KYNETON, Sunday.—Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Smith, of Ballater, Piper street, Kyneton, died to-day, aged 104 years. During her life she had been one of ...
Article : 219 wordsFor no apparent reason, ladies and gentlemen of the Press have suddenly engaged the attention of picture producers. In five of the new films this week players find themselves called upon to exercise their art on behalf of newspapers. ...
Article : 60 wordsTo-day's offering at the Flemington stock sales will be 13,000 fat sheep, 7,500 fat lambs, and 6,000 store sheep. ...
Article : 632 wordsA large audtence sat spellbound on Saturday night when Madame Lotte Lehmann revealed the reticent beauties of Brahms's "In the Graveyard" and ...
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Family Notices : 1,919 wordsARARAT. — A deputation from Pomonal emphasised to the Ararat Shire Council the urgent needs of the district as a result of bush fires and floods, ...
Article : 87 wordsHEALESVILLE.—Mrs. H. R. Thomas, a Healesville resident for more than 40 years, who is shortly leaving the district, was bidden farewell by the women of ...
Article : 51 wordsKERANG.—At a public meeting held in the town hall Mrs. Clarence Weber, M.L.A., who was introduced by the shire president (Councillor W. J. Mccann), emphasised ...
Article : 71 wordsThere is a fine aroma of hilarious farce about "The Mad Miss Manton," which is played for giggles rather than cuddles, and should stimulate the weaker sex Into ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 247 wordsThe Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers performances may be classed with that great triumvirate of certainties—death, taxes, and hangovers, So, with confidence, a ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 283 wordsARARAT.—Mr. F. W. Bahl, a former member of the borough council, has died at the age of 83 years. He was a resident of Ararat for 56 years, and for more ...
Article : 64 wordsKORUMBURRA. — Mrs. R. Roberts, J.P., who was secretary of the ladies' benevolent society for some years, is leaving Korumburra for Melbourne. The ...
Article : 54 wordsBAIRNSDALE.—Mr. W. H. O'Doherty, assistant health inspector for the City of Preston Council, has been appointed health inspector and interim valuer to ...
Article : 36 wordsBALLARAT.—First-constable K. Pyle, of Ballarat, has been appointed to the Criminal Investigation Branch, and will begin duty at Prahran on Thursday. He ...
Article : 70 wordsMAFFRA. — The annual meeting of members of the Maffra and District Agricultural, Pastoral, and Horticultural Society was well attended. The report ...
Article : 100 wordsNATHALIA, Sunday.—Between Nathalia and Barmah, where the Broken Creek enters the Murray, gullies and low areas around Barwo and Narioka have been ...
Article : 133 wordsMore rigorous methods of selection should be adopted by those responsible for the programmes presented at the monthly concerts of the Musical Society ...
Article : 226 wordsBALLARAT.—Mr. Albert Heinz, a principal in the firm of Heinz Bros., butchers, of Bridge and Sturt streets, collapsed and died suddenly on Saturday. He had ...
Article : 42 wordsMALDON.—Total receipts from the Easter fair exceeded £400. ...
Article : 11 wordsBEECH FOREST.—About 2.15 a.m. on Saturday a fire broke out in the premises of Mr. J. R. Elliott, who was absent at the time, and the building, which included ...
Article : 45 wordsMALDON.—Mr. Charles Skinner has died at the age of 86 years. He arrived in Tarrangower 70 years ago, and had been a farmer there since then. ...
Article : 30 wordsMORNINGTON. — The shire council proposes to ask Mr. Fairbairn. M.H.R., to take up the question of providing a safe harbourage for yachts and other ...
Article : 86 wordsBEECH FOREST.—More than 300 persons were present at the official ball of the Shire of Otway, held in the Shire Hall. Beech Forest, on Saturday night ...
Article : 94 wordsLamentable although it may be, it is not often that England can claim that it has given better material to the screen than Hollywood. But it happens every now and ...
Article : 275 wordsMr. A. Wilson, M.H.R. for Wimmera, issued a statement on Saturday in which he said he wished to make it quite clear that he had no intention of resigning ...
Article : 92 wordsIf you are the sort of sentimentalist who has a genuine affection for well-remembered melodies and feel like holding hands when they are sung, "Naughty Marietta" ...
Article : 193 wordsMORWELL.—At a well-attended meeting of the Morwell branch of the Australian Defence League the shire president (Councillor A. L. Hare) was elected ...
Article : 62 wordsBEAUFORT.—A resident of Beaufort for 38 years, Mr. Daniel Angus Beer, aged 65 years, has died. He was a native of Gawler (S.A.), where he lived for 22 ...
Article : 47 wordsDARWIN, Sunday.—Professor Georg Szell, the symphony orchestra conductor, who gave a season of recitals with the Australian Broadcasting Commission ...
Article : 112 wordsCURRIE (King Island), Sunday.— Anthony Burgess, aged about 20 years, was accidentally shot in the back while on a shooting expedition, this ...
Article : 77 wordsBENDIGO.—The four "popular girls" of the Easter Saturday charity carnival and their committees were entertained by the Bendigo Hospital board of ...
Article : 122 wordsMILDURA. — Smashing their way through the back door, two policemen and a fireman entered Mr. E. E. Sauer's home at the rear of his office, in Deakin avenue ...
Article : 87 wordsApple prices are mostly lower. Tasmanian were shipped ex Maloja, and the Clan Farquhar, and the balance ex Orcades and Tuscan Star—Coxes, 7/6 to ...
Article : 132 wordsMYRTLEFORD.—The committee of the Myrtleford public park recently asked the Minister for Public Works for a grant for tourist development, and advice has been ...
