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  3. SPORTING.

    Although the weather yesterday was unsettled, there was a fair attendance at the weekly meeting of the Brighton Club. The course was a little heavy, but the five events were ...

    Article : 260 words
  4. GOOD FRIDAY.

    The hot-cross bun is supposed to be a survival of the pagan custom of making presents to the gods, which were purchased at the gates of the temple, especially a species of ...

    Article : 129 words
  5. SHIPPING.

    Antilope (German bq), 1613 tons, Captain Schmidt, from Tal Tal. John White, agent. Eurirabla (s), 1055 tons, Captain H. Tyrer, from Brisbane. Passengers: Four in, the saloon. Burns, ...

    Article : 1,677 words
  6. A QUAINT LONDON CHARITY.

    A quaint custom is to be witnessed every Easter in the Churchyard of St. Bartholomew, Smithfield. Let us see it with the mind's eye. Good Friday Morning. Round a horizontal ...

    Article : 200 words
  7. A.J.C. ACCEPTANCES.

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  8. CRICKET.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 374 words
  9. A CONNAUGHT CUSTOM.

    In the midland districts of Ireland, viz., in the, province of Connaught, on Good Friday, "it is a common practice with he lower orders of Irish Catholics to prevent their young from ...

    Article : 114 words
  10. GRAMP RINGS.

    Anciently, it was a custom with the Kings of England on Good Friday to hallow, with great ceremony, certain rings, the wearing of which was believed to prevent the falling-siakness. The ...

    Article : 184 words
  11. BOWLS.

    Newcastle Club is sending four rinks to Parramatta to play a match to-morrow. ...

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  12. SWIMMING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 264 words
  13. FATALITY AT BALMAIN.

    About half-past 3 yesterday afternoon, when the s.s. Sophie Anne was coaling alongside lever Brothers oil works, at Balmain, the mate of the vessel, K. Pedersen, 27 years of age, was struck ...

    Article : 99 words
  14. RABBITS AND WATER.

    The Wellington (New Zealand) "Post" recently had the following: Referring to a paragraph in "Rod and Gun," in one of our issues, describing how a rabbit had taken to the water under ...

    Article : 224 words
  15. FLAGELLATION IN ROME.

    "On Good Friday (says Evelyn, "Diary," 1645), we went againe to St. Peter's, where the Handkerchief (St. Veronica's, with the impression of our Saviour's face), Launce, and Crosse were all ...

    Article : 135 words
  16. SOME-JAPANESE PROVERBS.

    To reach the cub you must go into the tiger's den. Carelessness is a great danger. Sufficient dust will make a mountain. ...

    Article : 100 words
  17. A SPANISH SUPERSTITION.

    A Spanish superstition is that they who are born on Good Friday see ghosts whenever they pass the place where anyone has been killed, or buried, or died a violent death. For this ...

    Article : 57 words
  18. FOOTBALL.

    In arranging for the visit of an English Rugby team to Australia, Mr. Q. W. M' Arthur has sent a letter to a number of prominent players. The letter stated that the team was to leave England ...

    Article : 409 words
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  20. CHURCH DRESSING IN FRANCE.

    "On Good Friday," wrote Miss Plumptre, "the churches (in France) are all dressed up; canopies are placed over the altar, and the altars themselves are decorated with flowers and other ...

    Article : 135 words
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  22. REPRESENTING THE SEPULCHRE.

    Before the Reformation it was customary to erect on Good Friday a small building to represent the sepulchre of our Saviour. In this the host was put, and a person was set watch ...

    Article : 172 words
  23. A GOOD FRIDAY SERMON.

    Towards the end of a sermon preached by Bishop Longland, of Lincoln, before King Henry VIII,. on Good Friday, 1538, he said: "In meane season I shall exhorted you all in our Lord God, ...

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  24. JUDAS ISCARIOT.

    A custom of Spanish and Portuguese sailors on Good Friday is the flogging of an effigy of Judas Iscariot, hanging at the yard-arm. In some instances, instead of being flogged, the ...

    Article : 190 words
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