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  2. BRICK THROWN AT THIEVES.

    Mr. H. Salts, carrier, of Clark street, East Brunswick, threw a brick at two thieves as they were escaping from his garage at 3 o'clock yesterday morning. The ...

    Article : 185 words
  3. STATE HIGHWAYS.

    Motorists touring on the State highways of Victoria in the Christmas holidays noticed for the first time the effects of the enforcement of the Country Roads Board's ...

    Article : 429 words
  4. PURPOSE OF LIFE.

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday. — Although science could classify types, describe phenomona, and even trace a faint plan out of a complex disorder to a rational orde[?], it ...

    Article : 272 words
  5. HOLIDAY RESORTS.

    The weather in the holiday season has been the best for 20 years. Two years ago the Daylesford Borough Council undertook extensive improvements at a cost of ...

    Article : 507 words
  6. JOSEPH HARRIS SCOUT PARK.

    MORNINGTON, Wednesday. — The Joseph Harris Boy Scout park at Mount Martha was officially opened to-day by Sir George Fairbairn. The park has an area ...

    Article : 264 words
  7. SERIAL STORY THE DEAD HAND.

    Author of "The Mahogany Ship." "The Sea Wolf's Hoard[?]" "The Straitsmen," &c. (Continued from Tuesday.) CHAPTER XVI. (Continued). ...

    Article : 1,800 words
  8. COST OF LIVING FIGURES.

    At its meeting to-night the Trades Hall Council [?]l consider a recommendation from the committee appointed by it recently to consider the method of computation of ...

    Article : 92 words
  9. POLICE NEWS.

    On a charge of having, between the hours of 9 o'clock at night and 6 o'clock in the morning, had in his possession, offensive weapons—a loaded pistol and a razor—Ian McDonald, aged 30 years, ...

    Article : 943 words
  10. MOTOR-CYCLE THIEVES.

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Two motor-cycle thieves were chased from Newtown this afternoon by police to Erskineville, where they escaped. The two men jumped on a ...

    Article : 162 words
  11. TRAFFIC PROSECUTIONS.

    William Henry Toohey, grazier, of Bethanga, was convicted at the St. Kilda Court on Wednesday on a charge of having driven a motor-car while he was under the influence of intoxicating ...

    Article : 303 words
  12. SUSTENANCE FRAUD.

    At the South Melbourne Court on Wednesday Edward Benson, labourer, Little Lonsdale street, Melbourne, was charged with having, between December 16 and ...

    Article : 185 words
  13. STREET BETTING.

    Robert Henderson, clerk, Armstrong street, Middle Park, was charged at the South Melbourne Court on Wednesday with having on December 19 been in Armstrong street for the purpose of ...

    Article : 282 words
  14. MAN WITH 71 NEWSPAPERS.

    On a charge of having on January 1 had in his possession 71 copies of "The Australasian," which, it was suspected, had been unlawfully obtained, Edward Buchan, ...

    Article : 147 words
  15. CHURCH NEWS.

    The Feast of the Epiphany was celebrated yesterday at the church of St. Francis, Elizabeth street, by Solemn High Mass. The Roman Catholic Bishop of Maitland (Dr. ...

    Article : 121 words
  16. WILLOWGROVE SPORTS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 99 words
  17. WORLD LAND SPEED RECORD.

    The Fred. H. Stewart Enterprise, the 1,800 horse-power speed motor-car, in which Mr. Norman Smith, the Australian driver, will attempt to break the world land speed record of 245.8 miles an hour on the Ninety Mile Beach. North Auckland, New Zealand. Inset: Mr. Norman Smith. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 48 words
  18. THIRD TEST MATCH ENDS.

    The third Test match between Australia and South Africa ended yesterday when Bell, shown in the photograph, was bowled by Grimmett. Australia won by 169 runs. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 29 words
  19. AN INTERNATIONAL GROUP.

    On board the Nairana yesterday afternoon. From left to right:—K. J. Vilj[?]en (South Africa), E. L. Dalton (South Africa), Jiro Satoh (Japan), H. B. Cameron (South Africa), H. Malcolm (hon. secretary of the Lawn Tennis Association of Australia), B. G. Tonkin (Victoria), and M. Ide (Japan). The South African cricketers; Satoh, the Japanese tennis player; and B. G. Tonkin, the junior member of the Victorian tennis team, left on the Nairana for Tasmania. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 76 words
  20. THE MENACE OF BUSH FIRES.

    One of the posters which will be used by the State Forest[?] Commission during Bush Fire Prevention Week. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 22 words
  21. Display Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 108 words
  22. IGUANA FOR ZOO.

    This [?]guana, captured by a motorist in Gippsland, has been presented to the Zoological Gardens. It is four feet in length. The iguana is a natural enemy of the snake. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 32 words
  23. SCOUTS CAMP OPENED.

    The Joseph Harris Scout Park, Mount Martha, was opened by Sir George[?]Fairbairn yesterday afternoon. Scouts from many troops on the Mornington Peninsula attended, and are here seen cheering Sir George Fairbairn. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 51 words
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