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  2. A FAMOUS CLIPPER OF 30 YEARS AGO.

    Well-known in every sea and clime, the ship Mount Stewart represents practically the last of her class on the high seas. Owned in Aberdeen, she has sailed for 32 years, chiefly between England and Australia, being in her heighday one of the fastest clippers afloat. The vessel was remarked on yesterday by ferry passengers, who were struck with the fine appearance of the ship as she rode at anchor oft Point Piper after a voyage of 125 days from Liverpool. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 99 words
  3. OBERON.

    So Oberon has its railway at last. What a day that must have been for dwellers in that long-overlooked district, when the locomotivo whistle proclaimed the arrival of the "big ...

    Article : 1,673 words
  4. THE PRAYER BOOK.

    The last revision of the Book of Common Prayer was made in 1661. It was confirmed by legal enactment in the following year, bence the present Prayer-book is usually described as ...

    Article : 1,649 words
  5. SENTIMENT IN BUSINESS.

    The old adage, "No sentiment in business." is in no danger of becoming obsolete. In oldtime methods of business there was a good deal of sentiment, but very little benevelence. ...

    Article : 902 words
  6. GENERAL DRILL.

    The word "panic" used in connection with the navy savours of slander of a particularly be[?] kind, yet I offer no [?]pologies for it. The navy has in a manner of speaking a ...

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  7. EARL OF SUFFOLK AND BERKSHIRE.

    Signed on the articles of the ship Mount Stewart for a voyage round the world as a cadet is Charles Henry George Hownrd, the 21st Earl of Suffolk and 14th Earl of Borkshire. He is only 17 years of ago, and succeeded to his title on the death in action of his "father five years ago in Mesopotamia. He is a nephew of Lord ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 85 words
  8. NORTH-WEST.

    Far away on the north-west coast of Australia, 2000 miles above Perth, and scores of miles from the nearest white habitation, is a spot destined to play an important part in ...

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  9. PURE ENGLISH.

    Sir,—On Friday last my friend, Mr. Lawrence Campbell, made the following statemonts:—(1) "New South Wales is behind all the other States in the matter of trying to ...

    Article : 993 words
  10. A DAY IN ATHENS.

    One could spend quite a while in Athens rambling around what is left of the Acropolis, and at the many temples and theatres that are gathered close by; but perhaps an Australian ...

    Article : 484 words
  11. OVER THE ANDES.

    The English community of Chile always says that one of the compensations of living in that part of the world is the facility for visiting the grandeur of the magnificent ...

    Article : 870 words
  12. SUPERFLUOUS CHARITY.

    Saith Safed the Sage:—"There came unto me a man who besought me that I would give unto him my endorsement of this brand-new Philanthropy, and incidentally that I would ...

    Article : 446 words
  13. THE AUSTRALIA'S FATE.

    Sir,—I notice in your account of the dismantling of the H.M.A.S. Australia that the souvenir-hunters are busy. As the sinking of our historic warship is evoking widespread ...

    Article : 321 words
  14. THE ANZAC MEMORIAL.

    Sir,—Can the income earned by the Anzac Memorial Fund be used for any purpose other than a memorial? Must it not be added to the pricipal, and thus augment the amount ...

    Article : 123 words
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