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  2. CHARITIES BILL.

    Disapproval of the Charities Bill in its present form was expressed by speakers at the annual meeting of the Hospital League of Mercy yesterday afternoon. ...

    Article : 285 words
  3. BRITISH EMPIRE PATENTS.

    Proposals for instituting a system of granting patents which would be valid through the British Empire were considered at a conference of representatives ...

    Article : 391 words
  4. CITY PROCESSIONS.

    Long searches for precedent charactersed argument in the Full Court of the High Court yesterday regarding the validity of the by-law which the City Council adopted ...

    Article : 663 words
  5. ENGLISH CRICKETERS AT THE NETS YESTERDAY.

    A. P. F. CHAPMAN. G. S. BRAND. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 24 words
  6. BLASTING-POWER IN LETTER.

    HOBART, Thursday.—"I put this in a letter so that it would go off as soon as anyone hit it with a postal stamp. Yours faithfully, The Tiger's Eye." This ...

    Article : 150 words
  7. MENACE OF THE BORER.

    These illustrations give some ide[?] of the serious damage done by the borer. Mr. C. French, Victorian Government enfomologisst, who made these specimens available for photographing yesterday, considers that this pest constitutes a serious menace, and that st[?]ps should be taken to eradicate it. The picture on the left is of a mantelpiece taken from a house at Malvern. One or the two insects were in the wood when it was made up, and the mantelpiece was soon destroyed. Other woodwork in the house was also affected from the same source. The inset is of a "pin-hofe" borer onlarged about twelve times. The small pieco of a kerosene ease (with the nail) came from Calcutta, and was found to contain two live borers of a species new to Australia. Next to it is what was left of a support in a Melbourne building after a faily of furniture borers had dwelt ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 198 words
  8. "IMPREGNABLE" EVIDENCE.

    A difference of opinion regarding the propriety of a direction which ActingJudge Leon had given to a jury in General Sessions yesterday was followed by an ...

    Article : 351 words
  9. MF. RUDYARD KIPLING,

    Who has gone into hospital to undergo a serious operation. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 13 words
  10. SHOW STOCK ON RAILWAYS.

    On November 7, under the bending "Show Stock on the Railways," the Railway department was criticised for the manner in which show stock was handled. ...

    Article : 337 words
  11. START OF 1,000-MILE MOTOR RELIABILITY TRIAL.

    By 7 o'clock yesterday morning 61 motor-cars, with their drivers and equipment, had been weighed at the Haymarket and started on their long 10-day journey over the Australian Alps and back. The illustration shows one of the cars on two weighbridge. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 48 words
  12. SITE OF WAR MEMORIAL.

    In order to assist architects and others engaged in the competition for the best design for the National War Memorial, the site, which is on St. Kilda road, but some little distance from the corner of Domain road, has been indicated by a conspicuous placard. This will also serve to mark the exact site for the general public. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  13. BURRENJUCK CONTRACTORS.

    SYDNEY Wednesday.—Thomas Peters and John Symonds, formerly contractors for the construction of the Burrenjuck dam on the Murrumbidgee River, were ...

    Article : 253 words
  14. ASPHALT CAUSES TROUBLE.

    Tar used in the construction of a footpath in the busiest part of Glenhuntly road, the main shopping street of Elsternwick, is proving expensive to the Caulfield ...

    Article : 335 words
  15. WILLIAMSTOWN LOAN

    The finance committee of the Williamstown Council has decided to recommend to the council that a loan of £26,000 be raised for urgent works, and the matter will be ...

    Article : 162 words
  16. CONSTABLE'S FEELINGS HURT.

    "I am hounded by this man, Whenever he secs me in the street he turns to me and says, 'Go home,' as if I was a dog," said Maggle Claney, a young woman, referring in the City ...

    Article : 144 words
  17. BUILDING REGULATIONS.

    At a meeting of the Caulfield Council on Tuesday night, Councillor Packet informed the council that he had been informed by several applicants for war ...

    Article : 144 words
  18. INCOME TAX CHANGES.

    In the rush of business which marked the closing hours of the Federal session two important income tax measures were passed, and the alterations they involve ...

    Article : 290 words
  19. FREIGHTS AND COSTS.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.—Without being over sanguine of the results to be obtained as the result of the meetings of the Australian Meat Council and Australian Fruit ...

    Article : 124 words
  20. TWO MEN ROBBED.

    When lying down on a vacant allotment near the South Wharf police station at 8 o'clock on Wednesday night with two other men, Frank MeCluskey, labourer, of ...

    Article : 108 words
  21. SECOND DISAGREEMENT.

    For the second time Edward Jay, a young man, was presented for trial in General Sessions on Wednesday, charged with having stolen £47 from John Traill, a marine engineer, in Bourke street, ...

    Article : 111 words
  22. SEA LAKE TRAIN SERVICES.

    A correspondent, "Sea Lake Resident," on Saturday complained of the late running of trains on the Sea Lake line. The Railways Commissioners state that the trains ...

    Article : 138 words
  23. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—I woud implore the Commissioners not to increase the existing number of smokers Non-smoking carriages are as a rule synonymous with cleanlines (due in ...

    Article : 156 words
  24. HEIDELBERG SHIRE ELECTION.

    In Consequence of the resignation of Councillor A. H. Price (Greensborough Riding)from the Heidelberg Shire Council, an extraordinary election will be held on November 23 to till the ...

    Article : 49 words
  25. SMOKING CARRIAGES.

    Sir,—Not one woman in a thousand enters a smoking carriage from deliberate choice. An overwhelming majority of women detest smoking with its ...

    Article : 156 words
  26. UNIVERSITY HIGH SCHOOL.

    Valuable work has been done for the University High School, Carlton, by a parents' committee recently formed to further its interests. The headmaster (Mr. ...

    Article : 616 words
  27. KODAK PICNIC PICTURES.

    At the invitation of the recreation committee of Kodak (Australasia) Pty. Ltd. a large number of employees of the company and their friends met at the dining hall at ...

    Article : 217 words
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  29. WOMAN ASSAULTED.

    When patrolling the wharves at Victoria Dock at half-past 1 o'clock yesterday morning, Plain-clothes Constables J. Curran was informed by a woman that she ...

    Article : 132 words
  30. ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL.

    Sir,—Before the foundation stone of St. Paul's Cathedral was laid, there was great controversy as to the site, and it was decided to build it in its present position. ...

    Article : 134 words
  31. FIRST OFFENDER SENTENCED.

    Before Mr. Justice Mann in the Criminal Court yesterday, Albert King, aged 25 years, labourer, of Brunswik, was found guilty of having stolen a gun, a camera, and other articles ...

    Article : 115 words
  32. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—Having travelled daily in first-cliiss smoking carringes on the Box Hill line for years, my experience is that, not women, but non-smoking men, are the nuisances in ...

    Article : 144 words
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