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  2. NELSON'S FLAGSHIP.

    H.M.S. Victory, Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar, which was fought 136 years ago next Tuesday, still flies the flag of the Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth. (See article below.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 33 words
  3. SYDNEY'S HARBOUR BEFORE THE DAWN OF HISTORY Patient Forces Which Moulded the Land We Live In

    We are proud of Sydney, which we made for ourselves; we are proud of our Harbour, which nature made for us. How many of us, however, realise how fortunate we are that nature worked in just the right way to give us one of the finest harbours in the world, and why it is that nature's methods imposed on Dr. Bradfield the necessity for the particular design which gives our Bridge its fine curves? Yet the "prehistoric history" of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,882 words
  4. WAR IN RUSSIA IN 1917

    Twenty-four years ago Kursk, key town on the MoscowKharkov railway, towards which the Germans are now advancing, was the scene of fighting between Bolsheviks and Mensheviks. In the grey light of Christmas Day, 1917, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 820 words
  5. NEW TAXES HIT HOLLYWOOD

    The United States are not actually in a shooting war yet, but one of the realities of war was brought home to Americans, especially to the film stars, by the new tax bill approved by Congress to help pay for the defence ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 798 words
  6. SYLLOGISM IN THE MOOD "BARBARA"

    (To facilitate the recollection of the valid and useful moods of syllogism, logicians of the thirteenth century invented a mnemonic verse, using Latin ...

    Article : 139 words
  7. Our Australia

    A streak of black overhead and a small, long-winged bird sweeps across the sky. Watching it, I see another and yet another, until soon, as if by magic, the whole sky seems alive with their wheeling, speeding forms. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 886 words
  8. BLACKOUT

    Is there a city in the world Whose lights are lit at night, Whose neon streamers are unfurled, Whose restaurants are bright; ...

    Article : 143 words
  9. OLD FORTS OF MALAYA

    On the fringes of the immense island areas known to the Dutch as Indonesia are many forgotten forts and defences, ...

    Article : 594 words
  10. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,100 words
  11. NELSON'S SHIP

    It will be 136 years next Tuesday since Admiral Lord Nelson, aboard his flagship. H.M.S. Victory, gained a decisive ...

    Article : 470 words
  12. MOTORING 35 YEARS AGO

    Nearly 35 years ago, 19 of the most, modern motor cars in Sydney took part in a reliability test from Parramatta to Bathurst ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 463 words
  13. "BY THE SKIN OF THEIR TEETH"

    Sir,—In my article, "Bugles in the Bush" (S.M.H., October 4), this phrase occurs, "by the skin of their teeth." Now, a Boeotian member of the Bible ...

    Article : 153 words
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