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  2. COMMISSION HAS YET TO DECIDE

    CANBERRA, Friday.—The Minister representing the Postmaster—General in the House of Representatives (Mr. Parkhill) said to-day that he was unable to ...

    Article : 85 words
  3. LAW COURTS ORDER SET ASIDE

    The State Full Court, consisting of the Chief Justice (Sir Frederick Mann), Mr. Justice Gavan Duffy, and Mr. Justice Martin, set aside yesterday an order made ...

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  4. NEWS FROM THE SUBURBS ELECTRICITY SUPPLY FOR CHELSEA

    On behalf of the Minister in Charge of Electrical Undertaking (Mr. Old), it was announced yesterday that the State Electricity Commission had decided to ...

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  5. Letters to the Editor Smoking in Restaurants

    Sir,—When in Melbourne in Show Week I visited two restaurants. The food was contaminated by tobacco smoke. Can nothing be done to protect the ...

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  6. NEWS IN BRIEF

    To confer with branch managers concerning films to be released in the coming year, Mr. Cecil Mason, general manager for Australasia of Columbia Pictures Pty. ...

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  7. ARBITRATION COURT

    Some anxiety has been expressed concerning possible interruptions to the work of the Arbitration Court by the appointment of Chief Judge Dethridge as Acting ...

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  8. Reducing Road Accidents

    Sir,—Supporting my contention that for all traffic to come to a standstill before crossing an important road was retrogressive, and that the better way (as ...

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  9. WOMAN'S MYTHICAL LEGACY

    Seventeen months ago Arthur Connell, a frenchpolisher, of Armadale, gave up his work because he believed that his wife had inherited a fortune estimated to be ...

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  10. MELBOURNE MARKETS Dairy Cattle

    At the corporation yards yesterday the total offering of cattle was 1,202, compared with 1,010 last week. Milkers.—The yarding in this secton ...

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  11. FACTORIES AT BRUNSWICK

    In a letter to the conference of north suburban councils at the Northcote Town Hall last night, James Miller and Co. Pty. Ltd., cordage manufacturers, Dawson street ...

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  12. Cruelty to Horses

    Sir,—In "The Argus" of October 10 I read a letter from one S.F.B. (Frankston) about the cruel treatment so often meted out to horses, with which I thoroughly ...

    Article : 268 words
  13. MUDGEE MAIL ROBBERY

    SYDNEY, Friday.—The trial of Joseph Harold Ryan on a chorge of having "heldup" the guard and escort of the Mudgee mail train on April 8, 1930, and robbing ...

    Article : 81 words
  14. CONSTABLE'S COMPLAINT

    Giving evidence at the Brighton Court on Friday Constable Noel Benson alleged that a youth had threatened to have him thrown into a lake. ...

    Article : 217 words
  15. Unemployment Insurance

    Sir,—Our socialised political economy which supports tariffs to benefit the secondary industries, bonuses to primary producers, and the fixation of wages to ...

    Article : 188 words
  16. COUNTRY STOCK MARKETS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 359 words
  17. MUNICIPAL PENSION SCHEME

    Emphasising that the establishment of a pension fund would lead to greater efficlency and contentment among the staff. Councillor Young moved at a meeting of the Malvern ...

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  18. SHORTAGE OF JUDGES

    Because of a shortage of judges there will be no sittings of the County Court in Melbourne next week. On Monday, Judge Maclndoe will hear the calling of ...

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  19. PLOT AGAINST OPERA SINGER DENIED

    SYDNEY, Friday. — In his argument requesting that Miss Ruth Portrate, dramatic soprano, should be non-suited in her action against Sir Benjamin Fuller ...

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  20. WIFE PLEADS WITH JUDGE

    The tears of a bride of seven months failed to save her husband from being sentenced to six years' imprisonment by Mr. Justice Macfarian in the Criminal ...

    Article : 290 words
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  22. Unsuitable Timber in Buildings

    Sir,—Your correspondent "Not Rot" states that a serious disregard of the suitability of materials exists in respect of some dwellings recently completed. He ...

    Article : 222 words
  23. Advertising

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  24. Officials and the Stamps Act

    Sir,—I am an agent in business in the city, handling no goods, but receiving payments for commission earned. Like many hundreds of others, I was unaware ...

    Article : 207 words
  25. CONTRACEPTIVES BILL

    At a meeting of the executive, of the Council of Churches yesterday regret was expressed that the Contraceptives Bill now before the Legislative Assembly failed to ...

