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  2. THE CHURCHES

    Many visitors to Sydney have said that our choirs are not as good as they should be. And one feels that the statement is correct. This is regrettable, as so much ...

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  5. From All Parts of World

    The wedding day in most countries is the bride's day. It is her part to look radiantly and smilingly happy—however long a face the groom may pull. Only ...

    Article : 175 words
  6. Hats Off, Please.

    A German civilian wishing to address a British officer of the army of occupation along the Rhine, is compelled, under an Army order, to take off his ...

    Article : 79 words
  7. A West End Slum.

    There is a slum in the West of London which is the home of 181 families, who, between them, have only 278 rooms. Of every thousand babies born here 346 die ...

    Article : 116 words
  8. Vesta Tilley, "My Lady."

    Lady de Freece. wife of Mr. Walter dc Freece, recently knighted, is better known as Vesta Tilley, who was Matilda Powles, the daughter of a great ...

    Article : 99 words
  9. No Gold Lace in U.S.A. Navy.

    Epaulettes, cocked hats, gold-covered belts, and highly ornamental special full-dress coats heretofore worn hy U.S.A. naval officers on special occasions, have ...

    Article : 72 words
  10. Policeman's Long "Mush."

    A Royal North-West Mounted Police officer. Sergeant Thompson, arrived at The Pas, Manitoba, recently, after accomplishing a feat which rivals any in ...

    Article : 96 words
  11. Four in a Hearse.

    The late Lord O'Brien, with two future Lord Chancellors of Ireland, Naish and Walker, decided to go to Punchestown races in Ireland some ...

    Article : 166 words
  12. Australia's Greatest Mine.

    The value of the output of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company's mine, from the inception of operations to the end of 1918. amounted to £47,477,669. The ...

    Article : 41 words
  13. St. Joseph on Guard Duty.

    The story of an ingenious method of covering desertion adopted by two German soldiers has just come to light. They were on duty on a church tower which ...

    Article : 134 words
  14. Thrice Sunk by U-Boats.

    The British steamer Ravenstone, with a record of having been torpedoed add sunk three times during the war by German submarines, and of having sunk ...

    Article : 134 words
  15. Sticks to his Stick

    A memorial service for members of the Artists' Rides who have fallen in the war was held at St. Pancras Church, Euston-road, recently. ...

    Article : 123 words
  16. Butter 300 Years Old.

    A firkin of butter was found in an Irish bog recently. It contained 1271b. Experts estimate that it has been in the bog about 300 years. ...

    Article : 31 words
  17. Extraordinary Egg

    We have all known of eggs with double yokes, but recently a Texas housewife found an egg within an egg, both the outer and inner egg having a complete ...

    Article : 35 words
  18. Village for Sale.

    The village of Worth Matravers, Dorset, which is shortly to be offered for sale, is notable historically, and contains the tomb of Benjamin Jesty, who was ...

    Article : 42 words
  19. Soldier's Uniform Unhealthy.

    That Army smartness was conducive to consumption was the startling theory advanced by Mr. H. Stonchouse, J.P., of Hull, chairman of the Sanatorium ...

    Article : 163 words
  20. 7000 Officers Avenged.

    A farming story of adventure with a fascinating woman, who turned out to be a German spy passing as a Russian refugee, was told at Liverpool by ...

    Article : 215 words
  21. Man With 20 Sons in the Army.

    A war record of a painful character was recently disclosed in Pans. When war broke out, Vanhee. a French cultivator at Reninghe, near Ypres, had 36 ...

    Article : 166 words
  22. Air Police Force

    New York City has now a volunteer Aerial Police Service fully equipped and numbering 150 expert fliers. The first organisation of its kind is ...

    Article : 63 words
  23. Movies' Effect on the Eyes.

    Moving pictures, under favorable conditions, do not cause so much fatigue of the eyes as the same period of concentrated reading. ...

    Article : 151 words
  24. Heiress Elopes With Airman.

    It used to be the thing for the heiress to elope with the chauffeur, but a New York girl has gone one better, and bolted with an airman. She is Miss Alice ...

    Article : 171 words
  25. Wholesale Haircuts

    The medical staff of, the Aberdeen Education Authority found it necessary, for reasons of health, to cut the hair of certain girls at an elementary school. ...

    Article : 64 words
  26. MUSIC WIRELESSED

    Visitors to the lecture room of the Royal Society in Elizabeth-street, on Wednesday, had the unique experience of hearing the music of a gramaphone ...

    Article : 305 words
  27. Eat Ale, Drunk Ale. Slept Ale

    Boniface as a synonym for an inkeeper is derived from one of the characters in The Beaux' Stratagem, old Will Boniface, who had lived at Dichfield man and boy ...

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  28. Parson on the Huns.

    Rev. J, W. Marsh, Vicar of St. Mary's, Nelson, and a well-known football referee, in a letter to his parishioners, refers to the Peace terms, and says they ...

    Article : 78 words
  29. "Gee Whiz !"

    When the American exclaims, "Gee whiz !" he would doubtless repeat the expletive were he informed that by so doing he is apostrophising the suns ...

    Article : 81 words
  30. Metal Lighter Than Aluminium.

    Aluminium, with a specific gravity of 2.56, is not the lightest metal. It is the most abundant of all metals. Recent attention has been called to the ...

    Article : 95 words
  31. Labor-Saving Bird.

    Butlers and footmen are forbidden to whistle for taxis in the very aristocratic part of London known as Grosvenor Square. But one resident has solved the ...

    Article : 80 words
  32. First Marriage in the Air.

    The first wedding in an aeroplane, which was performed at Houston, Texas, took place at 2000ft above the heads of 10.000 spectators, when Lieut. Meade, of ...

    Article : 77 words
  33. Girl Cigarette Fiends.

    A London cigarette manufacturer stated recently that he found a difficulty in supplying all his men customers with their favorite brands, though leaf was ...

    Article : 68 words
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  35. Boatman's Long Pull.

    Although approaching 60 years of age, a Deal boatman named William Foster accomplished the remarkable performance of rowing a small open 14ft boat along ...

    Article : 58 words
  36. Rich Antiquarian Find.

    Excavations on an isolated hill on Mr. A. J.. Balfour's Whittinghame estate in Scotland have yielded a fine harvest. The excavators came upon a pit filled ...

    Article : 150 words
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