Articles from page 3: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. AMONG PROMINENT PEOPLE, PAPERS and POLITIGIANS

    "The Tory press is frightfully worried because the Referendum will cost £100,000 or thereabouts. That is one of the alleged Tory objections to the ...

    Article : 83 words
  3. CONSORIPTION.

    "I am a supporter of the movement, but I prefer the use of the term universal service to conscription, as the latter word conveys associations which I do ...

    Article : 125 words
  4. FOR WOMAN'S EYE.

    A now idea in one-piece robes is shown in our illustration, carried out in viyella or crepo. It is made quite plain and full at the hem with patch pockets ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 674 words
  5. FOR CALAMITY HOWLERS.

    "Here are a few plain facts for the calamity howlers and for those who would encourage Germany to now talk of peace terms. The Empire's sea-power ...

    Article : 92 words
  6. SOCIAL BUTTERFLIES.

    "The Countess of Warwick is painfully frank about the 'brainless, chattering, thoughtless, empty company' of social butterflies who are usurping the ...

    Article : 74 words
  7. NOTHING ELSE MATTERS.

    "The country knows what it wants. It wants a strong Government to wage war with vigor. Nothing oles matters, and it feels that nothing else matters." ...

    Article : 31 words
  8. THREEFOLD FAMINE.

    "In England they are threatened with a threefold famine—a famine in munitions, a famine in coal, and a famine in meat. Among the English officers ...

    Article : 63 words
  9. CRUX OF THE POSITION.

    "Every big piece of ordnance wants 500 shells every day. Every soldier wants ample high explosives. We hold only 35 miles of battle front as against more ...

    Article : 52 words
  10. UP TO THE EYES IN IT.

    "Few people sem to grasp the idea that Australia is in the war up to the eyes, and that the necessity for exerting every nerve in the factory as well as in ...

    Article : 77 words
  11. IMPEESSION OF WEAKNESS.

    "To announce that a freely-governed country like Australia is being asked to take up conscription appears to me to give the impression of weakness, and ...

    Article : 80 words
  12. SAVOURY BREAKFAST PARTIES.

    Chop up finely four ounces of cooked ham and one hard-boiled egg. Mix together with a gill of white sauce, a seasoning of pepper and salt, and a little ...

    Article : 123 words
  13. RELAX AND SUSPEND.

    "I earnestly appeal to you that during the war you should relax aud suspend altogether the strict application of the Trade Union rule with regard to girls ...

    Article : 53 words
  14. COW SLAVES.

    "Legislation is likely to be introduced into the Queensland Parliament with the object of preventing the exploitation of child labor in the dairying ...

    Article : 93 words
  15. THE NATIONAL NEED.

    "I believe that in this crisis of our history personal service by everyone at the call of authority is the national need. Delay is wasteful of priceless ...

    Article : 82 words
  16. EUROPEAN LIBERATION.

    "But look at our position to-day! There isn't a country in Europe to-day that does not realise that the destruction of Prussian Militarism is the first ...

    Article : 79 words
  17. LEMON BUNS.

    Take two ounces of butter and rub it into lialf-a-pound of flour. Mix together two ounces of sugar, half an ounce of chopped peel, and a teaspoonful of ...

    Article : 73 words
  18. WHAT AMUT THE WAR CHEST FUND!

    Of late the generosity of the public has been so focussed on the larger war funds that one has been tempted to lay aside the claims of the equally deserving ...

    Article : 601 words
  19. THOUSANDS OF BUILDINGS BURNT.

    Statistics show that thousands of Buildings are needlessly burnt every year because they are built of inflammable materials. Guard against this ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 76 words
  20. THE PAPER PETTICOAT.

    "The urgent need for economy in private life has produced, the paper petticoat. The idea is not Japanese, but German, and is part of Germany's reply ...

    Article : 98 words
  21. LOYALLY NEEDED.

    "General Joffre needs only the undivided loyalty of the civilian population to enable him to have the Germans at his mercy, and to give the Russians ...

    Article : 41 words
  22. VALUE or A LEG.

    "When I see fine young soldiers in hospital blue hobbling about on one leg, I am tempted to calculate the money value of a leg. "What would you take to ...

    Article : 123 words
  23. SAVOURY SALAD.

    Take any left over vegetables—potatoes, carrots, cauliflowers, haricot beans, etc. Slice, tlie potatoes, break the cauliflower into sprigs and slice any ...

