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  2. INSOLVENT BIGAMIST.

    Before Judge Moule, in the Insolvency Court yesterday, the hearing was concluded of an application on behalf of E. W. Smail, the trustic of the insolvent estete of ...

    Article : 453 words
  3. CONDENSING TURBINE ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE.

    Mr. D. M. Ramsay, managing director of the Ramsay Condensing Locomotive Co. Ltd., Glasgow, is the designer of this novel experimental engine, which has been built at he Scotswood works of Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth and Co. Ltd., and is now undergoing practical running tests on the London and N.W. line. The primary object of the design. Is to save fuel and water through the combination of a condenser and steam turbine. The locomotive complete weighs 130 tons, and has a tractive force of 22,000lb. It is claimed that a saving of 40 per cent. In coal ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 109 words
  4. KING'S PRIZE RIFLEMAN.

    Victorian representatives were first, second, third, and fourth in the final aggregate for the King's Prize of New South Wales at Liverpool on Friday. Gold medal and badge and the first prize of £100 were won by S. N. Watson (Melbourne-Rifle Club), formerly of Bendigo. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 53 words
  5. ESSENDON OUTRAGE.

    Robert James, McMahon, aged years, jeweller, was the first neme called at the City Cout yesterday morning. Before Mr. K[?]ight. P.M., McMahon was charged with ...

    Article : 171 words
  6. CONSTABLE MENACED.

    Surrounded by a menacing crowd, Constable A. J. Smart was forced to draw his revolver at the intersection of Spencer street and Dudley street late on Saturday ...

    Article : 181 words
  7. MISS DOROTHY BRUNTON'S RETURN.

    To open a season next Saturday at the New Palace Theatre in the far[?]e, "Tons of Money," Miss Dorothy Brunton, the Australian musical comedy actress, returned from London yesterday. She faced the camera at Spencer street while seated on the step of her taxi. Mr. H. J. Ward (right) and Mr. H. Hall (producer, left) were among those who welcomed her. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 66 words
  8. LITTLE HOUSEWIVES IN TRAINING.

    Sound training in all the housewifely arts is the aim of the School of Domestic Economy at Montague. Here, every day, excellent three-course meals are cooked and served to the public at 1/ by enthusiastic young trainees. Their kitchen is a model and their cookery excellent. A group of students, under the supervision of Miss E. Hodgson, is seen at culinary duties. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 67 words
  9. PIE CRUST FOR "COCKY."

    The story of an affray in which two customers, a restaurant proprietor, his wife, a cockatoo, and a constable, were active participants, was told before Mr. Justice ...

    Article : 618 words
  10. NO INCOME TAX RETURN.

    "So busy looking after other people's business that he has no time to look after his own," was the comment of Mr. Knight, P.M., when George Sydenham, agent, of ...

    Article : 116 words
  11. FIRST PRIZE IN SWEEP.

    On a summons for final, judgment, notwithstanding the fact that a defence and appeaiance had been entered, an action instituted by E. E. Baker, of High Street, ...

    Article : 194 words
  12. GREAT OCEAN ROAD

    Motorists are especially asked by tho Royal Automobile Club of Victoria to support the appeal for funds for the Great Occean road. the Devil's Elbow, a picturesque bend in this great highway, in depicted ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 38 words
  13. STEEL FRAME BUILDING COLLAPSES.

    Although the general architectural lesson of the Japanese earthquake seems to be the comparative immunity of modern steel frame structures, those did not all escape without damage. This picture shows the collapse, of the Naigai building, which was under construction in front of the Tokio station, in the worst area. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 56 words
  14. SOMERSAULT IN A SACK RACE.

    A determined young competitor in the open sack race at the postponed Ge[?]long College sports tripped in his excitement and turned a somersault, bringing down another contestant. The race was won by E. M. Hopo. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 41 words
  15. "TWO WEEKS TO LIVE."

    "I have only two weeks to live according to the doctors at the Melbourne Hospital. I have heart disease and another complaint." James Arthur Allen, aged 32 ...

    Article : 80 words
  16. OUTER PORTS INQUIRY.

    Preliminary business will occupy the Royal commission on outer ports at a meeting to be held at State Parliament House at 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon. Mr. J. H. ...

    Article : 64 words
  17. DINNER IN A BALLROOM.

    On behalf of Dean Carlyon, of [?]arlyon's Hotel, St. Dilda, a permit to serve liquor with a meal int he ballroom connected with the hotel, on October 31, was sought ...

    Article : 109 words
  18. INDOOR TENNIS BY NIGHT.

    Four tennis-courts marked out on the floor of the main hall in the Exhibition Building were offcially opened last night by the president of the Lawn Tennis Association of Victoria (Mr. Justice Weigall). Lawn tennis on covered courts is a novelty in Melbourne. Fees for the public are fixed at 8/ an hour at night and 4/ in the-daytime. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 71 words
  19. HOW BRIDGES COLLAPSED IN TOKIO.

    A typical view of a ru[?]ned steel girder bridge in Tokio is dep[?]cted. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 18 words
  20. DIVORCE COURT.

    Befoer Mr. Justice Maciarlan, in the Divorce Court yesterday, maude Surah l[?]vens, aged 44 years, of Lansdowne street, Esst Melbourne, Petitioned for a dissolution of her marriage with ...

    Article : 523 words
  21. DIVORCED HUSBAND'S DEBTS.

    Albert Wadsworth, who is in gaol for having bailed to comply with an order of te Divorce Court with respect to costs and alimony, is seeking release. In the apractice Court yesterday Mr. ...

    Article : 269 words
  22. MERCANTILE EIGHT'S NEW RACING BOAT.

    The Mercantile Senior Eight was out an the river yesterday in the new boat, the "S. J. Morell." Councillor Morell, who presented the boat, is on the ritht (rear). ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 34 words
  23. HOTEL THIEVES SENTENCED.

    The Heensee of the Western Family Hotel, Swanston street, saw a stranger leaving the hotel on Saturday wearing a boarder's overcoat and carrying two s[?]t cases. The man escaped, but ...

    Article : 237 words
  24. UNPAID ALIMONY.

    Some time ago Ethel May Beck, of Bellarine street, Geelong, obtained a de[?]ree nisi for the dissolution of her marriage with Charles Beck, of the Fyansford Cement Works, driver, on the ...

    Article : 183 words
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