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  2. RAILWAYS ELECTRIFICATION PLANT.

    This serles of illustrations shows some of the equipment at the Caulfield sub-statton That on the left shoivs three Siemens 3,000 k w rotary converter The function of this plant is to convert 1,000 volt thru--Dhase alternatinn current to 1500 volt direct current, at which pressure it Is usod for train operation Tho centre picture shows tito 20,000 volt switchgear operating panels By means of this apparatus iho switches which conloi the 20 000 volt three-phase alternating current from Newport power-house aro in turn controlled and operated The third illustration is of tho 20,000 volt Ironclad switchgear The switchgear enabled the size of the sub-station to bo reduced considerably, as much less spaco is taken than with the ordinary open type gear There are special safety devices embodied In tho design of this gear which make ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 144 words
  3. SPRING RACING CAMPAIGN.

    No racehorse in Australasia—not even Carbine—has made so much turf history by creating various records and precedents as has Eurythmic. In winning ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 4,286 words
  4. Tivoli.

    Another first-class vaudeville programm[?] was presented at the Tivoli Theatre of Saturday night. Gene Gerrard and Fre[?] Barnes continue to entertain large and[?] ...

    Article : 80 words
  5. Gaiety.—Melodrama.

    In "The Beggar Girl's Wedding," [?] current attraction at the New Gaiety The[?] tre, Fuller's Dramatic Players are seen [?] advantage. The story is of a young ma[?] ...

    Article : 161 words
  6. Bijou.—Vaudeville.

    Messrs. Nat. Phillips and Roy Ren[?] as "Stiffy and Mo," continue to attrac[?] large audiences at the Bijou, and in th[?] week's production, "A Sporting Chance, ...

    Article : 86 words
  7. Lyric.—"New Ideas."

    The "New Ideas," which began a season in the Lyric Theatre on Saturday night, compares favourably with the best of the costume comedy companies seen at St. ...

    Article : 442 words
  8. THE PICTURES.

    A programme of a high standard was submitted to an enthusiastic attendance at the Auditorium on Saturday. The chief attraction was "The Crimson Challenge," in ...

    Article : 102 words
  9. Majestic.

    Violet Hopson has a congenial role in "The Scarlet Lady," presented at the Majestic Theatre on Saturday. The story is one of the "turf," and all the incidents and ...

    Article : 83 words
  10. Hoyt's De Luxe and Lyceum.

    "Keeping up with Lizzie," an interesting love comedy, with Enid Bennett as a pampered dauguter of a storekeeper, leads the current programme at De Luxe. It ...

    Article : 142 words
  11. WORK AND WAGES.

    Members of tlie Penal Warders' Association point out that the amount of £2,000 in the Estimates for the improvement of their salaries, when distributed among 200 ...

    Article : 346 words
  12. RAILWAY THEFTS.

    GEELONG, Saturday.—At the City Court yesterday John Charles Tank, Frederick Francis Fiscalini, and Gregory Francis Grace were charged with having, at Geelong, on ...

    Article : 251 words
  13. "Beyond the Rocks."

    "Beyond the Rocks," with Rudolph Valentine and Gloria Swanson in the [?]ing parts, was shown at the Town Hall on Saturday night. The staging and acting ...

    Article : 108 words
  14. Paramount.

    With the breezy Douglas Fairbanks in the leading role a moving picture is never dull, and "The Mollycoddie," which was shown for the first time at the Paramount ...

    Article : 68 words
  15. New Strand.

    "Orphans of the Storm" is still proving an outstanding attraction at the New Strand Theatre, and it seems destined for as long a run as its predecessors at the ...

    Article : 131 words
  16. CHURCH PROSECUTED.

    Before Messrs. Germon (chairman), [?] burne, Keys, Church, and Mitchell, in the Caulfield Court on Friday, proceedings were taken against the Methodist Church, ...

    Article : 130 words
  17. FRUIT SELLING AGENCIES.

    Sir,—"Cheap Fruit" in his letter to-day entirely misunderstands the feeling of the Shepparton citrus-growers towards the association's agents. There were undoubtedly ...

    Article : 107 words
  18. TRAVELLED ON LADY'S TICKET.

    In the Caulfield Court on Friday, before Messrs. German, Church, Keys, Mitchell, and Lilburne, J.P.'s, George Lajdlaw of Howard street, North Melbourne, was charged with having travelled ...

    Article : 100 words
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