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  2. TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS.

    Figures prepared yesterday by Constable Blown, of the traffic control branch, show that there were 301 more accidents in Victoria in the first half of the present year ...

    Article : 266 words
  3. DEMOLISHING TEMPLE COURT.

    "Whelan the Wrecker" began yesterday the demolition of Temple Court, on the site of which Messrs. Grainger, Little, Barlow, and Hawkins will erect for Mr. T. J. Noske a fine 12-story structure, the biggest office building in the city. Demolition is proceeding from ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 70 words
  4. INCIDENTS AT THE POLLING BOOTH.

    If the younger generation of city electors appreciated their privileges and responsibilities as keenly as their elders there would be no such apathy as marks City Council elections. At the booths yesterday at the Smith Ward election aged ratepayers had to be assisted up and down the steps by a constable and the chief clerk of the Town Hall (Mr. H. Wootton on the right). Inset are the two candidates, Messrs. W. J. Powell (left) and J. J. Liston (right). ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 86 words
  5. [?]TECTION OF ANIMALS.

    "We speak for those who cannot speak for themselves." With this as its guiding principle much has been done by the Victorian Society for the Protection of ...

    Article : 1,281 words
  6. INLAND MISSION FAIR.

    In order to obtain money for the purpose of building hospitals and providing nurses for Central Australia, the Presbyterian Church is conducting a fair in the ...

    Article : 265 words
  7. EARLY LAMBS.

    The remarkable feature of this fine pen of early lambs (13 weeks old and the first of the season) is that they were bred and fattened by a boy breeder, 14 years of age, Master A. Knight, of St. Marys, Lake Boiac. They were sold at Newmarket yesterday by Dennys, Lascelles Ltd., and realised up to 71/ a head, 32 averaging 52/6 a head. They are the progeny of pure Dorset Horn ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 88 words
  8. STATE MEMBER'S FUNERAL.

    A tribute to the memory of Mr. McLeod, M.L.A., was the number of State members and Government officials who joined in the funeral cortege from Middle Park to Spencer street yesterday and joined the special train which conveyed his remains to Daylesford. The funeral is seen passing the railway offices. Inset are the pipers, who played a Highland dirge as the casket was ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 72 words
  9. INDECENCY BEFORE GIRLS.

    "These offences are becoming very frequent, and we feel that we must make an example," said the chairman of the Bench, Mr. G. D. Munro, J.P., at the Carlton ...

    Article : 345 words
  10. INTERESTING LANDMARK.

    At the corner of Pigdon street and Rathdown street, North Carlton, is this interesting relic of Melbourne's early days. The signboard is weather-worn and battered, but still informs the passer-by that waggonettes will leave in a few minutes for the "Hobson's Bay railway." The fares ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 52 words
  11. CONFERENCE OF INTERSTATE TELEGRAPHISTS.

    In opening yesterday the annual conference of the Australian Telegraphists' Union, a public service organisation, Mr. Forde, M.H.R., said that he objected to penny postage being introduced until remote country districts were better served with postal facilities. Around the table from left to right are Messrs. J. Hefferan (Q.), J. C. Harrison (T.), E. Bell (V.), G. L. Taylor (V.), chairman; H. D. Flannagan (V.), general secretary; A. E. Edwards (S.A.), J. C. Werner (N.S.W.), and J. Hancock W.A). ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 84 words
  12. DETECTIVE'S GOOD MEMORY.

    When walking along Brunswick street, Fitzroy, last week, Detectives Milne and Lambell recognised a man who was arrested on November 24, 1919, and had ...

    Article : 223 words
  13. MAN ABSCONDS FROM BAIL.

    There was no appearance of Herbert Richards, aged 30 years, dealer, when his name was called in the City Court yesterday to answer a charge of having, on July ...

    Article : 165 words
  14. MOTOR DELIVERY SCOOTERS.

    An innovation in London transportation is the adaptation of motor "scooters" for delivering tradesmen's orders. One of those models is depicted, showing how the baker's basket is attached. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  15. WIRELESS TELEPHONY FROM NEW ZEALAND.

    With a home-made receiving set a wireless amateur, Mr. F. D. Bell, in Otago, N.Z., has been receiving telephony from most of the low-powered experimental stations in Sydney and Melbourne. Mr. Bell has also received music broadcasted from Los Angeles, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 71 words
  16. BLACK MARY'S FUR COAT.

    Quaint sights to be witnessed at Coranderrk and Lake Tyers aborigine stations in winter-time are the home-made fur coats, fashioned by the lubras out of rabbit skins. They are claimed to be just as comfortable and warm as the silk-lined article. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 49 words
  17. MOTOR-CYCLES COLLIDE.

    On July 2, 1922, Robert Drummond, an oxy-acetylene welder, of Stewart street, East Brunswick, and Ralph Dyer, a shop window fitter, of Nicholson street, East ...

    Article : 170 words
  18. SUSPECTED SHOPLIFTING.

    A man and a young woman entered the blouse [?]hop of Mrs. Margaret Nicholson, Collins street, yesterday afternoon, and stated that they wished to be shown some ...

    Article : 179 words
  19. THEFTS FROM PARCELS.

    In the City Court yesterday, Hugh McDonald, aged 18 years, clerk, was charged with having, on July 9, at Hawksburn, had in his possession five tins and ...

    Article : 135 words
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