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  2. THE NOVELIST.

    At the corner of Bolton Row Sir Hervey paused. He felt, to be candid, a trifle awkward in his role of knight-errant, a part reserved in those days for Lord ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 4,332 words
  3. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 279 words
  4. POPULAR COMMANDERS

    Thomas Fiddes Spalding, of the steamship Australasian, is one of many shipmasters who during their entire sea-going career have been associated with the firm of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 250 words
  5. A PIPER LASSIE.

    Miss Jessie Maud Low, who appeared at a "Scotch night" in the Adelaide town-hall recently, is the only lady-piper in Australia. She is daughter of Mr. Peter Low, of Penola, South Australia, who has for many years taken an active interest in Scottish gatherings, and is piper to several Caledonian societies. Mrs. Low, prior to her present marriage, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 70 words
  6. AT THE ZOO: TAWNY FROGMOUTH (PODARGUS STRIGOIDES), POPULARLY "THE MOPOKE."

    These sluggish birds are known throughout Victoria as "mopokes," but the general sound they utter is a row, running note, not like the one usually applied to them. That cry is made by the boobook owl, whose colour is brown, with light spots. It is sometimes called the cuckoo owl, and I have shot it in the act of calling. The frogmouth is a night bird, and during the day very difficult to pick out, as its colour harmonises so completely with its surrounding. One sitting on its nest I pointed out to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 203 words
  7. TIVOLI THEATRE DESTROYED.

    About 1 a.m. on Tuesday morning a fire broke out on the stage of the Tivoli Theatre. Castlereagh-street, Sydney, headquarters of Mr. Barry Rickards. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 335 words
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