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  2. For the BOYS AND GIRLS

    The competitors will be divided into two classes, viz., senior and junior. Boys and girls to the age of 16 will com prise the junior division, and the senior ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 267 words
  3. WHAT YESTERDAY CAN TELL US

    To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to be always a child."—Cicero. ...

    Article : 27 words
  4. LITERARY COMPETITIONS

    SENIOR.—Mary Bayns, Boulia, James-street, "Wooleewin, Subject: Value of the Historical Novel. JUNIOR.—William Sydney Prior ...

    Article : 33 words
  5. NOTABLE EVENTS

    Robert Browning, one of the greatest of our poets within recent times, was born in London, his father being a clerk in the [?] of England, while his ...

    Article : 313 words
  6. George William Evans

    In the annals of Australian exploration the name of George William Evans occupies an honourable position. He was born at Warwick (England) ...

    Article : 617 words
  7. SENIOR—FIRST PRIZE.

    From almost any novel we may acquire some knowledge of contemporary events, manners, and customs. In this respect the historical novel is ...

    Article : 445 words
  8. JUNIOR.—FIRST PRIZE.

    Dust, heat, perspiration! These are likely to be our first recollections when we think of summer in Queensland. And, for the dweller in the city, these things ...

    Article : 365 words
  9. WEEKLY ESSAY

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

    Article : 126 words
  10. Abel Tasman

    Abel Tasman, the greatest of all Dutch explorers, had been sent out by Anthony Van Diemen to explore the great "South Land." For many weeks ...

    Article : 162 words
  11. PUZZLES

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 203 words
  12. EXPERT SWIMMERS ONLY NEED APPLY.

    Herewith is depicted the latest innovation in water sport apparatus, the "aquatic ball." One half of the 14ft ball is painted red, the other green, and each team tries to pull its colour squarely to the top. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 42 words
  13. Advertising

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    Advertising : 720 words
  14. John Claudius Loudon

    John Claudius Loudon was the first of the new style of gardeners, and there can be no doubt that the eminent position to which the art of gardening ...

    Article : 267 words
  15. KNOWLEDGE BOX

    This is from the old notion that a horseshoe nailed to the house door was a protection against witches. Lord Nelson had one sailed to the mast of the ...

    Article : 497 words
  16. TO SAVE BIRDS AT NIGHT

    At St. Catherins's Lighthouse, the southern most point of the Isle of Wight, perches are placed on the outside of the lighthouse, above and below ...

    Article : 182 words
  17. William Grimm

    Every reader has heard of Grimm's Fairy Tales. They were written by two brothers, Jacob and William Grimm, who lived all their life in the ...

    Article : 228 words
  18. "DUN."

    A dun is one who importunes for payment of a bill. the tradition is that to refers to Joe Dun, a bailoff of Lincoln in the reign of Henry VII. The ...

    Article : 73 words
  19. Abolition of Slavery in the United States

    This is a great day in the history of the negro race. On December 18, 1862, slavery was abolished for ever in the United States. Already in 1833 ...

    Article : 152 words
  20. John Oxley

    John Oxley, born in England in the early part of 1781, entered the Navy, and saw active service in various parts of the world. He was promised ...

    Article : 650 words
  21. Beethoven

    Ludwig van Beethoven, early days were very miserable, his father being a poor singer, whose chief merit was that he gave his son a good musical ...

    Article : 273 words
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