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  2. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

    TAXATION DEFINITION. — "Hit" (Caulfield, V.).—It was not the income tax that was "defined in indignant language" in Johnson's dictionary. You are evidently ...

    Article : 899 words
  3. NOTES&QUERIES

    OAKLEIGH HALL, a fine example of Ionic architecture, stands in Te Arai avenue. East St. Kilda—a relic of the golden age of Melbourne which retains ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 615 words
  4. IN THE BLACK WAR.

    AS the dark soil of the farm is turned by the plough, I hope to find over the site oE the camps of the Tasmanian blacks a new supply of the chipped and ground ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,220 words
  5. THE "HOLY" SHROUD.

    The so-called holy shroud in Turin, which is alleged to be the covering in which the body of Jesus was wrapped after the crucifixion, was publicly "exposed for ...

    Article : 136 words
  6. WORLD'S OLDEST TREE.

    The oldest known tree (says a writer in "Horse and Hound," London) is estimated at somewhere between 5,000 and 6,000 years old, and was "going strong" ...

    Article : 263 words
  7. CANNING STATUE IN ATHENS.

    A statue of George Canning, the distinguished British statesman (1770-1827) was unveiled at Athens by Eleutherios Venizelos, Prime Minister, on April 6, at a ...

    Article : 146 words
  8. TIGHT-LACING IN 1831.

    Reprinted by the "Spectator," from its issue of April 30, 1831:- A young woman named Harris, residing at Stepney, died of apoplexy on Sunday ...

    Article : 130 words
  9. 21 BIRTHDAYS IN 95 YEARS.

    Superintendent Joseph Wells, of Winterton, formerly a superintendent of police, has died in his 96th year. Born at Nettleham, near Lincoln, on February 29,1836, his ...

    Article : 89 words
  10. WATERLOO BULLETS,

    In a will published recently, says a writer in the "Observer" (London), the testator left to his son, along with a Waterloo medal awarded to his grandfather, "the bullet ...

    Article : 101 words
  11. NAPOLEON'S DEATH SCENE.

    The "Spectator" reprints the following from its issue of May 21, 1831:- "NAPOLEAN BRONAPARTE" AT COVENT GARDEN. ...

    Article : 103 words
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