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  2. PIGEON HOMING.

    The racing season for young birds, whichs is being conducted under the auspices of the Victoria Housing Association, is drawing to a close. The final events will be flown next Saturday.: In the week-end ...

    Article : 435 words
  3. COURSING.

    WONTHAGGI, Saturday.—The Wonthaggi and Dalyston club had arranged to run a meeting on Monday, but owing to the entries not filling as well as was anticipated the committee decided to ...

    Article : 225 words
  4. CYCLING.

    By his decisive victory in the triangular motorpaced match at the Motordrome on Saturday night. H. Opperman may well claim to be the pacefollowing champion of Australia. There had been ...

    Article : 2,521 words
  5. RAID BY POLICE.

    Many obstructions were encountered by a body of police which raided a house in Heffernan lane, off Little Bourke street, last night. The raid, which was arranged ...

    Article : 350 words
  6. KING FERDINAND.

    Though strict censorship is being observed there is no doubt that King Ferdinand is seriously ill with bronchial pneumonia, following influenza, besides cancer. It is ...

    Article : 91 words
  7. ITEMS OF INTEREST.

    About 2,000,000 florins of the special Canberra commemorative design are being minted now. The design includes a representation of the new Parliament House at ...

    Article : 532 words
  8. FLOODS IN AMERICA.

    Storms in the south-west were accompanied by from 2in. to 5in. of rain, which flooded hundreds of small streams in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and Oklahoma. ...

    Article : 90 words
  9. JAPANESE FINANCE.

    Rumours regarding the insolvency of a large firm, which is involved with the Watanabe Bank, which was deeply concerned in the Earthquake Settlement Bill, ...

    Article : 244 words
  10. DEVELOPING AUSTRALIA.

    A wide range of subjects has already been discussed by the consultative advisory committee appointed on the recommendation of the chairman of the Australian ...

    Article : 174 words
  11. CANADIAN WHEAT POOL.

    The Winnipeg correspondent of the "New York Times" says that the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, which is an important factor in the co-operative grain marketing ...

    Article : 284 words
  12. SPORTING DOGS' FIELD TRIAL.

    KYNETON, Saturday.—The Sporting Dog Club of Victoria opened its annual field trials at Greenhill, near Kyneton, to-day, when nine trials in the first round were decided. Results:—First ...

    Article : 171 words
  13. TRADE UNION CONFERENCE.

    Representatives of British and Russian trade unions, including the president of the National Federation of Building Trade Operatives (Mr. G. Hicks), the district ...

    Article : 195 words
  14. USED INSULTING WORDS.

    Daniel Irvine, aged 39 years, was charged at the City Court on Saturday with having used insulting words. The bench was occupied by Mr. A. A. Kelley, P.M., and Messrs. T. O'Callaghan, R. ...

    Article : 57 words
  15. SWINE PLAGUE.

    DAYLESFORD, Sunday.—Owing to an outbreak of swine plague in the Daylesford borough the health inspector and officers of the Department of Agriculture ordered that ...

    Article : 40 words
  16. DRAUGHTS.

    Victorian Draughts Association premiership matches will begin early in May at the Central Club, Hardware House, but as a "curtain-raiser" the first match will be played at Geelong, when ...

    Article : 350 words
  17. AMERICAN COAL STRIKE.

    The general strike of union coal miners has caused a suspension of the bituminous coal industry in the central fields and in several other districts. More than ...

    Article : 226 words
  18. Display Advertising

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    Advertising : 516 words
  19. DISARMAMENT.

    After a fortnight of debate the Preparatory Disarmament Commission has reached an agreement that the period of army service in various conscript countries shall be ...

    Article : 392 words
  20. London Wool Sales.

    The series of wool sales closed to-day. There were some withdrawals of secondhand wools, and some of faulty descriptions, which did not reach the owners' reserves, ...

    Article : 1,015 words
  21. WESTERN MALLEE FALLOWS.

    Hot, dry weather, high winds, and the absence of summer rain have made it impossible for farmers on the lighter Mallee soils to prepare, as they would wish, the fallows for the 1927 sowing, ...

    Article : 380 words
  22. April Fools' Day.

    An evening newspaper chose April Fools' Day to publish a story that the Prince of Wales had travelled by aeroplane to Berlin, had visited the Chancellor (Dr. Marx), ...

    Article : 67 words
  23. TRAFFIC PROSECUTIONS.

    On Friday, at the Coburg Court, Francis White, Glenferrie road, Glenferrie, was fined £2 for having petmittcd his motor-cycle to omit an offensive noise while passing a church. ...

    Article : 146 words
  24. International Labour.

    The governing body of the International Labour Office, composed of representatives of Governments, employers, and workers, adopted the budget for 1928, amounting to ...

    Article : 72 words
  25. LICENSING CASES.

    William King, licensee of the Earl of Lincoln Hotel, corner of Church and Lincoln streets, Richmond, was charged at the Richmond Court on Friday with having had his bar door open, and ...

    Article : 115 words
  26. German General's Death.

    General von Wrisberg, a leading figure of the war, dropped dead following an alterration with a policeman on the steps of the Bismarck monument in front of the ...

    Article : 144 words
  27. Kidnapped in Mexico.

    The body of Mr. Edgar Wilkins, an American, who was kidnapped on Sunday by bandits and held for rausom, was found near Guadalajara. ...

    Article : 37 words
  28. CHESS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 252 words
  29. SUBURBAN ACTIVITIES.

    Suburban councils have been asked by the Municipal Association to forward items for the business paper of the next annual session of the association, which will be held shortly. The ...

    Article : 716 words
  30. Empire Marketing.

    Commenting on the increase of the grant of the Empire Marketing Board to £1,000,000, the Australian representative on the board (Mr. F. L. McDougall) says ...

    Article : 198 words
  31. CONTROL OF WIRELESS.

    HOBART, Sunday.—Mr. L. T. Broinowski, associate editor of the "Mercury," in evidence before the Wireless Commission, said that there were three great objections ...

    Article : 461 words
  32. PAPUAN NOTES.

    The island of Samarai has been proclaimed at quarantine area owing to an outbreak of measles. Mrs. Dupain, wife of the manager of Burns, ...

    Article : 397 words
  33. Cape to Cairo Flight.

    The Royal Air Force Squadron, which is flying from Cairo to meet the four South African Air Force aeroplanes at Kisumu, Central Africa, have left for Malakal, ...

    Article : 74 words
  34. CABLE NEWS IN BRIEF.

    A provisional treaty of commerce between France and Germany has been signed in Paris. The Paris police have prohibited the use of the word "boche" ...

    Article : 173 words
  35. PACIFIC ENGINES.

    Moulds for the cylinders of the new "Pacific" type locomotive being built by the Railways Commissioners at Newport have been completed, and the cylinders will ...

    Article : 133 words
  36. Classified Advertising

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    Advertising : 20 words
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