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  2. Dame Burden's Post Office.

    Everyone under 18 is invited to write letters here. The best will be published, and perhaps win a prize, and even the worst will be read with interest. Writers may choose any member of the Court they please to ...

    Article : 727 words
  3. PASTIMES.

    1. Why is a spendthrift's purse like a thunderstorm? Because it is continually lightning. 2. A conundrum dealing with Sydney suburbs: Why did Peter sham (Petersham)? Because he ...

    Article : 138 words
  4. What's the Good of Trying?

    What a woman doesn't know about newspapers isn't worth knowing. The other morning Mrs. B—was talking to her husband. "I notice by the 'Times' that Mr. Jones died on ...

    Article : 117 words
  5. IN LIGHTER VEIN.

    Mr. W. a well-known solicitor, in his bachelor days went to lodge with a person whom we will call Mrs. Brown. As an inducement to take the rooms he was told that he could have a lock-up ...

    Article : 241 words
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    In our issue last week we gave a report of the opening of the railway to Inverell, and in this issue we publish illustrations of the town and views in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 336 words
  7. Miscellaneous.

    George: "I have been invited to a 'flowerparty' at the Pinkies. What does it mean?" Jack: "That's one of the newest ideas this season. It is a new form of birthday-party. Each ...

    Article : 1,110 words
  8. Commissioner and Mrs. M'Kie.

    In charge of the operations of the Salvation Army in the Commonwealth and New Zealand. They have succeeded Commandant and Mrs. H. H. Booth, and are now visiting Sydney. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 33 words
  9. It Troubled the Customer.

    "A funny thing occurred here the other day," said a barber as he was putting the finishing touches on a Saturday-evening hair cult. "A fellow came in to be shaved who was somewhat under ...

    Article : 208 words
  10. Patents and Inventions.

    Mr. Fred Walsh, patent agent, 23 Elizabethstreet, has compiled from the records of the Patents Office, Sydney, the following list of applications for letters patent and certificates of ...

    Article : 533 words
  11. Bound to Get Rid of 'Em.

    "Mr. Chugwater," inquired the agent, "is your life insured?" "It is not." "Haven't you ever thought you ought to be ...

    Article : 127 words
  12. Sensible Enough for That.

    The following is reported from Aldershot:- A bearer company of the Volunteer Army Medical Corps was going through a course of training, and some of the soldiers belonging to a regiment ...

    Article : 118 words
  13. Nice for the Necktie Buyer.

    A rather loudly dressed "gentleman" stepped into the necktie department of a big. London shop, and in a supercilious tone that would have nettled a graven image into anger, uttered the ...

    Article : 140 words
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