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  2. A Prominent New Zealand Player.

    In these days of international contests we think nothing of a party of sportsmen going from one end of the world to the other. Australian, Indian, and American cricket teams visit Britain and try their ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,034 words
  3. A Boy Who Became Famous.

    About a hundred years ago a large party of guests (including several of the most famous men of that day) were assembled in the drawing-room bf a fine house in the most fashionable quarter of ...

    Article : 1,302 words
  4. THE CHILDREN'S CORNER.

    Pray now can I, a little lad, In speaking make a figure? You're only joking, I'm afraid; Do wait till I am bigger. ...

    Article : 195 words
  5. Anxious to Practise.

    "No, Bobby," said his mother; "one piece of pie is quite enough for you!" "It's funny," responded Bobby, with an injured air; "you say you are anxious that I should learn to eat ...

    Article : 56 words
  6. A Sure Test.

    Bessie: "Ma and pa have been quarrelling, haven't they?" Willie: "Yes." Bessie: "Which one got the worse of it—do you know?" Willie: "Not yet. I'm waiting to see which one ...

    Article : 46 words
  7. Professional Prodigies.

    Comparatively little is known in England yet about this prodigy of infant reciters, who arrived in London in the summer of 1887, and for four months played a small part in the Avenue Theatre ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 173 words
  8. A Match Puzzle.

    Take six matches; and arrange them so that they form four triangles at one and the same time. The names of those who give the correct answer will ...

    Article : 46 words
  9. Muswellbrook Requirement.

    Mr. Fitzgerald, M.L.A., introduced to the Minister of Lands on June 14 a deputation representing the town and district of Muswellbrook, to request that some of the land in the neighborhood ...

    Article : 141 words
  10. The Cadet Corps.

    At last the Minister of Public Instruction has taken in hand the question of reorganising the Public School Cadet Corps. The corps has not been getting along as well as those ...

    Article : 399 words
  11. A Nut to Crack.

    "Mr. Froggy" has excited a great deal of interest; but many of those who have sent in answers appear to have neglected to read the puzzle through carefully before attempting to ...

    Article : 596 words
  12. Sudden Death.

    On Thursday, June 13, a Carpenter named George William Benson May, aged 55 years, died suddenly at his residence, No. 50, Adelaidestreet, Surry Hills. Deceased had frequently ...

    Article : 126 words
  13. Wharf at Wyrallah.

    Messrs. Nicholl and Perry, Ms.L.A., presented a petition from residents of Wyrallah to the Minister of Works on June 13 to establish a wharf at that place; also for a sum of money for ...

    Article : 105 words
  14. Sherbrooke Roads.

    Mr. Woodward, M.L.A., introduced a deputation from Sherbrooke, on June 13, to the Minister of Works to request that a sum of money should be granted for the road from the Bulli Pass to the ...

    Article : 231 words
  15. Plucky Rescue.

    About 5 p.m. on June 14, a little girl, named Eva Cox, G years of age, residing with her parents at 16, Forbes-street, was walking backward on the wharf at Woolloomooloo Bay, when ...

    Article : 196 words
  16. Arithmetical Puzzle.

    W. J. G. has sent a late answer to the arithmetical puzzle from Groymoiith, Westland (N.Z.). In the lists already published there were answers from Auckland, Otago, and other parts of ...

    Article : 78 words
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