BRISBANE, Wednesday. — The death occurred to-day, at the age of 49 years, of Ron Oxenham,' one of the former outstanding cricketers of Queensland, and a ...
Article : 156 wordsAlleging that it was "a frightful waste of public money," Mr. McKenzie (Lab., Wonthaggi) criticised strongly in the ...
Article : 423 wordsADELAIDE, Wednesday.—That Mr. Fullagar, K.C., did not appear to have been clearly instructed as to the actual machinery by which ...
Article : 279 wordsArising out of the Judgment of the Arbitration Court which prescribed a 44-hour week as the accepted standard for Australian industry, a series of questions has ...
Article : 254 wordsAppointment of one of the Crown prosecutors as an acting judge of the County Court will be recommended to the next meeting of the State Cabinet by the ...
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Advertising : 1,152 wordsAn allegation that there was a "rent ramp" in Melbourne was made by Mr. Holland (Lab., Flemington) in the Legislative ...
Article : 567 wordsSir,—Why permit known criminals to hold motor driving licences? If careless driving or intemperance can cancel this p[?]ege, why not a bad police record? ...
Article : 144 wordsSir,—As the organiser of the Dunlop motor trials of 1905, I can Substantiate Mr. Geoffrey Hutton's statements about the Seymour to Albury stage. I covered ...
Article : 160 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—In the Redfer[?] Small Debts Court to-day Mr. Sutherland, S.M., set aside a judgment given by a Melbourne Court in June on the ground ...
Article : 263 wordsIf you have catarrh, catarrhal deafness, or head noises caused by catarrh, or if phlegm drops in your throat, and has caused catarrh of the stomach or ...
Article : 216 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday. — "A misstatement of fact" was the description applied by the leader of the Federal Country party (Sir Earle ...
Article : 232 wordsSir,—As a member of a business house of over 80 years' standing, may I say how heartily I endorse the remarks of Hugh Mitchell in "The Argus" to-day. We are ...
Article : 156 wordsWhen Mr. Fullagar, K.C., was asked to give an opinion on the legality of the wheat stabilisation plan suggested by the Commonwealth Government he was ...
Article : 103 wordsPERTH, Wednesday.—After an adventurous three-week motor-car Journey from Adelaide, Joe Hall, the feather-weight boxer, and his wife reached Perth last ...
Article : 231 words"More tourists and still more tourists," is the new policy of the Victorian Government Tourist Bureau. The acting chairman of the Victorian Railways ...
Article : 94 wordsDARWIN, Wednesday.—"The people of Britain are confident that they can meet any situation which may arise either in the East or West," said Dr. F. A. Magulre, ...
Article : 87 wordsAustralian wheatgrowers from every State will assemble in Melbourne on August 30 to discuss the wheat stabilisation proposals and the international wheat ...
Article : 253 wordsSir,—When the carnival committee starts to brighten up the city it is to be hoped it will not overlook the 18 ornamental lamps, in clusters of three, which ...
Article : 183 wordsSome action for the relief of unemployment would probably be taken by the State Ministry in about a fortnight, the leader of the State Labour party (Mr. ...
Article : 161 wordsMany representatives of the motor industry and of Masonic lodges were among the large attendance at the funeral yesterday of Councillor Richard Edward ...
Article : 136 wordsSir,—Victoilans would appreciate the help of the Government to make the school holiday coincide with Show Week. Country people need all the ...
Article : 101 wordsA large attendance at the Centenary Hall last night received appreciatively a public screening of amateur cine Alms entered for the "Five Best Films ...
Article : 133 wordsHOBART, Wednesday.—Royden James Lyden was found not guilty of manslaughter by a jury in the Criminal Court to-day. Lyden was charged with having ...
Article : 60 wordsThe funeral of the late Mrs. J. M. Harcourt, who lived in Bendigo for many years, and who died on Tuesday, took place yesterday at the Brighton Cemetery. ...
Article : 131 wordsSir,—I have obtained the report of an authority on the professional attainments of certain refugee doctors who have fulfilled locum tenens appointments in ...
Article : 210 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Commonwealth and the States should do everything possible to assist the wheatgrower," said the Premier (Mr. Mair) to-night. ...
Article : 279 wordsThe tendency of car owners to leave their vehicles unattended for long periods during the day and night was blamed for the frequency of the offence of ...
Article : 91 wordsClaims made by the Engine-drivers' and Firemen's Union for increased wages, higher marginal rates, and improved working conditions for its members were ...
Article : 121 wordsNews has been received that Miss Agnes Noyes Goodsir, Victorian portrait painter and artist has died in Paris where she had been since she went there to study in ...
Article : 175 wordsEvidence that he was seized by his coat in Cotham road. Kew, on August 12 by a youth who demanded "all his money" was given yesterday in the Kew Court by ...
Article : 146 wordsThe present Lunacy Act, as far as it went, was reasonably satisfactory, said the Premier (Mr. Dunstan) in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. He added that it was ...
Article : 87 wordsSir,—As former Australian secretary of the Mission to Lepers, I much appreciated your leader in Saturday's issue, entitled "A Triumph of Science," arising out of ...
Article : 160 wordsDARWIN, Wednesday.—There was a poignant scene at the Darwin airpoit to-day when an elderly woman, a Jewish refugee from Germany, stepped from the ...
Article : 68 wordsFederal officials of the Australian Railways Union have endorsed a suggestion of the International Transport Workers' Federation at Amsterdam for a conference of ...
Article : 98 wordsOpposing the granting of assistance to wheatgrowers, Mr. McDonald, M.L.A., said yesterday that the Government could not be expected to bolster up uneconomic ...
Article : 94 wordsOf Victoria's 309,500 consumers of electricity, 370,733 use power produced by the State Electricity Commission. The remaining consumers are supplied by small ...
Article : 115 wordsTo press for changes in the scholarship system at the Melbourne University a public meeting arranged bv the National Union of Australian University Students ...
Article : 49 wordsSir,—At the present time every justifiable demand for Commonwealth expenditure is rejected with the excuse that defence comes first. The Government has ...
Article : 117 wordsIn the following wills, which have been lodged for probate all amounts mentioned are gross:— Kate Louisa Annie Forster, of Merton street, ...
Article : 64 wordsBRISBANE, Wednesday.— The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) to-day expressed the opinion that the plan put forward by the Commonwealth Government to assist ...
Article : 54 wordsAgain the Comedy Harmonists attracted a large audience at their concert in the Town Hall last night. Their varied programme was received with delighted ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 223 wordsDARWIN, Wednesday.—Having experienced, as [?]ar as the law would permit them, the excitement of big game shooting in the Northern Territory, Messrs. ...
Article : 146 wordsSir,—I was pleaded to lead that Lord Lurgan has begun a movement to ask the Australian public for funds for a memorial to the greatest of all Australian ...
Article : 164 wordsSALE, Wednesday.—A meeting of the district council of the United Country party was held at Sale to-day to formulate plans to further the candidature of ...
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