Sir,—When one looks upon the too graphic pictures of homes desolated by the recent devastating bush fires, and reads heart-breaking accounts of suffering and ...
Article : 1,109 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.— Saying that he had no power to "discipline," Judge Drake-Brockman rejected to-day a request that he stop or ...
Article : 520 wordsTHE PILOT, JOHN SHERWIN (inset). WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED when a Royal Victorian Aero Club monoplane crashed yesterday in a paddock near Mornington. He was flying alone. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 27 wordsAlthough the heat was still severe throughout the State yesterday records were lower than on Tuesday. The highest maximum temperature in Victoria was at ...
Article : 491 wordsBecause much of the milk sold in the metropolitan area is at least 36 hours old when it is delivered the superintendent of dairying (Mr. J. M. Kerr) has ...
Article : 366 wordsRestrictions on the use of water in the city came into force to-day. The objective of the Water Commission is to effect a reduction in the present weekly ...
Article : 186 wordsSir,—Why do the powers that be go to the expense of traffic lights at the Alexandra avenue-Hoddle Bridge junction, when it is a heaven-sent opportunity for ...
Article : 149 wordsSir,—Is there any reasonable expalnation of the vindictiveness of the Electricity Commission toward a body of consumers who,if collectors are to be ...
Article : 60 wordsUnqualified loyalty to the Premier (Mr. Dunstan) was expressed by members of the United Country Parliamentary party at a special meeting at Parliament House ...
Article : 218 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Federal Attorney-General (Mr. Menzies) was given a hostile reception when he visited Wollongong ...
Article : 599 wordsAt a land sale at Lower Bringenbrong yesterday five farms were sold at prices ranging from £10 to more than £20 an acre. This land is ideally situated for ...
Article : 66 wordsSir,—To accuse the educational system of Victoria and other States also of [?] teaching those things that make for character and citizenship is more than a ...
Article : 333 wordsIn the police court Norman Richmond. motor-truck driver, was fined £ 5 for having carried calves in a motor-truck in circumstances involving cruelty. ...
Article : 59 wordsThe three reservoirs of the Donald Water works Trust contain 17feet of water,the position being identical with that at the same period last year.As a ...
Article : 91 wordsA largely attended meeting of milk retallers was held yesterday at the Chamber of Manufactures to discuss the dispute regarding Sunday milk deliveries. The ...
Article : 70 wordsWAGGA (N.S.W.), Wednesday.— J. Felthouse was found dead in his hut at Billabong, near Urana. It is believed that death was due to heat and thirst. ...
Article : 31 wordsMrs. Edward English, a well-known resident of Goornong, died suddenly this afternoon. While bathing with her daughter, Mary, in the Campaspe River, Mrs. ...
Article : 50 wordsA public inquiry into an application by the Metropolitan Milk Producers' Association for an increase in the wholesale price of milk will be opened by the Milk Board ...
Article : 71 words"I do not begrudge the Premier his hollow victory at to-day's meeting." Mr. Allnutt said last night. "He made an attack on my character, and I gave the, ...
Article : 52 wordsULTIMA, Wednesday.—A fire which for a time threatened the whole of the business centre of the town broke out early this morning in the grocery and ...
Article : 65 wordsThe Mayor (Councillor S. Jacobs) has received from the chairman of the Forests Commission (Mr. A. V. Galbraith), an old Geelong boy, a small box made of British ...
Article : 56 wordsCOLAC, Wednesday. — A well attended meeting of onion-growers was held in the Cororooke public hall last night, when details of the plan for the handling of the ...
Article : 152 wordsDAYLESFORD, Wednesday. — In a discussion on the Workers' Sports Federation camp of 2,000 people, which was held here during the holidays, several members ...
Article : 281 wordsSir,—Mr. L. Evans considers 2 per cen[?] paid by the State Savings Bank to depositors is grossly unfair.It is still more unfair, when a State institution charges ...
Article : 42 wordsAfter 50 years' service as teacher and superintendent of the Ashby and South Geelong Methodist Sunday schools, Mr. J. H. Goff has resigned. The Yarra street ...
Article : 43 wordsMORWELL, Wednesday.—Considerable excitement was created at the Yinnar Hotel, a large wooden building, at about 2 o'clock this morning, when the ...
Article : 104 wordsCOROWA combined two all-time records in a most distressing combination to-day, when the maximum temperature Was 118deg. In the shade ...
Article : 64 wordsSir,—Attention should be directed to the practice of people using narrow rights-ofway and public lanes as playgrounds,[?] closely inhabited places. The ball (hard ...
Article : 110 wordsAn amount of £2,917/13/5. plus interest, representing arrears of soldier settler rates, has been written off the books of the Minhamite Shire Council in ...
Article : 67 wordsSHEPPARTON, Wednesday.— A school at Pine Lodge, about eight miles northeast of Shepparton, was destroyed by fire early this morning. The cause of ...
Article : 43 wordsBENDIGO, Wednesday. — William Beeson, of Bamawn, who was injured critically in the explosion at his citrus grove last Sunday morning, died in the ...
Article : 65 wordsBartholomew Lamaro, aged 21 years, confectioner, of Inglewood, suffered concusslon and abrasions when a motor-truck struck a tree on the Serpentine road this ...
