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  2. For the BOYS AND GIRLS

    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a great poet aml wise man, the greatest, it is alleged, the world has seen since Shakespeare left it, was born at ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 533 words
  3. AUSTRALIA'S MEN OF MARK

    Robert Towns was born at Longhorsely, Northumberland, on November 10, 1791. He received his early education at the village, and, when quite a boy, was ...

    Article : 466 words
  4. LITERARY COMPETITIONS

    Senior.—Nancy Maxwell, Dornoch-ter-race, South Brisbane. Subject, The Highest Art. Junior.—Kathleen Scully. Gympic-road ...

    Article : 27 words
  5. HARD NUTS

    Jim has 8 marbles and Tom has 7. FAMOUS FORTY-FIVE. The 1st is 8; to which add 2. The sum is 10. ...

    Article : 106 words
  6. OUR SCRAP BOOK

    The whole early history of cards is wrapped in sue hobseurity that it is not even certain whether they originated in Europe or the East, or by independent invention ...

    Article : 238 words
  7. MOST USEFUL PLANT IN THE WORLD.

    The bamboo is, perhaps, the most useful plant in the world. It is said that the East. South America, and the West Indies could not exist without it. ...

    Article : 146 words
  8. SENIOR—FIRST PRIZE.

    There is really but one art, for art is life, and life is art, and the high p[?]iests in, life's temple are the poet, the painter, and the musician. The first and last ...

    Article : 835 words
  9. MORE TO CRACK

    A man was asked how much money he had, and answered: "If a fourth, fifth, and sixth parts of the number of pounds I own are added together they ...

    Article : 154 words
  10. MAP-MAKING BY AEROPLANE.

    Great strides in Empire map-making are being made. The maps of the future will be made from the air. There are vast areas of the British Empire of ...

    Article : 167 words
  11. NEWSPAPERS FADING AWAY.

    The files of the war newspapers are fading away; it is almost certain that in a few years it will be impossible to read them. This is entirely due to the ...

    Article : 148 words
  12. SINKING OF THE FISHING BOATS

    The diagram shows how the warship sinks all the forty-nine boats in twelve straight cruises, ending at that point from which she sets out Follow every line to its end before changing your direction. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 76 words
  13. PRIZE PUZZLE

    If you have a card divided into Sixteen spaces (diagram given), and provided with plenty of stamps of the value of 1d, 2d, 3d, 4d, and 5d ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 150 words
  14. FIRST PHONOGRAPH.

    There was an odd reminder in the papers the other day. carrying us back to the beginning of a very familiar thing. It was a letter from an ...

    Article : 124 words
  15. AMUNDSEN DROPS THE FLAG.

    In Amundsen's book on his flight across the Polar Sea, Riiser-Larsen, who was with him. tells very simply and dramatically, the story of the great airship's ...

    Article : 208 words
  16. FORGIVEN.

    Throughout the day Charles had not behaved himself in the manner his parents thought fit; consequently, he had been seat to bed long before his usual ...

    Article : 95 words
  17. 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 : 86 words
  18. Loss of the Royal George

    Many readers may remember Cawper's poem, of which the first [?] is:— "Toll for the brave! ...

    Article : 292 words
  19. Advertising

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    Advertising : 477 words
  20. SEPTEMBER

    When the year began in March, this was the seventh of the months, and, consequently, was properly termed September. By the commencement of the year ...

    Article : 110 words
  21. JUNIOR.—FIRST PRIZE. TRAVEL

    In what heart does there not live the desire to travel; the desire to see the wonderful and marvellous places and things one has heard and read about ...

    Article : 491 words
  22. WORTH IT.

    Hayseed had bought an ancient motorcar at an auction sale in a near-by town. After a great deal of argument he ...

    Article : 100 words
  23. John Bunyan

    John Banyan was born at Elsbow, near Bedford. His father was a tinker, and Bunyan himself followed the same craft, serving as a soldier in the ...

    Article : 283 words
  24. THE HORSE GUARDS

    The Horse Guards forms part of Whitehall, and was erected in 1753. the archway forming the entrance is guarded by two mounted troopers ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 105 words
  25. THOMAS SUTCLIFFE MORT

    Thomas Suteliffe Mort was born at Bolton, Lancashire, on December 23, 1816. He was trained for a commercial career, and in 1833 arrived in Sydney ...

    Article : 594 words
  26. Oliver Cromwell

    This is an important day in the history of Oliver Cromwell, the Protector of England. In his expedition against the Scots, who had championed the cause ...

    Article : 135 words
  27. Great Fire of London

    London had only just recovered from the Great Plague, when another disaster overtook it. A fire started in the house of a baker named Farryner, at Pudding ...

    Article : 190 words
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