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  2. For the Boys and Girls

    SENIOR, First Prize.—Delia Birchley, John-street, Nundah. Subject: Travelling—Then and Now. SENIOR, Second Prize.—Neal Salisbury, Havelock-parade, Wynnum South. Subject: Pleasures of Knowledge. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 58 words
  3. OUR OWN COUNTRY

    Edmund B. Kennedy, explorer, came to Australia early in life, and was appointed surveyor in August, 1840. He was second in command under Sir ...

    Article : 600 words
  4. FACTS AND FANCIES

    In the Barber-Surgeons' Hall, Monkwell-street, London, is preserved one of the most valuable pieces of plate in the world. This is the beautifully ...

    Article : 141 words
  5. PUZZLES

    One plus 1 plus 2 plus 4 equals 1 multiplied by 1 multiplied by 2 multiplied by 4. JUMBLED NAMES OF FURNITURE. ...

    Article : 48 words
  6. AN UNSOLVED MYSTERY

    In the southern hemisphere spring is at hand and summer looms ahead. In the northern hemisphere the order is reversed. There they have autumn ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,204 words
  7. SENIOR—FIRST PRIZE.

    Let us endeavour, by an unrestricted flight of imagination, to become, for a few brief minutes an active member of the band of early ...

    Article : 903 words
  8. MORE TO CRACK

    In one electoral district 7200 votes were cast for throe candidates. The victor received 100 votes to every 80 cast for his nearest rival, and the ...

    Article : 81 words
  9. "IN LEAGUE WITH OLD NICK."

    The carliest submarine voyage on record was made on the Thames between Westminster and Greenwich, though the inventor and navigator was a ...

    Article : 104 words
  10. RIDDLE.

    A cavern dark and long, Whence issue wail and song; A red bridge moist and strong, Where white-robed millers throng. ...

    Article : 35 words
  11. ELECTRIC BULB JUBILEE.

    In celebration of the discovery of the electric bulb, 50 years ago, a set of postage stamps has just been issued in America bearing the head of Thomas ...

    Article : 131 words
  12. CLOCK-FACE PUZZLE

    In the lower design the dial has been divided into three sections, each of which contains numbers adding up to 26. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 114 words
  13. NOTABLE DAYS IN A NOTABLE WEEK

    On this day in 1784 thousands of people gathered in Moorfields, London, to watch Vincent Lunardi making the first balloon ascent in Great Britain. ...

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  14. VENDACE.

    It is at this season of the year that the Castle Loch at Lochmaben, the ancient home of the Bruces, is annually netted for the vendace fabled to have ...

    Article : 110 words
  15. CHURCH BELL COINCIDENCE.

    Here is a remarkable story of a bell in Braunton, a village in North t Devon. The bell, which is one of a peal dating from the time of ...

    Article : 139 words
  16. SENIOR—SECOND PRIZE.

    Not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That, which before us lies in daily life Is the prime wisdom. ...

    Article : 546 words
  17. HOW SWIMMING BEGAN.

    Swimming was an art which for over 1000 years found its chief exponents in England. From the time of Beowulf, the Saxon hero, who "swam for ...

    Article : 115 words
  18. WHEN THE HEART IS YOUNG

    Charles Swain, the author of this beautiful poem, was born at Manchester in 1803. His English melodies found great favour. Many of these, and others of ...

    Article : 377 words
  19. PAPER FROM STRAW.

    For years Canada has been famed as a producer of wood pulp for many manufactures, but this industry has been drawing from the forest a small ...

    Article : 159 words
  20. JUNIOR AWARD.

    Nearly every home has pictures in it, and they are nearly always one of most the cherished article in that household. There are many different ...

    Article : 449 words
  21. ROMANCE OF WORDS

    Parliament, like parlour, comes from the French parlement, from parler, to speak, with the suffix ment, denoting action, etc. So Parliament House is ...

    Article : 415 words
  22. PASS THE MONKEY!

    Are we too conservative in our choice of foods? Our fish, poultry and dishes seem rather monotonous compared with the huge variety of ...

    Article : 285 words
  23. WEEKLY ESSAYS

    This competition (for which book prizes will be awarded) will be continued. Senior and junior competitors to select their own subjects. The competition ...

    Article : 83 words
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