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  2. BOOKS of the DAY

    DARK TUMULT, by Myra Morris (London: Thornton Butterworth); 7/6 net. Those of us who have watched the development of Miss Myra Morris from ...

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  3. A GENTLEMAN OF LETTERS

    Among writers of our own time is there one to whom we feel more deeply indebted than to John Galsworthy? To have read the Forsyte Saga is to have imbibed a ...

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  4. BYGONE DAYS

    Mr. W. H. Thomas (Prairie) has favoured me with a copy of the "Leisure Hour" for August 30, 1873, containing an article on "Ice Harvesting," from which ...

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  5. THE PASSING SHOW

    Oriel offers this small packet of verses to be sung (softly) upon a fine and sunny morning:— Let Mussolini woo King Carol. ...

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  6. Letters to the Editor CANTEEN ISSUE

    Sir, — Every time I read remarks against wet canteens I wonder if the speakers have any sense of reason, and by what authority do they profess to ...

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  7. Nature Notes Death Adders in Victoria

    Writing from Newstead, "Searcher" notes that Victoria is included in the distribution given for the death adder by Lucas and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. GEF, THE TALKING MONGOOSE

    ARIEL AND ALL HIS QUALITY, by R. S. Lambert (London: Gollanez); 16/. Very few people outside of England have heard of the Mongoose Case, but it made ...

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    Paderewski, famous Polish pianist and one-time Prime Minister of that illfated country, who recently vowed never to touch a keyboard until Poland ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. WHEN BRITAIN WAS UNARMED

    MY FIGHT TO REARM BRITAIN, by VISCOUNT ROTHERMERE (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode); 5/. Nobody who has read Lord Rothermere's ...

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  11. STATE LABOUR SEATS

    Sir, — Is it not extraordinary that the central executive of the Victorian Labour party intends to contest only 35 of the 65 State seats? It has failed lamentably ...

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  12. An Australian Wallace

    IT'S HERE! by John Wallace (Melbourne: Crime Book Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd.). John Wallace has won a considerable following in Australia for his crime ...

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  13. COBURG RATES

    Sir,—In Coburg our rates are ever soaring—20 per cent, increase this year and 20 per cent. Increase in valuations also. Nothing can be accomplished without ...

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  14. NOT REIMBURSED

    Sir,—Before entering the A.I.F. camp last November, I received a circular containing a list of clothing and other paraphernalia which I was instructed to bring ...

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  15. Living Books— and Dead Authors

    Great names abound in the cavalcade of English letters. From Chaucer until the present day—for the art of writing is not dead even ...

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  16. CLERICAL PAY

    Sir,—In criticising the conditions of some public servants the Public Service Association did not have brought before it the prime example of poor pay and conditions ...

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  17. Record of the Ballet

    Lovers of the ballet will find an admirable record of the coming season in "Balletomanes' Art Book" (Sydney: London Book Company; 10/). This unusual ...

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  18. FORM REVERSALS

    Sir,—As a keen supporter of racing, I think it is time something was done about glaring reversals of form which are occurring, apparently unnoticed by ...

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  19. KOALA MASCOT

    Sir, — While wishing our soldiers should have every comfort and pleasure on their long sea voyage, with regret I read that a poor little koala accompanied ...

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  20. John Masterman discusses HEART AND LIFE PROBLEMS "WHICH SELF?"

    ONE of our greatest problems is to find our real self. We are not only a disappointment to our friends but a bew[?]lderment to ourselves because we do ...

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  21. Books In Brief

    James Devancy tells us in "Where the Wind Goes" (Sydney: Angus and Robertson; 3/6) that his muse is "fickle and light and loose." The poems collected in ...

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  22. OUR WAR EFFORT

    Sir, — Your leading article of Thursday was most timely. I, as a returned soldier, with 1,474 days overseas, am astonished that the people of Australia should ...

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  23. How Frightfully Cute!

    GREEN GROWS THE GARDEN, by BEVERLEY NICHOLS (London Jonathan Cape); 11/3. Now that half the world is on fire, ...

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  24. EUGENICS

    Sir,—One who understands raises a question generally regarded by the public with apathy and repugnance—the marriage of mental deficients. ...

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  25. Advertising

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  26. APATHY TO CHURCH

    Sir,—I suggest to "Christian" that the more liberal outlook held by many churchmen to-day is the inevitable result of the advancement of education and science. ...

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  27. New Books

    The following new books have been received in this office (English prices quoted):— BIOGRAPHIES Cry Treason, by Iris Morley (London: Peter ...

    Article : 210 words
  28. ELECTION DEPRECATED

    Sir,—It seems incredible that an election should be forced on Victoria on account of one party out of three in the House having a domestic squabble, when ...

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  29. NORTHCOTE NEEDS

    Sir,—We ratepayers of Sumner Estate, Northcote, have complained to the Board of Works about 8 feet of noxious weeds at the back of Sumner avenue. Our letters ...

    Article : 73 words
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