    Article : 78 words
  24. IRRITATING.

    "Probably there never was a time when the taking of a wealth census could be of less use to the Government or more irritating to the people. It is ...

    Article : 55 words
  25. THE SYDNEY GIRL.

    "Girls are girls, and all are very good; but your Sydney girl is the girl in excelsis—Gloria" in excelsis Deol— and if I didn't love her best of all I ...

    Article : 94 words
  26. EXPANDING THE EXPENSES.

    "We might mention the interesting fact that the Nielson Embassy, instead of contracting its expenses, hopes to expand them. We have been told that ...

    Article : 107 words
  27. WAR LOAN.

    "The announcement by Mr. Fisher in the House of Representatives that the total subscriptions to the Commonwealth War Loan will substantially exceed ...

    Article : 91 words
  28. THE KAISER IN PETROGRAD.

    When the aiser visited Petrograd in pre-war days he inspected a Cossack Guard of Honour. One of the oflicers had a very fine ...

    Article : 104 words
  29. ALL AUSTRALIAN.

    It is gratifying to note that the public are well satisfied to do without German Lager Beer. The fact is Foster's Australian Lager is so good that even ...

    Article : 111 words
  30. ANTICIPATION.

    "This mad conspiracy against the German nation with England at its Lead, is already showing signs of exhaustion, and right soon it will collapse ...

    Article : 42 words
  31. PUBLIC HOUSE CLOSING.

    "The resolution passed by the Legislative Assembly yesterday morning in favor of closing public houses at 9 o'clock puts the Government in the ...

    Article : 57 words
  32. PROWESS OF AUSTRALIANS.

    "While tie re-taking of Neuvo Chapelle was officially described in glowing terms, the first occasion on which Neuve Chapelle was taken last autumn, when ...

    Article : 122 words
  33. PROVIDING OWN DEFENCE.

    "Probably large numbers of British troops who survive the conflict will prefer to migrate at once to Australasia or Canada, rather than risk the chance ...

    Article : 117 words
  34. A GERMAN VIEW.

    "Berfen by laud and helpless by the sea, deprived of effective aid from Russia, helplessly hammering at the rock walls of the Dardanelles, the end of ...

    Article : 82 words
  35. THE RED CROSS.

    "Everybody will be glad that the charges preferred by Dr. Springthorpe against the administration of Australian Red Cross work in Egypt have at length ...

    Article : 72 words
  36. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    Put a small quantity of putty powder (which can be bought at a chemist's) into a saucer and mix it with sufficient olive oil to form a paste. Rub on the ...

    Article : 58 words
  37. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 166 words
  38. A HOME-MADE FLOOR POLISHER.

    Take au old and worn-out long-handled soft broom. Cut the hairs short, nail a piece of carpet over it, then cover with the leg portion of a pair of old ...

    Article : 50 words
  39. BURNT SAUCEPANS

    "Should not be washed with soda and water, as this makes them liable to burn again. Fill them with cold water, add a large spoonful of salt, and ...

    Article : 47 words
  40. TO CLEAN A PANAMA HAT.

    Put an ounce of oxalic acid in sufficient scalding water to cover the hat. Put the hat in and hold it down with a stick, so that it is entirely covered. ...

    Article : 53 words
  41. WHEN WASHING CHILDREN'S CLOTHES.

    Muslin curtains, etc., rinse in water to which alum has been added in the proportion of two ounces, to each gallon. This makes the fabric ...

    Article : 35 words
  42. NOTHING TO FEAR.

    Two French soldiers took their placcs in the trenches—the one middleaged, who had long since received his baptism of fire, the other a mere youth, ...

    Article : 152 words
  43. TO REVIVE FADED BLOUSES.

    Coloured muslins and so on dip in cold water to which vinegar had boon added in the porportion of one. tablespoonful to a quart of water. This will ...

    Article : 37 words
  44. A HINT ABOUT SILK GLOVES.

    Place a tiny piceo of cotton wool in tlio tip of each finger. This prevents tho nail from rubbing the giovo into a hole. ...

    Article : 29 words
  45. TO RENOVATE A CARPET.

    Buy a dye resembliug, as closely as possible, the general colour of the carpet, dilute it in proper proportion, and brush over the shabby faded parts. ...

    Article : 45 words
  46. CLEANING MIRRORS.

    For cleaning mirrors and windows there are several articles on the market, but a little soda or kerosene and a little starch put over the glass and allowed ...

    Article : 49 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$