Article : 36 wordsALBURY, Sunday.—A fire believed to have been caused by a cigarette thrown down by a spectator at the race meeting yesterday afternoon destroyed the ...
Article : 49 wordsBENDIGO.—In the Masonic Temple on Saturday night Bro. J. Hardie was installed as Master of the Lodge Composite. The ceremony was performed by ...
Article : 39 wordsAmong worthwhile films being shown at suburban theatres this week are "The Drum," with Sabu and Raymond Massey, supported by "Youth Takes a Fling," at ...
Article : 107 wordsIf "cops and robbers" are excluded, no subject is more favoured in films than the romance of newspaper "life"—of the variety that Hollywood would have the ...
Article : 226 wordsNAGAMBIE.—When neighbours went to his hut early on Saturday morning, they found Mr. Alexander Robert McKenzie dead in bed. Mr. McKenzie, who was ...
Article : 33 wordsBALLARAT, Sunday.—Suffering from injuries to the head and back. William Lindorff, aged 38 years, miner, of Pitfield, was admitted to the Ballarat Base ...
Article : 52 wordsBORONIA.—More than 200 members of the Country Woman's Association attended the third annual birthday party held by the Boronia blanch. Mrs. G. ...
Article : 63 wordsIncluded in the interesting films being shown this week at the independent suburban theatres is "It's In the Air" (George Formby), supported by the ...
Article : 279 wordsSWAN HILL.—Mr. G. C. Murray, who has been editor of the "Swan Hill Guardian" since the present management took control, has accepted a position with the ...
Article : 45 wordsBRISBANE, Sunday.—The battered body of Clement James Miller, aged 40 years, shopkeeper, of Gladstone road, South Brisbane, was found at the foot ...
Article : 36 wordsTERANG.—The centenary "back to Terang" celebrations made a profit of more than £400. The gross receipts amounted to £634. A sub-committee has been ...
Article : 38 wordsCOBDEN.—The Emu county council of the Boy Scouts' Association met here on Saturday, when representatives of Cobden Camperdown, Colac, Timboon, ...
Article : 160 wordsADELAIDE, Sunday.—A Victorian sheepdog, Mr. Arthur Kemp's Magpie, defeated 20 other dogs from South Australia and Victoria in the Correll Cup ...
Article : 110 words"Pygmalion" at the Athenæum seems to be emulating a certain brook famed in poetry, and it is safe to conclude that in future showmen will be known as ...
Article : 117 wordsSir,—When we read that insurance companies are refusing to insure properties against loss through flooding below the Burrinjuck dam it would be ...
Article : 97 wordsWARRACKNABEAL. —Councillor and Mrs. J. S. Clyne and Miss Lorna Clyne, who are leaving the Aubrey district to live in Warracknabeal, were bidden fare ...
Article : 35 wordsWOOMELAND.—Mr. Jim Carroll, of the Woomelang postal staff, has been transferred to Brunswick. He was a prominent Woomelang footballer and ten ...
Article : 47 wordsA mystery film with its locale in a broadcasting studio, "Danger on the Air," the new support to "That Certain Age" at the Majestic, is as devoid of horror as ...
Article : 116 wordsBEAUFORT, Sunday.—After heavy rain Mr. W. Goodie, of Beaufort, picked up a silver fourpenny piece, dated 1836, on the Main Lead road. ...
Article : 53 wordsNine entrants in the Roy Fox quest for new entertainment talent will appear at an audition in the Palais de Danse, St. Kilda, at 11 a.m. to-day, The candidates ...
Article : 90 wordsYEA.—The death occurred suddenly on Saturday of Councillor A. J. Vines, a returned soldier, a Killingworth settler, and a councillor for four years, He was ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 101 wordsGEELONG. — When thrown from a horse on Saturday, Joan Elkington, aged 11 years, of Nicholas street, Chilwell, suffered a fractured right arm. ...
Article : 26 wordsHAMILTON.—It was contended at a meeting of the Western District Bush Fire Brigades' Council that, to assist in the protection of grasslands stock, and ...
Article : 116 wordsAt Christ Church, Castlemaine, on Saturday afternoon Dorothy Mary youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Clark, of Umina Castlemaine was married to ...
Article : 139 wordsAt Christ Church, Drouin, on Saturday, the marriage was celebrated of Ruby Doris, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Warren, Upper Yannathan, and Fred Stanley ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 360 wordsWARRNAMBOOL. Sunday.—The sixth annual musical and elocutionary competitions, which were the most successful of the series, concluded with the Florence Lake grand operatic aria, which was ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 88 wordsThe wedding was celebrated at St. andrew's Presbyterian Church, Euroa, on Saturday afternoon, of Velda Joan, only child of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hobbs, of ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 244 wordsEthel, second youngest daughter of Mrs J. Matthews and the late Mr. Matthews, of Broken Hill (N.S.W.), was married to Kenwood B. (Boyce) Marshall, second ...
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Advertising : 203 wordsAt the Presbyterian Church Wodonga, on Saturday, the Rev. G. T. Renfrey officiating, Hazel Joan, eidest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Simmonds, of Wodonga, ...
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Advertising : 137 wordsAt the Yarra Street Methodist Church, Geelong, on Saturday evening, the wedding was celebrated of Nellie Gladys, younger daughter of Mr. W. Wright, of ...
Article : 147 wordsThe Commonwealth Dried Fruits Export Control Board reports that sales of Australian dried fiuits registered with the London agency of the board cover 317 ...
Article : 114 wordsThe Presbyterian Church, Cobden, was the setting on Saturday for the marriage of Margaret Isabe[?]. only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Angus L. McKak, Pine Grove. ...
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