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  2. MYSTERY OF MISSING CHEQUE.

    Charges of forgery and uttering were preferred against a young man named Leslie Edgecliff Tilney, before Mr. Justice Mann, in the Criminal Court yesterday. ...

    Article : 552 words
  3. DRIVER AWARD.

    The appeal by the War Service Homes commissioner, which is at present being argued before the Full Court of Victoria, is from a judgment of Mr. Justice Mann. ...

    Article : 472 words
  4. ANCIENT TYPEWRITERS.

    One of the curiosities of the technological section of the National Museum is what is described by the curator (Mr. R. H. Walcott) as one of the oldest typewriters in Melbourne. It is shown on the left, contrasted with a Burt typographer made in 1829, and treasured in the Washington (U.S.A.) museum. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 54 words
  5. HOSPITAL PATIENTS' SUN BATH.

    Mild spring sunshine is especially welcome to the indoor patients of public hospitals. Two old people are seen wrapped in blankets on the balcony of the Homoeopathic Hospital, thoroughly enjoying the warmth. They wear hats fashioned out of newspapers to koop the sun from their eyes. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 50 words
  6. WRECKERS AT WORK.

    Perilous positions are taken up by workmen now demolishing the old bluestone walls of the building between York House and Pearson's Cafe (the old "Savoy") in Little Collins street. They are shown perched on the broken wall, 30ft. from the ground, chiselling out a block, which is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 58 words
  7. PRIME MINISTER AS ADVERTISING AGENT.

    That he desired to be regarded, after his work at the Imperial Conference had ended, as an advertising agent for the Commonwealth during the remainder of his stay in Great Britain, was the statement made yesterday by the Prime Minister (Mr. Bruce) to members of the Victorian Institute of Advertising Men, who entertained him at lunch. On the left of the Prime Minister, against the wall, is Mr. G. J. Manton, president of the Victorian Institute; on Mr. Bruce's right is Mr. S. H. Cox, and opposite Is Mr. L. H. Shave, both members of the board of management. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 124 words
  8. MUSIC THAT DID NOT SOOTHE.

    How a bandmaster's love of music caused discord in the home and became the cause of his wife leaving him[?] was told before Judge Dethridge in General Sessions ...

    Article : 553 words
  9. TRAIN AND CART COLLIDE.

    "This crossing is dangerous, as persons approaching it from Gaffney street are unable to see anything until they are practically on the line." Mr [?] thus ...

    Article : 530 words
  10. SCIENTISTS VISIT ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

    Delegates to the Pan-Pacific Conference visited the Zoological Gardens yesterday and made the acquaintance of living Australian [?] While lions and tigers were given but passing notice, the kangaroo, as pictured on the right, entertained a distinguished assembly. The acting Director (Mr. A. Wilkie), for the benefit of interested scientists, liberated a spiny ant-eater of the Echidna family, well known to Gippsland residents as the "porcupine," which is shown on the left receiving the cautious but friendly attentions of Dr. J. Cossar Ewart, professor of natural ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 96 words
  11. ROYAL BREAKFAST SERVICE.

    On view at the Mutual Store (but not for sale) is some rare china from the late Queen Victoria's breakfast and dessert services at Balmoral Castle. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 29 words
  12. DISTRIBUTION OF ESTATE.

    Authority to distribute an estate comprising a two-thirds interest in land with a frontage to Swanston street, was sought in an application to Mr. Justice Macfarlan ...

    Article : 472 words
  13. FELLED ON ENTERING ROOM.

    Entering the sitting-room at [?] House, Little Bourke street, on the afternoon of August 3, James Herbert [?] a middle-aged man, was felled by a blow ...

    Article : 290 words
  14. INTER-VARSITY LACROSSE.

    Melbourne and Adelaide Universities played their annual inter-varsity lacrosse match on the University Oval yesterday. The two South [?] on the left are trying to intercept a pass from the Melbourne player on the right to No. 12. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 39 words
  15. FIRE IN SOUTH MELBOURNE BOX FACTORY.

    Workshops of the Amalgamated Box and Cases Pty. Ltd., Lorimer street, South Melbourne, were destroyed by fire on Monday night. The stacks of charred timber in the box factory are depicted, with a fireman in charge [?] for smouldering fragments. Inset is the electric cable, through which a powerful current leaked, and electrifying the whole Iron building, hampered the firemen's [?]. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 67 words
  16. ACCUSED MAN MISSING.

    When the associate in the Criminal Court called out "Place Albert Clarence Bird at the bar" yesterday, no one obeyed the order. Police and warders shouted the ...

    Article : 128 words
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