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  2. OUR STATESMEN IN 1883 AT THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN CONVENTION.

    Key to Photograph (left to right).—Front row: Hon. Malcolm Fraser (Colonial Secretary, W.A.), Hon. G. R. Dibbs (Colonial Treasurer, N.S.W.), Hon. J. C. Bray (Premier and Chief Secretary, S.A,), Hon. J. F. Garrick (P.M.G., Queensland). Second row (sitting): Hon. S. W. Griffith (Premier and Colonial Secretary, Queensland), Hon. W. B. Dalley (Attorney-General, N.S.W.), Hon. F. Whitaker (late Premier and Attorney-General, N.Z.), Hon. Jas. Service (Premier and Colonial Secretary, Victoria), Hon. H. A. Atkinson (Premier and Colonial Treasurer, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 235 words
  3. THE FORTUNATE ISLES

    Rabaul, the capital of New Britain, might be called the "Town of Trees," for in their clustering groves they are the first impression one receives, and the last. Steaming in at ...

    Article : 693 words
  4. NORTH CHINA.

    If the unfortunate Nicholas, T[?]arevitch as he then was, had not come to Vladivostock in 1890, seen the possibilities and cut the first sod of the trans-Siberian railway, Russia ...

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  5. UTIEKAH III.

    The ways of the Lord may be devious, but the yachtsman is beyond doubt the veritable corkscrew (this has no reference to bottled nourishment). After several attempts we ...

    Article : 1,500 words
  6. DR. SUN YAT-SEN.

    The "Three Principles of the People," which Dr. Sun advocates for China, are Nationalism, Democracy, and Socialism. The second book[?] dealing with democracy, has an interesting ...

    Article : 1,211 words
  7. BUENOS AIRES.

    We are at last in this fine city, the Paris of South America. We left Santiago early Wednesday morning, and had a tiring two days' railway journey across the Andes. The ...

    Article : 1,334 words
  8. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    What's the good of all we know? Are we better, do you think, When we learn it's H2O We drink? ...

    Article : 87 words
  9. SACRAMENTO.

    As mentioned in the previous article, tne Legislature of California sits in the Capitol in Sacramento. It consists of a Senate and a Legislative Assembly. This bicameral ...

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  10. OTHER TIMES, OTHER MANNERS

    I know not if the boys of old Were nicer boys than now. Less prone to grumble and to scold. To racket and to row. ...

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  11. MR. KEVIN O'HIGGINS.

    Mr. Kevin O'Higgins was one of the representatives of the Free State of Ireland at Geneva in 1925—the first year, I believe, that its delegates were included in the British ...

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  12. SAILORMAN JIM.

    Sailorman Jim lives on a barge: He's been all over the world so large, To every sea and land. And of places he's been, ...

    Article : 190 words
  13. SOUTH AMERICAN HARBOURS.

    Passengers being taken across the river at the docks at Buenos Aires. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  14. SWEET-SCENTED BORONIA.

    A dull haze overhung the valley. It was hot, and everything looked tired. Patty was stretched at full length on the ground, one shoelace undone, and her hair pushed back ...

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  15. FIRST JINGOIST.

    Early in May, 1877, there sprang to the front a "lion comique"—what does that phrase mean to the present generation?—whose professional name was G. H. Macdermott. There ...

    Article : 339 words
  16. THE LAST HALF-HOUR.

    The fire-glow dances on the burnished tray. On fine glazed china tea-things in array. Bowls of early violets scent the room. A wide wood fire [?]ings light bars thro' the ...

    Article : 152 words
  17. THE BRONTE HOME.

    Sir James Roberts, of Strathallan Castle, Perthshire, at a meeting of the Bronte Society in L[?]eds, announced his willingness to buy the parsonage at Haworth and present it to ...

    Article : 149 words
  18. ROSES.

    Young Spring has set old Winter on the march, And through my garden flits on eager feet, And builds with busy hands a fresh green arch. ...

    Article : 113 words
  19. THE ROAD OF LIFE.

    Follow we must that long, lone road Where Fate has set our feet, And each of us has a separate path, Though often the pathways meet. ...

    Article : 91 words
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