Melbourne Opossum Skin Sale Under Government Licences
Opening sales of opossum skins under government licences were held in Melbourne on Monday. Most skins came from northern, Goulburn Valley and north western districts. Gippsland mountain skins were scarce. Competition was limited and prices 10 to 15 shillings per dozen below last week’s land owners’ permit sales. Total skins offered reached 22 686 with prices per dozen including various grades from large blues to damaged and romped skins.
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Melbourne
Goulburm Valley
Gippsland
Srd
Joey
Jocys
Overdrafts and tobacco talks at constitutional meeting
The article notes overdraft excesses for a council account and scrutiny by the inspector of Public Works. It also reports Dr. Temple Smith predicting a bright future for Australian tobacco, with aims to grow and export, plus duty issues on timber for fruit cases and a drowning death of a constable's son at Landsborough.
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Inspector of Public Works
Gro
Temple Smith
Australia
Constitutional Club
Fruit Conference
Royal Commission On Fruit
Hele
de Frait
Crowing Industey
Landsborough
Hodget
Constable McKenzie
Taxation of Motor Owners in Victoria
The motor vehicle has become a vital assets to the state with registration and petrol taxes contributing over £1,000,000 and about £700,000 from petrol duties. Officials consider higher charges inevitable, yet opponents urge restraint as motor use supports rural development and employment. The Royal Automobile Club of Victoria argues against heavy taxation, urging recognition of motor transport as essential to modern life.
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Fem
Victoria
Creed
Scullin
Hogan
Steont
Canberra
Commonwealth
Peleral
Royal Automobile Club F of
Denbys Wool Sale Prompts Prompt Settlement
Consignments of wool are advertised for sale by Denbys Wool, with prompt settlement expected for sellers. Neslong handles the trade for Young B Horsham and ac Agest for Dennys. Ltd.
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Young B Horsham
Dennys
Elles, Ltd
Neslong
Deaths and accidents touch Bowral and Melbourne
The death at Bowral NSW of Mrs Humphries aged ten followed a severe operation and declining health after a failed recovery. Her Irish birth and long life of relatives are noted. In Ashfield NSW a young man Mansfield 20, after an estrangement, killed himself by gas exposure. In Melbourne a 52 year old man, James McLaughlin, was injured when his arm was torn by an electric fan at Foy and Gibson’s woollen mills. He was hospitalized at St Vincent’s.
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Ruserli Street
Queen Peet
Melbourne
Santown
Comenne
Sene‘ue
Bowral
Nsw
Humphries
Ireland
Ist
Waterloo
Hosaline
Mansfield
Park Avenue
Ashfrld
Simone
Jenes McLaughlin
Walon Street
Northeste
Swords and War Memories Fade in Modern Trade
An Age column notes soldiers shift from glamorous martial deeds to selling swords at Victoria Barracks for seven shillings. It details prices for infantry and cavalry blades, staff sergeant artillery swords, and laments the loss of romantic battlefield pastimes while urging practical use of steel as garden tools.
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Uuiforgus
Foot
Victoria Barracks
Bluebeard
King Arthur
Knights of the Round Table
Tennyson
Ince
Australia
C.O.R. A
Defence compensation question pending for discharged service
The debate over compensation for compulsorily discharged defence force personnel has not yet been considered, according to the Minister of Defence remarks.
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Defence
Novel course for a jury leads to fines in Devonport
In Devonport Tasmania a jury pool exhausted a day early triggering locked doors and fines of ten pounds for twelve jurors who failed to appear. The incident followed a slert panel ruling in a criminal court case and prompted court officials to proceed with the scheduled trial.
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Devonport
Tasmania
Clarke
Portland Water Tower Progress Reported by Guardian
Portland's water supply work advances with the tower erection as part of the wet system, the Guardian notes the contractor is making headway on the project.
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Portland
Guardian
Experiments On Drunkenness In Copenhagen Commune
The Copenhagen Commune plans tests on 200 participants to study effects of moderate alcohol on vision concentration and muscle coordination. Psychological tests will compare before and after drinking using a range of intoxicants including beer schnapps brandy and liqueurs.
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Copenhagen
Othe Chimune
Early Ruskin Anecdote Tells of First Lessons in Meaning
An archaic reminiscence recalls Ruskin’s childhood training by his mother Mrs Muskli. He describes a night when a boiling kettle and the urge to touch it led to a foundational lesson about word meaning. The tale centers on the moment when the word Wherty is first linked to its warning.
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Dielphine
Ruskin
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