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  2. HOUSEBREAKERS FOILED.

    How two burglars had attacked a householder when found on his premises at night was told to Mr. Justice Macfarlan in the Criminal Court yesterday. George Convey, ...

    Article : 659 words
  3. EXPERIENCE TEACHES.

    Profiting by the lesson of the first consignment of fat bullocks from New Zealand, those responsible for unloading the animals effected great improvements in the methods of handling when the second consignment of 718 arrived yesterday. One of the chief innovations was the construction of wharf-pens as depicted, which saved the bullocks much of the slipping which bruised many of the previous shipment. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 66 words
  4. SHOTS AT CONSTABLE.

    The story of a long and exciting chase after a young man whom he suspected of housebreaking was told by Constable Albert Peach to Mr. A. A. Kelley, P.M., ...

    Article : 809 words
  5. NEW CITY BRIDGE COMPLETED.

    As the old bridges over the Moonee Ponds Creek at Macaulay street and Arden street respectively were in a dilapidated condition, the City Council last year let tenders to the Reinforced Concrete Company to erect two new bridges at a total cost of £9,100. The first of these bridges completed, that at Macaulay, is depicted. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 61 words
  6. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S HORSE PARADE.

    All classes of horses were represented at the annual horse parade and show of the Royal Agricultural Society, which opened at the Showgrounds yesterday. General views of the parade are depicted, showing a number of high-class exhibits among the 110 listed. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 47 words
  7. PLEA ALTERED.

    Joseph Percy Reardon, bank clerk, of Numurkah, was presented before Judge Williams in General Sessions yesterday on a charge of having passed a valueless ...

    Article : 248 words
  8. WHERE NEWCASTLE COAL BECOMES MELBOURNE GAS.

    These are the furnaces of one of the retorts of the Metropolitan Gas Company, which, according to the report of the engineer-in-chief (Mr. J. N. Reeson), cannot be heated owing to the poor quality of the second cargo of coal purchased from the Commonwealth Government. Not only is the coal itself inferior, but it contains a large proportion of sand, so that it is now almost impossible to maintain the furnaces in condition to heat the retorts. Although the furnaces are fed by the automatic feeder illustrated, manual labour is necessary ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 105 words
  9. SHIPMENT OF BULLOCKS.

    The second shipment of prime cattle from New Zealand to Mr. John Wren reached Melbourne yesterday by the steamer Waihora. At Wellington, 718 bullocks ...

    Article : 374 words
  10. NEW TRACKS FOR SPENCER STREET.

    Work on the improvements to Spencer street station includes the laying down of cross-over tracks to the new island platform. The curious clamp which holds the rail in place while the fishplates are adjusted is shown in action. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 44 words
  11. ABRAHAM DIVORCE SUIT.

    Before Mr. Justice McArthur and a jury of six, the hearing was concluded yesterday of the action in which Abraham Abraham, aged 51 years, of Collingwood street, ...

    Article : 221 words
  12. COMMONWEALTH SUED.

    In the Practice Court yesterday, before the Chief Justice (Sir William Irvine), the Colonial Ammunition Company asked for a declaration that an agreement had been ...

    Article : 196 words
  13. CHINESE FANCY DRESS BALL.

    Chinese residents of Melbourne readily adapt themselves to Western customs, but who would believe that they would so soon copy the idea of a "fancy cap and ziff night," which the Australian Chinese Progressive Social Club held at the Manchester Unity Hall on Saturday. Mr. H. Y. Bow was hon. organiser and Mr. A. Chung hon. secretary. One of the picturesque figures of the ballroom is the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 84 words
  14. ST. KILDA PARK STATE SCHOOL REOPENED.

    At a cost of £7,788 the St. Kilda Park State school has been remodelled. It was officially opened yesterday by the Minister for Education (Sir Alexander Peacock), who is seen congratulating the head master (Mr. Ramsay) on the fine structure now under his control. The background shows a group of scholars assembled outside the St. Kilda Theatre after the opening. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 66 words
  15. CARRIER'S WAGGON STOLEN.

    Before Judge Williams in General Sessions yesterday James Mckeown, of George street, Fitzroy, was presented on a charge of having stolen a horse, waggon, and a quantity of woollen ...

    Article : 195 words
  16. IMMIGRANT'S STRANGE CONDUCT.

    For some weeks a man whose behaviour seemed strange has been calling at the West Melbourne police station periodically and complaining that someone intended to do him an injury. ...

    Article : 189 words
  17. CASE HEARD TWICE.

    The second hearing of the charge against James Thomas Dean, Moor street, Fitzroy, of having stolen £290 from Robert Twomey on April 5, was concluded in the Court of ...

    Article : 90 words
  18. ESCAPED MEN SENTENCED.

    Frederick Smith and Thomas Norton, two indeterminate sentence prisoners, who escaped in [?] boat from French Island on July 8, were before the City Court yesterday on a charge of having ...

    Article : 76 words
  19. INJURED BOY IDENTIFIED.

    The boy who was knocked down by a motor-car driven by Mr. Cecil Aubrey Jackson, of Harker's [?], Kew, in Sydney road. Brunswick, on Monday afternoon, and was admitted to the Melbourne ...

    Article : 56 words
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