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  2. IN NEW CALEDONIA.

    To the man whose sole idea of travelling is the fleeting glance Been through the windows of a fast sedan, this short account of a leisurely trip in New Caledonia will not ...

    Article : 1,103 words
  3. GERMANY TO-DAY.

    Corne to Germany and try to talk to any German about another war, or the naefl of another war, and see how far you get. They have just one answer: "Der Krieg 1st aus!" ...

    Article : 972 words
  4. THRILLS OF CHESS.

    Entoring the hall where the Australasian chess championship is now in progress in Perth, the curious visitor must feel like an uninvited guest at a party of lost souls ...

    Article : 693 words
  5. HIGH-POWEKED CAR.

    Captains J. Howey and E. C. Gallop, railway engineers, of Kent, are through passengers by the Aorangi. Thoy intend to attack the Sydney-Melbourne motor record with a ...

    Article : 71 words
  6. BRITISH LINERS.

    A great programme of liner building is being carried out by British steamship companies. The amount expended in this wave of passenger ship building (says the "Daily News") ...

    Article : 501 words
  7. ENGLISH SETTLERS.

    The difficulties of making a living in Australia under the land settlement scheme of the Victorian Government aro discussed by Mrs. F. L. Turner, Whippa Cross (near ...

    Article : 450 words
  8. X-RAY EXHIBITION.

    Instruments consisting of mysterious glass bulbs, steel tubes, and wires-the latest designs of X-ray apparatus-are the feature of an exhibition arranged by the British ...

    Article : 420 words
  9. COLOUR-BLINDNESS.

    My earliest knowledge of anything wrong goes back to about the age of 12. We grew purple chrysanthemums. Rather, they were purple to everyone except me, to whom they ...

    Article : 920 words
  10. FARMER MISSING.

    The police haver received a report that [?] well-known farmer, Alexander Robertson, has been missing for several days, Fears are entertained for his safety. Robertson drove with ...

    Article : 127 words
  11. INTERSTATE TENNIS MATCHES.

    There was a close finish in the match between Catholic teams representing New South Wales and Victoria. The rubbers were loved, nine all, but New South Wales won by four bets. Scores:— ...

    Article : 494 words
  12. FORGED CASH ORDERS.

    Perth business houses were defrauded of about £700 as a result of having cashed forged cash orders drawn on the Public Works Department during the Christmas bank ...

    Article : 69 words
  13. FRENZIED GAMBLING.

    The stupendous speculation on the New York Stock Exchange in the past few months, which has broken all world precedents for success, is estimated to have seen at least ...

    Article : 690 words
  14. MAN FOUND UNCONSCIOUS.

    Late on Saturday afternoon a man, who has not yet been identifted, was found lying unconscious on the footpath in Alison-road, Randwick. He was tnken to St. Vincent's ...

    Article : 113 words
  15. PTOMAINE POISONING.

    A message (rom Beechworth says that Mr. Hugh Wallace, aged 71 years, and his youngest son, Gerald, aged 15 years, have died at the Ovens District Hospital. With other ...

    Article : 73 words
  16. RAIN IN LISMORE.

    After several days of oppressive weather, light, steady rain set in to-night. The whol[?] district is in need of a heavy downpour. ...

    Article : 34 words
  17. PETROL PUMP AFIRE.

    While a motor car was filling up with petrol from a petrol pump in New South Head-road. Rose Bay, on Saturday, the petrol suddenly ignited, A serious outbteak was ...

    Article : 71 words
  18. UNKNOWN MAN'S DEATH.

    An unknown roan who collapsed in Allson-road, Randwick, on Saturday, died in St. Vincent's Hospital last night. In a hand-made pocket attached to the inside of his ...

    Article : 73 words
  19. HOLIDAY TRAM SERVICE.

    The tramway timetables on New Year's Day will be similar to week days, with exceptions as advertised in this issue. The usual special services will be run to ...

    Article : 55 words
  20. ATOMS AND ELECTRONS.

    Atoms, destroyed in the hot hurly-burly of the flaming stars, are rebuilt out of their shattered electrons in the vast void of intersteilar space. The intensely penetrating ...

    Article : 877 words
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  22. MR. G. B. SHAW.

    A refusal by Mr. George Bernard Shaw to lecture to Glasgow Trinity Literary Society was followed by a piquant correspondence Mr. Shaw (says the "Daily News") sent his ...

    Article : 503 words
  23. CAPTAIN COOK.

    On the bicentenary of Captain James Cook's birth, the "Morning Post" repiinted from the "Mariners' Mirror" hitherto unpublished accounts, collected by Lieutenant-Commander ...

    Article : 662 words
  24. AL AZHAR.

    It is officially announced that innovations are to be made in the University of A[?] Azhar, in Cairo, the oldest university in the world, in order that this seat of learning may be brought ...

    Article : 503 words
  25. NATURAL CHEMICAL WORKS.

    Six billion tons of the commercially useful chemical, Glauher's salt, is made available each year by a natural evaporation plant on the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea (reports ...

    Article : 321 words
  26. YOUTH DROWNED.

    Robert Slaymaker, 18 years of age, was drowned in Cooper's Creek, near Rosebank, to-day. Slaymaker and his brother wera employed ...

    Article : 80 words
  27. LATE SHIPPING.

    Changte, from Yokohama. TELEGRAPHIC. FREMANTLE.—Arr: Dec. 2[?], Ruteshire, from eastern States; Canals, from Singapore. Dec. 30, barun Lond[?], ...

    Article : 56 words
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