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  2. GREAT EVENTS

    THE establishment of trial by jury in 1828 caused considerable ill-will and contention, because the emancipists, who then formed a numerous wealthy ...

    Article : 702 words
  3. CURIOUS THINGS

    AGES ago it was observed that in the the lives of certain people there were remarkable coincidences which led to the belief that a certain number was lucky ...

    Article : 195 words
  4. FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS

    SENIOR AWARD.—Gabrielle Frances Waygood, 60 King-street, East Brisbane. Subject: The Search For Happiness. JUNIOR AWARD.—Irene McDonald, General-street, Headra. Subject: Michael Angelo. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 43 words
  5. THE PRAYING MANTIS

    PROBABLY no other insect in the world is more saintly-looking than the praying mantis. It is of a beautiful green colour, three inches long ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 951 words
  6. THE DINGO OR WARRIGAL

    WHEN and how the wild dog came to Australia has not yet been satisfactorily explained, but there is reason to believe that it came as a domesticated ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 652 words
  7. SENIOR AWARD.

    HAPPINESS—ethereal, elusive, yet we are all in search for it day by day as we journey along the road of life sometimes stumbling and falling ...

    Article : 644 words
  8. SIGNIFICANCE OF COLOURS.

    BLACK, the colour of night, is worn for mourning. But not everywhere: in China, indeed, the colour of mourning is white. The habit of ...

    Article : 238 words
  9. PUZZLES

    Parrot robin, raven. BEHEAD WORD. Plate, late, ate. RIDDLE-ME-REE. ...

    Article : 33 words
  10. LUCK IN ODD NUMBERS.

    IT is not Surprising that, innumerable superstitions should have grown up concerning numbers. The most sweepings perhaps, of all these is that which hold ...

    Article : 161 words
  11. JUNIOR AWARD.

    THERE is no need whatever to ask who Michael Angelo was. Everybody knows this renowned Italian, who was painter, sculptor, and architect ...

    Article : 585 words
  12. MORE TO CRACK

    "Send me three dozen tops and five dozen balls," said a gentleman at the stores, when buying presents for school children, and he paid the shopman ...

    Article : 169 words
  13. WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.

    THE earliest record of the expression, "Cum grano salis" (with a grain of salt), dates back to the year 63 B.C., when the great Pompey entered the ...

    Article : 174 words
  14. Advertising

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    Advertising : 296 words
  15. 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 closes en Saturday ...

    Article : 86 words
  16. WHO WAS HE?

    The name was George Stephenson. In accordance with the terms of the competition the following competitors receive book prizes: Peggy O'Neill ...

    Article : 38 words
  17. Advertising

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    Advertising : 340 words
  18. TRAVELLERS TALES

    "WALTER, was there about five, a gentleman here who asked for a lady in blue? " "Yes; he waited about a quarter of an hour and went off with ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 323 words
  19. Wirelessed

    "YES," said the knowing one, "since entering the firm of Weather and Weather young Bertram Tance has advanced step by step ...

    Article : 67 words
  20. A TRIBUTE.

    Critic: "You know, you'll never have your name inscribed in the Hall of Fame." Poet: "Perhaps not. But I'd rather ...

    Article : 34 words
  21. ONE OF MANY

    AN artist noted for his great conceit was showing a friend over his studio. "See that picture," he said, pointing ...

    Article : 66 words
  22. GETTING HIS OWN BACK.

    "I desire no remuneration for this poem," said the office visitor. "I merely submit it as a compliment." "Then, my dear sir, allow me to ...

    Article : 39 words
  23. THE CAREFUL ERROR

    At a banquet in New York a, prominent financier made an address which he ended with a passage from an immortal poet. When he had sat down, the guest ...

    Article : 69 words
  24. HOW ARGUMENTS START.

    Brown was an interested visitor to Wilson's carpentry shop. "By the way, Wilson," he sail, picking up a plank, "what are these ...

    Article : 60 words
  25. A BRILLIANT EXCUSE.

    The point-duty policeman frowned hard at the pretty young woman at the wheel of the sports car. "Why didn't you put out your hand ...

    Article : 124 words
  26. CLOTHES MAKE THE TRAMP.

    Hungry and tired after bis long walk, Weary Willie at last came to a wayside cottage. "Please, ma'am," he said to the ...

    Article : 83 words
  27. OBEYING ORDERS

    Bristow showed obvious surprise on meeting Martin. "I heard you had been arrested," he said. "What was it for?" ...

    Article : 75 words
  28. ACCORDING TO THE LAW

    The traveller entered the country groeer's shop and was met by an irate shopkeeper. "You're just the man I've been ...

    Article : 75 words
  29. HARD UP.

    "So you're an actor, eh!" muttered the stout man. "Well, I'm a banker. And, yould you believe it, I' haven't been near a theatre for, 10 ...

    Article : 52 words
  30. POP STUDIES THE BACON INDUSTRY

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 5 words
  31. CROSS WORDS.

    "Do you know if the editor has looked at any of the poems I sent him?" "Yes, sir, he glanced through them this morning." ...

    Article : 48 words
  32. PLAYING THE GAME.

    "I think, Henry, we ought to ask the new people next door to have dinner with us to-night," said Mrs. Brown to her husband. ...

    Article : 47 words
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