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  2. For the BOYS AND GIRLS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 69 words
  3. OUR OWN COUNTRY

    George Bass was born at Aswarthy, Lincolnshire. On the death of his father bis mother removed to Boston. From a child he had an intense fondness for ...

    Article : 833 words
  4. TRICKS AND GAMES

    The conjurer first introduces a friend whom he explains has wonderful telepathic powers, and the latter goes into an adjoining room. A pack of cards ...

    Article : 372 words
  5. NOTABLE EVENTS

    Dominion Day, as July 1, is called in Canada, is a great public holiday, and celebrates the founding of the Dominion in 1867. In 1750 Great ...

    Article : 361 words
  6. HARD NUTS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 45 words
  7. SENIOR—FIRST PRIZE.

    The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, [?]apple them to thy soul with hoops of steel. Thus spoke Shakespeare in a ...

    Article : 721 words
  8. Opposites

    Opposites, or let go and hold fast, is a game that always goes well and can be learnt in a minute or so. The players sit on chairs in a straight ...

    Article : 225 words
  9. MORE TO CRACK

    Dear (river in Russia),—I am s[?]ing in North America. I took a walk in a large forest, and met a (lake in Canada). He was quite tame though, and ...

    Article : 297 words
  10. WEEKLY ESSAYS

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

    Article : 89 words
  11. PICTURES AND QUESTIONS

    Here are six pictures, and six questions. In this competition all that you have to do is to write the answers on the spaced lines below the pictures (in ink) and forward the solutions to "Picture Questions," Martin Hambleton, The Sunday Mail, so that they arrive not later than Saturday, July 7. The letters will be opened on that date, and a special book prize will be awarded to each of the first four answers received. Martin ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 157 words
  12. PICTURE STORY

    Owing to the large number of entrants in this competition it has not been possible to give the prize-winners in this issue. They ...

    Article : 32 words
  13. Thomas Cranmer

    Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, after being a lecturer at Cambridge University, came into prominence by saying that Henry VIII ...

    Article : 283 words
  14. Sir William MacGregor

    Sir William MacGregor was born at Towie in Aberdeenshire, on, October 21, 1846. He was the eldest sou of John MacGregor, a farm labourer. He ...

    Article : 532 words
  15. SENIOR—SECOND PRIZE.

    If you found your watch had stopped, and some one said to you, "I told you butter wouldn't suit the works," would you be able to answer ...

    Article : 746 words
  16. American Independence

    The anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, has ever since been celebrated as a great national festival throughout the ...

    Article : 289 words
  17. From Mouth to Hand

    Here is a remarkably effective little trick which will baffle even the most "knowing" audiences. The conjurer seats himself in a chair—a simple ...

    Article : 234 words
  18. The Magic Name

    This trick never fails to create unbounded astonishment. The effect is as follows: The performer has seven or eight scaled envelopes. He requests ...

    Article : 318 words
  19. Sir Thomas More

    Sir Thomas must rank as one of London's most famous sons. He was brought up to the law, and early attained distinction. During the reign ...

    Article : 243 words
  20. JUNIOR—FIRST PRIZE.

    Everywhere about us they are glowing. Some like stars, to tell us Spring is born; Others, their blue eyes with tears [?]flowing. ...

    Article : 358 words
  21. Sir William Cairns

    Sir William Wellington Cairns, K.C.M.G., was born in Ireland in 1828. He was the son of William Cairns, of Cultra (County Down), and half-brother ...

    Article : 196 words
  22. MUCH WORSE

    They were two newly-arrived immigrants, and having wandered far from the path of civilisation had fallen into the hands of a dusky savage chief. ...

    Article : 117 words
  23. Racing For Pennies

    For this a table, some chairs, and two pennies are required. Place the table against a wall and arrange two rows of chairs, facing each other, so ...

    Article : 136 words
  24. Cecil Rhodes

    Cecil Rhodes was born in Hertfordshire (England) and at the age of 17 left his father's vicarage for South Africa. It was thought that [?] warmer ...

    Article : 331 words
  25. Advertising

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