Melbourne Letters and Moving Picture Pioneers Remembered
A Melbourne columnist recalls aging contemporaries and a calligrapher, comments on queues, and swan names mischief. The piece notes Muara yonnson’s death at 85, Johnson and Gibson’s pioneering film work, and publishing woes from wartime shortages delaying many manuscripts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melbourne Botanical Gardens
Bert
Bert Oldfield
Moving Picture Pioneer
Muara Yonnson
Melbourne
Johnson and Wioson
St. Kilda
Millard Johnson
William Gibson
Perfcron
Gibson
The Old High Explosive Inflation Across Ages
The piece argues inflation is the ancient destroyer of civilizations, likening money oversupply to a weapon eclipsing other fears. It recalls Lord Stamp and Sir Josiah, warns of wartime inflation, and urges collective restraint to prevent price spirals and wage erosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Babylon
Greece
Rome
Hitler
Lke
Tn Cremoriel
Lord Stamp
Josiah
United States
New York
Ches
Europe
Jeter
Ional
Lay
Shire Engineer Reports on Roads Tenders and Planning
The Shire Engineer presented the Monday report noting contract status for 166/F/266 Boweya Road and 166/F/269 Thorne's Road, with 166/F/270 Frankland's Road begun. Plans for Arnold's and O'Dwyer's roads await board approval while multiple riding districts report progress and cost-saving amendments to the Town Planner specification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Nicholls
Country Roads Board
Igi
Boweya Road
Shire
Cobram
Quinn
Cummins and
Church
Gleeson
Thoms
McColl
D Dwyer
Saxil Tuxon
Town Planning Board
Lake Rowan
St. James Road
Benalla-Tocumwal
Numurkah Boundary Road
Dunbulbalane
J. H. Smithers
Fragmented reflections on happiness and honesty
A collection of aphoristic fragments on happiness and virtue notes how people overlook virtue while chasing rarity. It cites a Melbourne case where a woman married a man who returned £35 she had lost, then comments on honesty and generosity in society.
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Pease
Melbourne
Final Round of Pennant Li Competition
The final four teams are Cobram Blues Cobram Golds Looram Golds and Berrigan Blues. The first semi final will be next Wednesday Cobram Blues vs Berrigan Golds. Other notes report players such as Harris Jenkins and Ovens with scores listed. Rate collection figures for West Central North South West Southern noted by F E Bart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobram Blues
Cobram
Weswis
Weiss
Wool
Am Cany U
A. Harris
Jenkins
Uox
Vawson Slanger
Gusenan
L. Wydl
D. Ovens
Harrisown
Rutherford
Sporting
Jones
Brooks
Pullar
Jairiey Fanning
Quick
O'brien
Berrigan Blues
Looram Golds
Berrigan Golds
Cobram Elds
F. E. Bart- West
North
South West
Southern
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P Ictures
D’.Ing Cobram
Maten Berle
Mary Beth Hughes
Reginald Denny
Frank Orth
Carmen Miranda
Don Ameche
William Bendix
Greenwich Village
Richard Bird
Lesley Brook
Percy Marmont
London Symphony Orchestra
Avrid
Lon Suenner
Miss R. Jordan
Punt Road
Britain
Shepparton “S.P.C
Shepparton
Sets
J. Sumner
High Street
Leah Taree
the Ministry of Post-War Toft Wo
Eontat
Reviewyay
A. E. Peters
Katamatite Garage
Crysler & Morris Dealer
J.J. O Connor
General Carrier
J. O'Connor
Queen Street
Cobra
Citizens of
R. Elrington
Alf
Radcliffe
Bank Street
W. R. Denson
Dairyman
Wilbur Street
N. H. Jordan
Jordan
T. N. Harris
T. W. Harris Bank Street
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