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  2. A BUTT OF WINE.

    Medieval laws of England, Roman law, and a hypothetical butt of wine which was quaffed by some imaginary roysterers were all called into play in an appeal before the ...

    Article : 666 words
  3. MINIATURE RAILWAY.

    An accident to a miniature train running on a circular pleasrue railway at Elwood led to an action before Judge Woinarski, in the Second County Court yesterday. ...

    Article : 541 words
  4. ASSAULT NOT PROVED.

    "There is not sufficient evidence to warrant committing these two detectives for trial and it would be in the nature of a public scandal if they were committed on ...

    Article : 535 words
  5. COUNCIL AND UNION.

    A special meeting of the Essendon City Council was held on Monday night a the ordinary meeting to consider a report of counsel (Mr. F. P. Derham) on the ...

    Article : 350 words
  6. POSTAL WORKERS' AWARD.

    Applications to vary the postal workers award governing salaries of adults occupying positions of minors were dealt with in]a determination delivered by the public ...

    Article : 478 words
  7. REFUSED TO SIGN BOND.

    An unusual incident occurred in the Carlton Court on Tuesday, when a young man who had been convicted and sentenced to one month's improvement refused to ...

    Article : 282 words
  8. MILITIA NEWS.

    Bands from metropolitan militia battilions are preparing for the competition to be held in the Melborune Town Hall on Tuesday evening, June 14. The ...

    Article : 445 words
  9. SCHOONER'S EVENTFUL VOYAGE

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.—The story of an eventful voyage, extending over three months, of the auxiliary schooner Aratapu from Auckland to Papeete was ...

    Article : 583 words
  10. PAYMENT OF LEGACY.

    Mr. Justice Mann, in the Bunco Court yesterday, was asked, on an originating summons, to interpret certain provisions in the will of Henry Carr. contractor, St. ...

    Article : 374 words
  11. DRIVER RESTRAINED.

    On the application of Lucy Beech. Barkly street Footseray, baker, Mr. Justice Lowe yesterday granted an interlocutory injunction to restrain Herbert ...

    Article : 323 words
  12. SUSTENANCE FRAUDS.

    At the Prahran Court on Tuesday, William Perryman, motor-driver, Barry street, Prahran, was charged with having, between November 4 and March 15, imposed upon ...

    Article : 305 words
  13. BORROWING CYCLES.

    It was a pity, said Mr. F. W.Eggleston, in an address at a meeting of the Historical Society at Latham House on Monday, that there was not wider public knowledge of ...

    Article : 245 words
  14. Y.A.L. GIRLS RETURN.

    Sugar-cane and cameras, poinsettias and papaws, palms, and granadillas strewn about the platform, and 57 excited schoolgirls, each trying to recount in two minutes ...

    Article : 221 words
  15. NEIGHBOURS' CAPTURE.

    The capture by two neighbours of a man the was alleged to have broken into a private garage was described at the Prahran Court on Tuesday. When Louis Hoffman. ...

    Article : 273 words
  16. MILK BOTTLED IN STREET.

    "This prosecution has been launched by the Prabran Council to stop the filth, practice of bottling milk in the street," said Mr. D. H. Herald, when prosecuting for ...

    Article : 225 words
  17. NEW BURNS, PHILP STEAMER.

    Among the passengers on the Orient line steamer Oronsay, which sailed for London yesterday afternoon, were Mr. W.G. Snellgrove, the superintendent engineer of Burns, ...

    Article : 207 words
  18. WHARF LICENCES.

    Licences under the Transport Workers' Aer entitling the holders to apply for employment on the waterfront will be renewed to-day. The licences will be issued ...

    Article : 119 words
  19. VOLUNTEER WORKER DEAD.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday. — William Henry Lang, aged 38 years, married, who was a volunteer tramway worker in the recent strike at Christchurch ...

    Article : 60 words
  20. UNITED PRESS BALL.

    The [?] Press annnual hall will be held at the St. Kilda Town Hall on Saturday, July 30, under the patvonage of Most Wor-Bro. William Warren Kerr. C.M.G., C.B.E., ...

    Article : 57 words
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    "EDUCATION BY TRAVEL" PARTY RETURNS.—After a delightful and instructive holiday trip to Sydney. Brisbane, Innisfail, Townsville, and Cairns, and camping at Bird Island, on the Great Barrier Reef, a party of girls, mainly from secondary schools, returned to Molbourne yesterday. The tour was organised by the Young Australia League. Miss Mary Sharp, assistant chaperon, is in the centre, front row. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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    POPULAR PURSER'S DEATH.— Mr. H. Newman, purser of the Orient liner Orontes, died in London on May 28. He was 32 years with the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 40 words
  23. HEALTH OF INFANTS.

    In her report to the City Council for the quarter ended March 31, the City Council's child welfare officer (Dr. Hilda Kineaid) states that the numerous flies in the ...

    Article : 140 words
  24. TROOPSHIP TALES.

    Stories with a point stories of indomittable courge in the face of adversity, and stories of little everyday happenings that went to lighten life on the troopships ...

    Article : 267 words
  25. LAUNCH BROKEN UP.

    A missage from Brisbane states that the motor launch Beryl, 50ft. length, which went ashore near the mouth of the Noosa River, 90 miles from Brisbane, on Friday, ...

    Article : 65 words
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    GUIDES AT MOUNT MACEDON.—Ranger Cuides broke their training camp at Government Cottage, Macedon yesterday. On dismissal, they save the Guide salute to the Victorian commissioner for training (Miss ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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    DANCE ON THE MARIPOSA.—Many guests of the management of the coeanic Steamship Company enjoyed dancing in the beautifully decorated pavilion of the Mariposa at Station Pier, Port Melbourne, last night. A group of dancers on the companion-way. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  29. DEFENDANT IN GAOL.

    After evidence for the prosecution had been given in a case at the North Melbourne Court on Monday it was discotered that the defendant was in gaol [?] could not answer the charge. Daniel Ferguson. ...

    Article : 88 words
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