I hardly expected to find general agreement with "W.H.C.'s" view that foxes would not eat starlings, so it was waste of time to use these birds as bait. I mentioned Mr. Tom Fisher's ...
Article : 2,108 wordsAnother interesting set of "safety first" posters has been issued by the Department of Education, which, in conjunction with the Railways department and the Tramways Board, is seeking to educate the public to a proper appreciation of traffic dangers. One of the most striking posters is depicted; it enjoins the pedestrian when passing behind a tramcar always to stop to see if another car is approaching in an ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 98 wordsFive acres of playing-grounds have been acquired for the sum of £1,200 near the G[?]en[?]r[?]s railway station, at the terminus of the High street electric tram, by the G[?]eniris Valley Recreation Club. A plan of the grounds is reproduced, showing that when completed the club will own eight tennis courts[?] two bowiling-gr[?]ns, two cr[?]quet lawns, two putting-greens, and a pavilion with accommodation for dancing and ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 128 wordsFor some considerable time a lack of harmony has existed between the State Mininstry and the Geelong Harbour Trust. It rose from the fact that the trust for ...
Article : 615 wordsPerey B. Bayley, aged 17 years, was arrested on Saturday after a motor-car which he was driving had struck a telegraph post in North road, Newport, and one of the ...
Article : 189 wordsUnder the supervision of the Pu[?]lic Works department, Messrs. Swanson Bros. are building the anatomy, natural philosophy, and arts and education schools for the Melbourne University as part of the general extension project. The picture shows the arts and education ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 55 wordsIn view of the recurrence of bubonic plague in Sydney the precautions against the landing of infected rats from steamers arriving from northern ports are being, again enforced. State health officers, acting in co-operation with the Federal quarantine branch, went aboard the Wyr[?]ma yesterday. On the left is a trap being set in one of the lifeboats; in the centre a regulation rat-guard is being attached to a mooring-line, while on the right an officer has ordered a sling of cas[?]d goods to be halted on deck so that he may search a broken case ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 104 wordsOn a charge of having assaulted Councillor George Pinkerton, J.P., a member of the Collingwood City Council, William Richard Bell, appeared at the Collingwood ...
Article : 208 words[?] of the four fatal railwat accidents that occured on June 30 were investigated at the morgue yesterday by the [?]eputy coroner (Mr. A. Phillips). ...
Article : 520 wordsBefore Judge Moule, in General Sessions yesterday, the jury found Percy Lewis Short guilty of having obtained by fraud various [?]ums of money from James Moore ...
Article : 192 wordsTwo Federal officers who wage incessant war on rats along the waterfront are shown with the skin of the largest rat ever caught on the wharves. It measures 26in. from nose to tip of tail. A new ordinary specimens (unsk[?]nnod) are shown in contrast. On the right is A. A. Robinson, the State's champion ratcatcher; the runner-up in the annual championship is E. Smith, on the left. The two fox-terriers, "Don" ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Article : 87 wordsWhile Mr. Patrick Sullivan, of Arden street, North Melbourne, was attending mass at. St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church [?]otha[?] Hill, on Sunday morning ...
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Article : 181 wordsThe mayor and mayoress of St. Kilda (Councillor and Mrs. Burnett Gray) yesterday gave an "at home" In the St. Kilda Town Hall to the members of all St. Kilda charitable organisations and to the women who assisted in the recent soldiers' memorial hall concert. On the steps of the town hall are, from left to right:—Councillor Gray, the mayoress of Caulfield (Mrs. Brooks), and Dr. Campbell, of Durban. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 91 wordsThe auxiliary 52 ton yawl Arrary[?] sailed from Plymouth" in September, 1920 and safely returned last Friday after a voyage round the world. At Auckland her owner-commander, Lieutenant G. H. P. Mulhauser, R.N.R., took on board Mr. C. R. Tadgell, a Melbourne yachtsman. The photograph of Lieutenant Mulhauser is inset on the right and that of Mr. Tadgell (by S. Shie[?]) on the left. The yawl, which ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 96 wordsStrong branches of the Pastoralists' Association of Victoria have now been formed at Birregurra, Li[?]more, Skipton, Mortlake, Casterton, and Hamilton, and keen ...
Article : 207 wordsBefore Judge Wasley, in the County Court yesterday, Walter James Jones brought an action against T. Flannery, claining £50, said to be due as ...
Article : 135 wordsWhen Shirley Wilson, aged 14 months, was playing in front of the fire in her parents' home at Pollard street, Kensington, on Saturday, with her cousin, George ...
Article : 109 wordsWAGGA (N.S.W.), Sunday.—The Minister for Works (Mr. Ball) said yesterday that at the invitation of the Railways Commissioners he had visited the workshops at Ev[?]leigh to see for himself the ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tue 10 Jul 1923, Page 7
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