    Article : 258 words
  26. QUEEN VICTORIA MARKET

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  27. RAID ON BILLIARD SALOON

    At the Caulfield Court on Friday, Oscar [?]nill Whitfield of Harp road, Kew, was charged with having on October 4 permitted an unlawful game—"two-up"—to be played on ...

    Article : 255 words
  28. STRUCK TRIPPING GEAR OF TRAIN

    Saving that any interference with the running of a railway train was very serious, and should be regarded as a grave danger to the community, because it might ...

    Article : 216 words
  29. TRAFFIC PROSECUTIONS

    The opinion that traffic by-laws applying only to single municipalities imposed hardship upon motorists from other suburbs was expressed by Mr. Meehan, P.M., at the Prahran ...

    Article : 652 words
  30. CARRIAGE OF WOOL

    Sir,—In your issue of September 25, under the heading of "Carriage of Wool by Motor Transport," Mr. Petherick, M.H.A., is reported to have stated at ...

    Article : 593 words
  31. CORONER ADJOURNS INQUEST

    To give the police an opportunity to investigate a theory advanced by one of the witnesses, the city coroner (Mr. D. Grant, P.M.) yesterday adjourned an inquest into the death ...

    Article : 250 words
  32. HENRY GEORGE FOUNDATION

    The Henry George Foundation Australia is offering cash prizes totalling £100 for essays on the subject. "The Philosophy of Henry George in Relation to the Existing World ...

    Article : 121 words
  33. INJUNCTION GRANTED

    On behalf of Vacuum On Company Pty. Ltd., a Supreme Court writ was issued recently against Edward J. Fegan, of Geelong road, West Footscray, ...

    Article : 198 words
  34. SALARY CUTS RESTORED

    A restoration of 10 per cent. in their salaries and wages has been made to the employees of the Geelong Waterworks and Sewerage Trust. In September, 1926, ...

    Article : 92 words
  35. PUBLIC WORKS TENDERS

    The following tenders have been accepted by the Public Works Department this week:— Lower Cape Bridgewater.—Renew lining of ce[?]ing, school No. 32, B. L. Wilkins, Portland, £23,[?] ...

    Article : 475 words
  36. HOUSEBREAKING CHARGES

    On five counts of housebreaking John Graham Harie tailor, of Neil street, Footscray, appeared at the Caulfield Court yesterday. Elisabeth Ambery, of Caulfield, said that ...

    Article : 176 words
  37. "SNEAKING ON COMMUNITY"

    "Your are one of a numerous band aneaking on the community." said Judge Woinarski in General Sessions yesterday to Dougias Fraser, baker, aged 19 years, of Nicholson street. ...

    Article : 176 words
  38. Council Against War and Labour Executive

    When a proposal submitted by the Victorian Council Against War for an amalgamation with the Labour anti-war committee was read at a meeting of the ...

    Article : 137 words
  39. RELEASED ON BONDS

    Two young mon were released on bonds to be of good behaviour for five years when they appeared for sentence before Mr. Justice Macfarian, in the Criminal Court yesterday. They ...

    Article : 162 words
  40. LAW NOTICES—(For Monday)

    STATE FULL COURT.—Before the Chief Justice (Sir Frederick Mann), Mr. Justice Gaven Duffy, and Mr. Justice Martin,—In the Bance Court.—At 10.30—Commissioner of Taxes v. ...

    Article : 133 words
  41. POT PLANTS AS MISSILES

    The use of pot plants and a meatsafe as missiles in a fracas at Brighton was mentioned at the Brighton Court on Friday, in a case in which James Alexander Jamieson, ...

    Article : 180 words
  42. HISTORY OF MELBOURNE ATHENÆUM

    The second of the educational lectures arranged by the committee of the Melbourne Athenæum, will be given in the art gallery of the institution on Friday evening, October 25. ...

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  44. DECREES NISI IN DIVORCE

    The following decress nisi in divorce were granted by Mr. Justice Macfarian in the Practice Court yesterday:— Alice Hannah Lister, aged 12 years, of The ...

    Article : 114 words
  45. THEFT OF CASE FROM CAR

    On a charge of having on September 28 stolen an attache case ann other articles, the property of Percy Ketteringham, traveller, of Canterbury road, Middle Park, and valued at ...

    Article : 86 words
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