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  1. PASSING NOTES
    The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Saturday 16 December 1916 p 8 Article
    ... Australia. Such a word keeps our etymology evergreen, record» ing the great doings of tln>sc stirring times ... language should not bo overlooked by our local etyinolugi.-t». muli I trust they will assert themisolvoo. ... Hrithniötic. Ui, if wo wi.slu' l to lira ni Chinese», AVo'd just go out and «linke tlio troi-S., And ... 1672 words
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  2. SCIENCE FROM AN EASY CHAIR. WHAT IS A TORNADO?
    The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Saturday 10 May 1913 p 7 Article
    ... spout which shipmen do the hurricano call." The word "hurrican" belongs to the language of the ... Chinese word. We find it in Hakluyt, "The Principal Navi gations, Voiages, etc. of the English Na ... settlers into' the Far East, whence it has come back to us with pretensions to Chinese origin, ... 2556 words
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  3. LITERARY NOTES
    The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950) Tuesday 5 August 1919 Edition: THIRD EDITION p 2 Article
    ... .kind. It was an army compos ed of war prisoners, mainly Hungari ans, and Chinese formerly employed on ... prose are indifference to the etymology and proper meaning of words; neglect of vorder and rhythm; ... the decay of a language is the confusion of pre positions. This has long been ap parent in English; ... 1898 words
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  4. FAMOUS SURVIVING TRADE SIGNS. ONLY HALF-A-DOZEN REMAIN. [coming soon]
    The Bathurst Times (NSW : 1909 - 1925) Saturday 12 July 1913 p 4 Article
    ... claimed for the Chinese, Malays, French, Venetians and Spani ards, while cryptic leforenccs to a south ... of the Dutch East India Company in the Stale ar chives at The Hague. One evoning the Chinese in ... night until well after midnight groups of Chinese wore on their knees .scraping together the grain, ... 3241 words
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  5. LONDON TABLE TALK. (From our Special Correspondent.) London, August 29. 1913.
    The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Saturday 4 October 1913 p 21 Article
    ... Museum. * "La Revue des Francais" in a* recent number gives an interesting illustration of. a Chinese ... that a J.P. has no power to bind over persons using seditious language, re- call»- a slip by an ... another ita etymology was entirely- Greek-very dubioua Greek -* mephostppbilos, "he does not love the ... 4666 words
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  6. Advertising
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 10 January 1914 p 25 Advertising
    ... ... 68470 words
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  7. CHINA AS A NATION THE WAYS OF RIVAL PROVINCES. DIFFERENCES IN DIALECT. [coming soon]
    Daily Herald (Adelaide, SA : 1910 - 1924) Friday 5 January 1912 p 3 Article
    ... possibilities of the Chinese -revolt succeeding (writes a correspondent of the Manchester "Guardian") dian") it ... backward On the lines of Chinese development. It must be remembered that the oldest China (cf which we ... of Chinese "civilisers" or colo nists even spread across the Yangtse to the eaistern lake (Poyang) ... 1346 words
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  8. CHINA AS A NATION. THE WAYS OF RIVAL PROVINCES. DIFFERENCES IN DIALECT.
    Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954) Tuesday 16 January 1912 Edition: DAILY p 3 Article
    ... possibilities of the Chinese revolt succeeding (writes a correspondent respondent of the "Manchester Guardi ... our eyes back. ward on the lines of. Chinese develop mnent. It must be remembered that the oldest ... also that offshoots of Chinese "civilisers" or. colonists even spread across the Yangtse to the ... 1343 words
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  9. CHINA AS A NATION. THE WAYS OF RIVAL PROVINCES. DIFFERENCES IN DIALECT.
    The Northern Miner (Charters Towers, Qld. : 1874 - 1954) Tuesday 9 January 1912 p 2 Article
    ... discussing the possibilities the Chinese revolt succeeding (writes a correspondent of the [?]uardian") it Is ... th? liny.; of Chinese development. ?.It l/.'N.'t be renieniVered tbut China (of which we have any ... lout, or that interpreters were ever needed: It waH one language with local nuances. There was also ... 1369 words
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  10. SPELLING REFORM.
    The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) Saturday 21 October 1911 p 18 Article
    ... meaningless in some cases as the conventional symbols of Chinese script. Nor is it true, as tht "Standard" ... that re- lates to accuracy. And if those VV_D habitually use the language find speeling a bugbear, ... 1173 words
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  11. THE WORLD OF BOOKS LITERARY NOTES.
    The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Friday 29 May 1914 p 7 Article
    ... learn from their Chinese) colleagues. The "Mcieuro de Fiance" gives this tollosv ing, tho .terms in ... language as one o! these, with a vocabulary and grain mar ¡inimitably fixed and settled. But in the ... uro now able to observe' Knglihli n.s n liviui; language«, over developing and changing as it keeps ... 1520 words
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  12. FROM THE WORLD'S PRESS. —Women Gardeners at Evesham.—
    The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) Monday 21 August 1916 p 6 Article
    ... find substitutes for 'Chinese, Japanese, and other Asiatic tea,' the price of which is now prohibitive ... Whjtmmday.- Antiquaries have disputed for centuries concerning the correct' etymology of Whit Sunday. Some ... 3350 words
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  13. Advertising
    The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) Saturday 6 December 1913 p 27 Advertising
    ... ... 65058 words
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