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  2. RANDOM READINGS

    A gentleman never perspires. So said Beau Brummell, the most famous of all the dandies. If Beau Brummell vas right, then most of us (we hope all ...

    Article : 1,103 words
  3. for the Boys and Girls

    SENIOR.—First prize: Josephine Parer, Hater Misericordiae Hospital, Raymond-terrace, South Brisbane. Subject; Life's Compensations. JUNIOR.—First prize: Estelle Cormack, Helvetia, 121 Merivale-street, South Brisbane. Subject: Robert Louis Stevenson. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 60 words
  4. LIVE AND LEARN.

    This is a very ancient fancy. According to the Pythagorean system "all nature is in harmony," man is a full chord; all beyond is Deity. ...

    Article : 922 words
  5. ROVE CANAL TUNNEL

    AS far back as the days of Louis XII the idea, of linking up the port of Marseilles with the Rhone was conceived, but for centuries the mountains, were regarded as an insuperable obstacle. In 1911 the Ambitious project of the Marseilles—Rhone Canal was launched, and although ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 459 words
  6. SIR RICHARD ARKWRIGHT

    THE EMPLOYMENT of cotton for manufacturing in England is mentioned first in 1641, when it was brought to London from Cyprus and Smyrna. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,268 words
  7. SENIOR—FIRST PRIZE.

    "There is an ebb and tide in the affairs of men." and, indeed, there is nothing in this life that is not in some way or another balanced by something ...

    Article : 673 words
  8. JUNIOR.—FIRST PRIZE.

    Among the most valued novelists and essayists of the world is Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson. He was born on November 13, 1850, in Edinburgh. In ...

    Article : 460 words
  9. JUNIOR—SECOND PRIZE.

    Life is but the fulfilment of a choice. It is what we make it, and the choosing of a career is the crossroad between a happy and an unhappy life. ...

    Article : 335 words
  10. MR. BRISBANE WAS ONCE A BOY.

    A Chip off the Old Block. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 12 words
  11. WEEKLY ESSAYS

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

    Article : 178 words
  12. PUZZLES: LAST WEEK'S SOLVED

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 31 words
  13. SNAPS

    "Everyone," writes an economist, "wants "better money." Not better, but more of it. It's a poor ambition to want to be ...

    Article : 183 words
  14. WORDS OF WISDOM

    The test of music is whether it has any human relationship. Music belongs to the people, and not to connoisseurs or patrons.—D. Vaughan Williams. ...

    Article : 191 words
  15. RADIO COMPETITION

    This proved a very popular competition, and it has taken me some time to value the lists sent in. As no Competitor succeeded in giving the correct ...

    Article : 125 words
  16. MORE TO CRACK

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 147 words
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