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  3. WORLD-WIDE NOTES.

    Two Australians have invented an improved rake and stone gatherer for clearing stony land. The new idea was given a public trial recently, ...

    Article : 154 words
  4. TO TRAIN YOUNG EMIGRANTS.

    That public-spirited Imperialist, the Hon. Rupert Guinness, has started a Canadian farm not far from London, for the practical training of young ...

    Article : 117 words
  5. HOME RULE.

    When the House of Commons met yesterday, Mr B. G. Falle (U.) moved a motion declaring that, it was imperative the Government should ...

    Article : 317 words
  6. EXPERIMENT IN RECRUITING.

    The War Office has decided to try a new experiment in recruiting. In future every soldier on furlough will be given a number of unstamped ...

    Article : 95 words
  7. NO CLOTHING CRUSADE.

    A singular charge was heard recently at Portland (Oregon), in the U.S. Mrs. Alice Palmer was summoned for neglecting her six months' old baby ...

    Article : 138 words
  8. WHAT HE THOUGHT OF IT.

    Apropos of the death of Sir William Preece, "Father of Wireless," it is interesting to note that Edison sent him one of his first phonographs, and ...

    Article : 95 words
  9. WESTERN DISTRICT NEWS.

    Mr Campbell Peter, of the, stall of fire Camperdown State school, has been appointed to take charge of a school at St. Clair six miles from ...

    Article : 642 words
  10. "PAPER MADE WHILE YOU WAIT"

    A novel test of speed was recently made by the directors of a paper mill at Esenthal, Germany. At 7.35 a.m. three trees were cut ...

    Article : 121 words
  11. ELECTRIC RAT-TRAPS.

    Electric rat-traps are in use in Amsterdam. They are connected by a wire with a supply of electricity. The place where the bait rests is the only ...

    Article : 47 words
  12. MONEY IN REFUSE.

    "Bright old tins," coming chiefly iron municipal collections of refuse, are bought for thirty shillings a ton and sold at fifty-five shillings a ton ...

    Article : 63 words
  13. ALARM THAT RINGS 48 HOURS.

    An inventor has designed ad alarm for automobiles with the object of discouraging the car thief. It is claimed that tampering with ...

    Article : 83 words
  14. AS A WARNING TO MINERS.

    An ingenious invention for warning miners of firedamp has been shown to the Kaiser. It is a kind of whistle which the gas automatically, affects. ...

    Article : 87 words
  15. FOR LOCATING SHIPS IN FOG.

    Mr. Ernest Welch a young Hall chemist, has submitted to the Board of Trade a device whereby it is claimed the position of a ship can be ...

    Article : 77 words
  16. SEARCHLIGHT ON AN OBSERVATION TOWER.

    The "Fast Mail" leaving St. Paul and Minneapolis every evening for Chicago carries a search lamp on the observation platform of the last car. ...

    Article : 117 words
  17. WALKING AS A PUNISHMENT.

    Professor Roland, of Paris, has devised an ingenious method of punishment for pupils who are idle, turbulent, or undisciplined. Instead of ...

    Article : 83 words
  18. ROAD DESIGNATION.

    A new system of road designation for the convenience of tourists has been adopted in France. Every road in the country will be given a name ...

    Article : 75 words
  19. WONDERFUL PEAL OF BELLS.

    The famous peal of bells in the belfry at Bruges is played on the principle of a musical box, with an enormous drum weighing 2,000lb. In the ...

    Article : 72 words
  20. RIBBONS FOR LANGUAGES.

    In Budapest women guides and interpreters wear a different coloured ribbon for each language which they speak. They are to be seen walking ...

    Article : 133 words
  21. A BIG MONUMENT.

    The "Battle of the Nations" monument, which was unveiled at Leipzig recently, is described as being the largest in the world, but is far from ...

    Article : 59 words
  22. IMPOSSIBLE TO HANG HIM.

    A New Zealander has arrived in London who declares that it is impossible to bang him. He is anxious to demonstrate his immunity from ...

    Article : 118 words
  23. AN ISOLATED VILLAGE.

    Wollstein, a village near Casse Vin Prussia, has been abandoned by its inhabitants on the ground that life there is hopeless. The soil is sterile, ...

    Article : 166 words
  24. SPORTING NOTES.

    The competition will be resumed on Saturday, after a week's respite, and The matches set down for decision are Colac B and C on the cricket ground; ...

    Article : 96 words
  25. MOTOR ROLLER-SKATES.

    A clever American has invented an electric motor roller-skate. It is [?] by a motor at the back f the skate, but it has the drawback that ...

    Article : 78 words
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