Article : 50 wordsNARRANDERA (N.S.W.), Wednesday. —The coroner (Mr. J. S. Dickson) opened an inquiry to-day into the death of Daniel James Moon, who died as the result of a ...
Article : 253 wordsSir—In these difficult days, wh[?] thinking men and women can never wholly rid their minds of the possibility if not the imminence, of war, it might ...
Article : 168 wordsWANGARATTA, Wednesday. — The home of Mr. F. Heyward at Peechelba was destroyed by fire to-day. The fire started in one of the back rooms. ...
Article : 27 wordsPloughing its way through a flock of sheep on the Calder Highway, near the Kyneton golf links, a motor-truck killed three sheep and injured others. The sheep ...
Article : 88 wordsPrices for horses were easier at Campbell and Son's sale at South Melbourne yesterday. Although the sale was largely attended and 90 horses were sold the ...
Article : 95 wordsWAGGA (N.S.W.) Wednesday.— The Wagga Municipal Council has adopted a novel means of getting rid of starlings. Thousands of the birds roost In the street ...
Article : 92 wordsA denial that the federation was a Communist organisation was given yesterday by the secretary of the Workers' Sports Federation (Mr. W. A. Opie). who claimed ...
Article : 158 wordsFoundries in Melbourne are considerably inconvenienced because of the great difficulty in obtaining supplies of pig iron. ...
Article : 188 wordsFor having stolen £ 2 from Leslie Kittson and £ 1 from Henry O'Grady at a boarding house, Reginald Parkinson, aged l8 years, was sentenced to one month's ...
Article : 43 wordsDirectors of Commonwealth Dairy Produce Equalisation Committee Ltd., at its meeting held in Sydney on Tuesday, after reviewing the production position of ...
Article : 137 wordsSir,— It was unfortunate that the shower of "redrain" on Tuesday night left its mark on all motor-cars that happened to be in the open.It is more unfortunate ...
Article : 148 wordsSHEPPARTON, Wednesday. — About 500 acres of pear trees were destroyed by a duststorm at Grahamvale yesterday. It is estimated that a loss of about 80 ...
Article : 55 wordsA baby, aged 12 months, was severely scalded at Port MacDonnell and was later admitted to the Mount Gambier Hospital suffering from extensive burns to the face, ...
Article : 95 wordsA fine of £7, with £ 5/7/ costs, was imposed to-day on Henry James McMenemy, dairy proprietor, of Mitchell street, Bendigo, for having sold milk on ...
Article : 175 wordsBENDIGO, Wednesday.— The bulldrawn caravan arrived in Bendigo this afternoon after a six-mile journey in sweltering heat. Mr. J. L. Talent is ...
Article : 53 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—It will cost about £1,850,000 and provide work for 400 men for from five to seven years to recondition the Burrinjuck dam in ...
Article : 126 wordsErnest Poole, employed at Mr. G. Hardy's, farm at Happy Valley, severed two fingers on his left hand this morning when he slipped while using an axe on tea-tree. He ...
Article : 44 wordsRepresentatives of the Governments of 22 wheat-producing countries and members of the International Wheat Advisory Committee met in London to-day to ...
Article : 68 wordsBALLARAT, Wednesday.—While driving a bull to a paddock at Claretown today, Francis Thomas Lock, aged 39 years, of Claretown, was suddenly attacked by ...
Article : 57 wordsCORRYONG, Wednesday.— Mr. Fred Payne, who was injured in a recent motor-car accident, died in the Corryong District Hospital. Mr. W. Krausgill, who ...
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Advertising : 243 wordsIn the Nyah West Court of Petty Sessions to-day Francis John Wilson was committed for trial on three charges of breaking and stealing. On a further ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 519 wordsThere is divided opinion whether flats should be permitted when there is plenty of room for the building of workers' dwellings. A resident proposes to spend ...
Article : 144 wordsPrecautions are being taken by the base hospital authorities against any further increase in the incidence of infectious disease cases in the institution. ...
Article : 133 wordsHigher yields than expected were obtained from wheat crops at the Dookie Agricultural College, according to a report made yesterday to the Council of ...
Article : 106 wordsSaying that he feared that improved lighting would lead to greater speeds, the Chief Commissioner of Police (Mr. A. Duncan) warned motorists last night that ...
Article : 233 wordsMore than 39 years old, engrossed in old copperplate handwriting, a will, lodged yesterday for probate, was drawn on December 15, 1899. ...
Article : 170 wordsThe State agricultural colleges at Dookie and Longerenong will close for the summer vacation on January 25. Longerenong College will reopen on ...
Article : 33 wordsIn the Wagga Police Court James McDonald, aged 65 years, was charged on 26 counts of having forged and uttered cheques and false pretences. Ten charges ...
Article : 44 wordsPERTH, Wednesday. —The president of the Australian Wheatgrowers'Federation (Mr. T. H. Powell) has sent a letter to organisations affiliated with the ...
Article : 134 wordsCOWES, Wednesday.— The annual beach gymkhana conducted by the University camp for public school boys was held to-day, and resulted in more than ...
Article : 94 wordsAll possibility of a shortage of water in Wangaratta was removed to-day when the pump was set going on the first of the three new bores. The bore yielded ...
Article : 104 wordsFor having taken water from an irrigation channel without authority,Glovanni Ventura, an Italian market gardener leasing a property at Werribee South, was ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 12 Jan 1939, Page 4
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