Racegoers were taken by surprise at Flemington on Saturday when Gothic, who is fancied by the public for the Caulfield Cup, went out at odds of 10 to 1 on in the October Stakes, and was beaten on the post by Highland, ridden by W. Duncan. The photograph shows Highland, fully extended, pressing Gothic one furlong from home. He overtook him at the post and won by half a neck. Noscitur, who was unplaced, is the third horse in the picture. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 87 wordsEvidence against the imposition of a duty on plywood was heard by the Tariff Board on Saturday. The members of the board present were Messrs. W. Leitch' ...
Article : 537 wordsSpeaking at St..Kilda Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning the Rev. Graham H.Balfour took as his text. "He sent His and and healed them," Psalms ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 1,542 wordsAt St Ignatius' Church, Richmond, yesterday, the new spire, which is the tallest in Melbourne, was blessed by the Papal Legate Cardinal Corretti who was accompanied by his suite The Cardinal in his mitre nnd robes was surrounded by acolytes and a huge concourse of people during the ceremony. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 53 wordsLady Somers, as Chief Commissioner of Girl Guides in Victoria, paid a visit to a model encampment formed by guiders at Tintern Church of England Girls' Grammar School on Saturday afternoon She is shown examining a "mountain devil" or horned lizard. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 45 wordsIn its effotts to attraect individual and collective support from all motorists so that it may extend protection and assistance when required the committee of the ...
Article : 200 wordsBy a single fall won in the sixth [?]und. Clarence Eklund defeated Ted Thye, and won the world's light heavyweight wrestling championship at the Stadium on Saturday. Thye made a desperate final rally and just at the end of the last round held Eklund (farthest from the camora) in a figure-four short arm scissors. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 60 wordsDuring the height of the gale that swept over Molbourne yesterday morning, the roof of the grandstand of the Hawthorn-East Melbourne ground, near the Glenferrie railway station, was wrocked and the debris blown 80 yards from the structure. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 41 wordsspecial offerings were received from the members of three denominations yesterday for church enterprises Anglicans in the diocese of Melbourne were asked to ...
Article : 217 wordsMethodist clorgymen are delighted with the success that has attended the opening effort of their evangelistic campaign[?]led by the Rev. Norman Dunning. As the ...
Article : 151 wordsLashed by the sustained fury of the wind, great waves piled against the bluestone embankment on Marine parade, Elwood, yesterday, flooding the thoroughfare, and washing into houses across the street. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 35 wordsThe foundation-stone of the new hall for St, James's Old Cathedral, West Melbourne, was laid by Archdeacon Lambie of Saturday afternoon The photograph shows Mr Gawler, of Messrs Gawler and Drummond, architects, presenting Archdeacon Lambie with a mallet with which to lay the stone. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 53 wordsAt a meeting of the Melbourne Psychological Society at Chartres House on Saturday the following motion, moved by Dr. George E. Payne Philpots, was agreed ...
Article : 87 wordsIt Would be interesting to know how many of those residents of Caulfleld now residing near the busy intersection of Glenbuatly and Hawthery roads will recognise the name of Camden, yet ...
Article : 182 wordsChoral evensong at a quarter to 5 o'clock:— Monday— Harwood in A [?] "Lift Up Your Heads (Hopkins): Tuesday—Noble in B minor, "Send Out Thy light (Gounod): Wednesday.— ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Mon 8 Oct 1928, Page 5
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