An interesting sidelight to their tour of the Goulburn Valley was a visit by these members of the Victorian ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 540 wordsA promise that a few months after the commencement of the discharge of affluent into the Bay at Altona he would visit the area and take steps to remedy any objectionable features, was made by the Minister of Supply (Sir ...
Article : 815 wordsAccording to a statement last night by Mr. W. Orr, Federal secretary of the Miners' Federation, the negotiations to avert a general coal strike had ...
Article : 275 wordsCANBERRA, Tuesday.--All apples and pears harvested in Australia up to the end of June have been acquired by the Commonwealth Government ...
Article : 146 wordsThe Bendigo East Progress Association made a profit of £65 from its recent swimming carnival. The money will be devoted towards the building ...
Article : 260 wordsMr. F. C. Scown, formerly of the Essendon High School, has taken up a position on the Ballarat staff, bringing the total number of teachers to ...
Article : 384 wordsEighteen men for the 2nd A.I.F. left Geelong on Tuesday. This is the first draft that has left since recruiting was suspended at Christmas time. Another ...
Article : 336 wordsBecause they objected to what they described as "the domineering attitude of the foreman" under whom they worked, twenty boot clickers employed ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 853 wordsReference to the propositi was made at the meeting of Williamstown council by Cr. Ross last night, when a letter was read from the Williamstown Vigilance Association requesting that ...
Article : 107 wordsStatistics for Greater Melbourne last year, which were Issued yesterday by the Government Statist (Mr. Gawler), revealed that the birth rate of 14.73 ...
Article : 132 wordsAlterations to the Essendon town hall, at an estimated cost of £ 13,750, were decided upon by Essendon council, which has adopted the plans and ...
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Article : 231 wordsArising out of a letter from the unemployed committee In which, It was stated that as seasonal work was finished, numbers of men were on sustenance and asking ...
Article : 685 wordsAt the local court of potty sessions on Tuesday, Ronald Eastwood and Ralph McFarlane, of Melbourne, were each sentenced to seven days' imprisonment on two counts of stealing tools, ...
Article : 492 wordsA warning that unless Australia's population increase was more than one per cent, it was not merely stationary but doomed to extinction was given ...
Article : 99 wordsBradford spinners and manufacturers are showing a definite preference for export business in order to comply with the policy of the Wool ...
Article : 64 wordsThere has been criticism in some quarters regarding the decision of Brunswick council not to give public farewells to A.I.F. men leaving for abroad. The mayor (Cr. Wylle), at the last ...
Article : 286 wordsRev. Father Murphy, of Bairnsdale, has been transferred to Omeo. Rev. Father Hannify, of Maffra, and Rev. Father Dunn, who was recently ordained, have been appointed to the ...
Article : 921 wordsBrunswick Historical Society, which has done valuable work in the compilation of early photographs and early records of Brunswick, invited Mr. Blackburn, M.P., recently, to accept ...
Article : 200 wordsA meeting of Victorian railway men will be held at Unity Hall on Sunday at 7.30 p.m. to discuss a proposal that combined action be taken with ...
Article : 163 wordsSeveral homes were threatened and were only saved after a hard struggle when Are swept over 300 acres of grassland on the south side of Settlement ...
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Article : 219 wordsAt last night's meeting of Caulfield council, the mayor (Cr. Morris) was mildly sa[?]rical regarding what he described as the readiness of a section of councillors to find any time ...
Article : 195 wordsFeeling that Its members and associates not already engaged on war work would welcome an opportunity of playing a part. Kew Golf Club has established at premises in Denmark-street, ...
Article : 214 wordsThe dispute affecting plumbers employed at the new Royal Melbourne, Prince Henry and Warrnambool hospitals was settled yesterday, and the ...
Article : 134 wordsTwo 17-year-old youths were arrested by police wireless patrol in the early hours of yesterday morning on the railway line near West Footscray ...
Article : 100 wordsA letter from the town clerk of Footscray (Mr. J. Gent) was read at a meeting of Williamstown council last-night, advising that a meeting of representatives of the municipalities of ...
Article : 140 wordsTRARALGON, Tuesday.--A fire which broke out at Glengarry destroyed a lot of fencing and grass. The outbreak occurred in Mr. J. ...
Article : 89 wordsThe University Extension Board, In co-operation with the Northcote. city council, has arranged for a special class In public speaking to be held at the Northcote town hall. The tutor for the ...
Article : 104 wordsHORSHAM, Tuesday.--Ducks are plentiful in district lakes and Swamps. Sportsmen are assured of a good opening. Lake Buloke draws large ...
Article : 46 wordsCollingwood council has decided to recommend the following councillors to the various hospitals for life governorships:--St. Vincent's Hospital, Cr. McCann: Royal Melbourne Hospital. Cr. Friend: ...
Article : 54 wordsThree charges of larceny, as an agent were brought against Thomas William Harris, 58 years, of Swanston-street, Carlton. accountant. In Carlton court, the sum Involves amounting ...
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Article : 158 wordsPreston council In laced with the problem of rubbish of various kinds being abandoned on vacant allotments, and It has now decided, on the recommendation of Its public works ...
Article : 105 wordsAt the stop-work meeting of the Seamen's Union yesterday it was reported that the ship owners had appealed against the decision of the Chief ...
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Article : 185 wordsA meeting of past and present residents will be held in the North Melbourne town hall upstairs to-night to arrange for a back to North Melbourne gathering at the Flagstaff Gardens on ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 302 wordsSir.--Kindly allow me to amplify your report of a statement made by me at a meeting of the Coburg city council on Monday, as a wrong construction Is likely to be placed on my remarks. ...
Article : 206 wordsThe secretary of the Taxpayers' Association of Victorian (Mr. M. J. Pettigrove), In a letter to the Premier; stated that nearly £2,000,000 was being ...
Article : 133 wordsIn the Third city Court yesterday, before Mr. Mohr, P.M., Raymond Nuzum, clothing manufacturer, of Flinders-street. city, was called upon under the fraudulent section of the Sales ...
Article : 117 wordsMOULAMEIN (N.S.W.), Tuesday.--When a gun was accidentally discharged at the home of a neighbor this afternoon, Ronald Cooke, 12 ...
Article : 42 wordsFirst matinee performance of Giving the Bride Away, the new three-act comedy farce, will be presented this afternoon at the Princess Theatre Charles Norman and Lily Moore share comedy ...
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The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Wed 28 Feb 1940, Page 14
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