Those speculators who paid a largo stun to acquire the Aspendale Park racecourse contemplated recouping themselves speedily by utilising the course at night for ...
Article : 666 wordsBACCHUS MARSH, Tuesday.--Starting on the Melbourne side of Pyke's Creek reservoir about 2.30 p.m. to-day, and aided by a strong westerly wind, a bush fire ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 97 wordsWarranmbool Harbor Board has drawn up new regulations for imposing and receiving toll rales and charges for the port of Warranambool, and these were approved ...
Article : 226 wordsCASTLEMAINE, Tuesday.--Mr. J. E. Satehell, Labour candidate for the vacent Castlemaine Kyneton seat in the Le[?] Assembly opened his campaign in ...
Article : 584 wordsConvened by the Australasian Council of Trade Unions, the conference of officials of all unions affected by the dispute in the timber industry over the intoduction ...
Article : 551 wordsAn intimation has been received by the Postal department from the Port Office department at Washington, that the special air-mail tee appl[?] to ...
Article : 831 wordsWHITTLESEA, Tuesday.--Mr. H. B. Barclay, of Glenvale Park, near Whittlesea, lost 10 acres of standing wheat and some wheat in bags in a paddock through ...
Article : 121 wordsYALLOURN, Tuesday.--A hush fire broke out in heavy-timber country between the Haunted Hills and Yallourn, and travelled rapidly to within a few yards ...
Article : 102 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.--Deferring to-day to the proposed freight increases Mr. J. M. Buxton, a former chairman of the shipping section of the Chamber of ...
Article : 408 wordsALBURY, Tuesday.--On Sunday, 2nd December, a fire occurred near the boundary of Messrs. C. H. Grifliths's Delaware property, and Air. A. A. Burt's Ringarah, ...
Article : 138 wordsMr. F. Skevington, an official of the British Treasury, who has been investigating migration problems in Australia on behalf of Lord Lovat, left Melbourne ...
Article : 483 wordsTUMUT, Tuesday.--Although the losses caused by the big bush fire in Adelong district were heavy, some remarkable saves of property were effected by the ...
Article : 159 wordsScotland Yard is endeavoring to solve the mystery surrounding the death of Vivian Messiter, the Southampton manager of an American oil company, who was ...
Article : 267 wordsOwing to a disagreement over working time trouble has occurred at the Enterprise saw milla, Warburton, owned by Cuming, Smith and Co. Ltd. The Stare ...
Article : 206 wordsADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Crowds of men gathered in Port Adelaide streets this morning, but all key points were strongy guarded by police. There was no ...
Article : 298 wordsBEACONSFIELD, Tuesday.--In order to reduce the risks of bush fires as far as possible, a bush-fire brigade has been organised in Upper Beaconfield. A ready ...
Article : 217 wordsIn referring to the matter of betting on motor races at Aspendale, the Chief Secretary said that betting outside the limits of a city or a town was legal, and ...
Article : 68 wordsProtesting against further alienation of beach areas, a deputation from South Melbourne, Albert Park and Middle Park waited on the Minister of Lands, Mr. ...
Article : 446 wordsWERRIBEE, Tuesday.--A sensational motor chase by two policemen, terminating in the arrest at the point of the revolver of four men suspected of having ...
Article : 390 wordsSteps taken by the State Government to relieve unemployment were referred to yesterday by the Premier. Sir W. McPherson said he had received a ...
Article : 169 wordsAn echo of a divorce case dealt with in November last was heard in Prahran court yesterday, when Andrew T. Berriman, private inquiry agent, sought to ...
Article : 383 wordsOn a charge of having obtained £3 by false representations from Lady Fraser, of Irving-road, Toorak, on 17th December, Edward Thomas Carter, laborer, of Mt. ...
Article : 303 wordsROSEDALE, Tuesday.--Residents of Willung have formed an auxiliary unit of the Rosedale Bush Fire Brigade, and have elected Mr. P. Feely captain and Mr. A ...
Article : 323 wordsSir George Fuller, Agent-Gcneral of New South Wales, was the guest of the authors' club to-day, when the subject discussed was Australian Universities. Mr. de Vere ...
Article : 172 wordsADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The executive of the Adelaide Trades and Labor Council this afternoon decided to make a special call of the Trades and Labor Council on ...
Article : 153 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday. -- Soviet Russia continues to woo the Australian workers, and an official delegating from Australian trade unions has been invited to visit ...
Article : 129 wordsUnder heavy pressure from White House and the State department the Senate irreeoncilables dropped the round robin petition against the Kellogg pact ...
Article : 89 wordsClive Shintil, 17 years, and Ha[?] Jamieson, 18 years, were charged in Curton court yesterday with having behaved offensively. ...
Article : 108 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.--Following a fight in an hotel at Wollongong, Robert Cassells, 38 years, has died. Cassells was employed on the Moss Vale-Port Kembla ...
Article : 78 wordsADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Port Adelaide Waterside Workers are complaining that the promise is not being kept that after first preference had been given to men who ...
Article : 140 wordsA decision to purchase two British motor cars for departmental use, was reached by the State Cabinet yesterday. In making this announcement the ...
Article : 56 wordsSWIFT'S CHEEK, Tuesday--The bush fire which started, several days ago is still burning,freely in the timbered ranges west of Cassilis, and on both sides of ...
Article : 137 wordsAs a result of it complaint by a seaman from the A.U.S.N, steamer Ormiston that a member of the Sydney branch of the Seamen's Union had gone to the mate ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 113 wordsRecently English newspapers protested on the grounds of unfair competition against the proposal of the British Broad-casting Corporation to use State funds to ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 141 wordsSir,--Can nothing be done to prevent the dangerously low flying of aeroplanes over our crowded foreshores ? On Saturday afternoon, when the beach was ...
Article : 105 wordsSir,--The action of Caulfield city [?] cil in continuing to tip garbage in and around Princes Park has been a public unisance for over five years. Patr[?] ...
Article : 160 wordsADELAIDE, Tuesday.--With the object of relieving the distress in the families of waterside workers industrial peace representatives left Adelaide by the express for ...
Article : 65 wordsSYDNEY, Tuesday.--Frederick Farry slipped from the platform at Clyde station to-night in front of a train. Both his legs were severed and his skull was ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Wed 16 Jan 1929, Page 12
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