building, Centreway, at 3 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. The ...

    Article : 83 words
  16. INK COMPANY'S OFFER.

    The Board of Architectural Education of the Royal Victorian Institute of Architects has accepted an offer made by Messrs. Wiltshire's Pty. Ltd., manufacturers of Australian inks, to award ...

    Article : 81 words
  17. YARRAVILLE A.L.P.

    At the last meeting of the Yarraville branch of the Australian Labour party it was decided to recommend to the annual conference of the party at Easter that no paid official of the party should ...

    Article : 76 words
  18. "UNPRECEDENTED ACTIVITY."

    When a charge of having been in a street for the purpose of illegal betting was preferred against a man at the South Melbourne Court on Wednesday, the solicitor for the defence asked for an ...

    Article : 119 words
  19. FOR NATIONAL GAMES.

    Women swimmers from New South Wales arrived yesterday to compete in the national games next week. Left to right:— Misses V. Armstrong, J. Cocks, M. Mitchell, C. Dennis, and B. Mealing. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 34 words
  20. PRESTON-COBURG 'BUS ROUTE.

    Sir, — I support the remarks of Mr[?] G. M. Allen yesterday in regard to the Preston-Coburg 'bus route. These men, whose licences are about to be cancelled, ...

    Article : 159 words
  21. VICTORIAN WRESTLERS FOR AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS.

    Victoria's representatives for the Australian amateur boxing and wrestling championships to [?]e decided in Melbourne next week were selected at the Victorian amateur association's finals at the railways institute. In the feather-weight division P. Sellars, the winner (nearest to the camera), was h[?]ld by a scissors and reverse hall-nelson. Mr. F. J. Adams was the referce. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 60 words
  22. A JOVIAL SKIPPER.

    Captain E. Gathemann, of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer Neckar, which arrived yesterday from Hamburg. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 16 words
  23. FOR TASMANIA.

    Their Excellencies the Governor-General (Sir Isaac Isaacs) and Lady Isaacs left yesterday for Tasmania on His Excellency's first official visit to that State. In the centre is Captain J. M[?]ntyre, of the Na[?]rana. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 34 words
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    Advertising : 187 words
  25. MISHAP TO BRITISH SUBMARINE.

    During exercises off Portland, in the south of England, the British submarine M2 dived and failed to rise. The submarine is equipped with a hangar to accommodate a small seap[?]ane. She also carries the Davis escape apparatus, illustrated on the left. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 43 words
  26. ENACTING AN A. A. MILNE COMEDY.

    Readers of Mr. A. A. Milne's delightful verses, "Bad Sir Brian Botany," will recognise the incident enacted yesterday at the annual training camp for Scout [?]masters by the creek at Gilwell Park[?] Sir Brian was in the habit of "blipping" his villagers on the head with his hattle-axe until they revolted and threw him into the duckpond. The [?]ubmaster who played the part yesterday enjoyed immensely the ducking in the cool ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 81 words
  27. BUSH FIRES NEAR POWELLTOWN.

    Taken from one of the Royal Australian Air Foren patrol aeroplanes, this photograph shows one of the bush fires now raging in the Powelltown district. The lighter portion of the ground is private grazing land, partly cleared, with the timber ring-[?]arked. The darker area, in which the fire is burning, is State forest, and the position of the fire seems to indicate that it began on the grating land and has extended from there to the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 86 words
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