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  2. HERE & THERE

    It is officially reported that 204,000 scholars were inspected by the London County Council's doctors last year. More than 50 per cent, showed physical defects. ...

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  3. SMILE SEED

    Percy : "Imogene is so changeable!" Arthur : "What's the matter now ?" Percy : "First she told me that she didn't like anything about me, and when I proposed ...

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  4. THE SURF PEST

    In the last issue of the "Sunday Times" an article appeared in the short chats column in which attention was directed to the surf pest. As an old surfer, and one who would like to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 448 words
  5. LITTLE LONDONERS TAUGHT TO SWIM.

    It was stated in a report presented to the Education Committee of the London County Council that 35,935 London school children were taught to swim during the past year. ...

    Article : 34 words
  6. WIFE THRASHED FOR FOOTBALL DEFEAT.

    Accused of beating his wife, a Glasgow man offered the bailee the excuse that his football team had been beaten. He was placed on probation for six months. ...

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  7. SUBMARINE WITH GUNS.

    Messrs. Vickers launched last month Submarine E3 for the British Navy. This class of vessel is equipped with heavy oil engines, which can run at a much higher speed than the ...

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  8. STATUE COVERED WITH TAR.

    At Cavan Quarter Sessions, Ireland, on October 10, Lord Farnham claimed £700 compensation for malicious injury to a statue of a former Lord Faxnham, erected in the Farnham Gardens ...

    Article : 215 words
  9. "BILLY THE TAPPER."

    There died recently in Highgate Infirmary William Hill, who for more than 40 years had earned a living by calling workers early in the morning. His rounds were chiefly in the ...

    Article : 59 words
  10. "THE CADS."

    I am only a weak woman, for which one surf pest should be thankful, for had I been a man no terror of assault law would have stopped me from giving him what I have heard my ...

    Article : 258 words
  11. TALKED WITH SHAKESPEARE.

    The late Archdeacon Colley, a man of varied attainments, was discussing the authorship of Shakespeare's plays. He was asked his opinion. Placing bis hands across his eyes, and ...

    Article : 75 words
  12. DECLINE OF THE TURKS.

    The true causes of the Turks' decline as a race triumphant in war probably lie deep in history, says "The Times." The first creators of their prowess were horsemen, and it was as ...

    Article : 87 words
  13. POSITION OF THE PUBLIC-SCHOOL MAN.

    Sir Frederick Kenyon, Principal Librarian of the British Museum, distributed the prizes last month at Magdalen College School, Oxford. In the course of his address Sir Frederick ...

    Article : 206 words
  14. LOYALTY OF LONDON JEWS.

    Rabbi Dr. Bernard Drachman, of New York, recently went to England at the invitation of the Selection Committee of the Rabbinate Conference. In an interview, he said he had been ...

    Article : 116 words
  15. OUT OF THE WATER.

    You do quite right, "Sunday Times," in bringing this surf pest business before the public. Just let the people know how bad the thing is, and our aldermen and our police will be ...

    Article : 249 words
  16. THE STAIN ON THE TARTAN.

    No Scotswoman ever wears "a Rob Roy tartan plaid shawl. The reason is that "beautiful Mrs. Jeffray," or Lizzie Nicholson, the belle of Coldstream, wore a Rob Roy tartan plaid ...

    Article : 129 words
  17. VAST POWER OF TWO MILLIONAIRES.

    The immense power wielded by Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan and Mr. J. D. Rockefeller has been revealed in striking fashion, says an exchange, by a special investigation undertaken by the ...

    Article : 235 words
  18. DEATH OF A NAVAL HERO.

    Stoker Brown, a Navy man, who had an [?]ventful career, died last month at Aberdeen. Due incident in his life has been enshrined in standard history books as a type of the valor of ...

    Article : 164 words
  19. A COMPREHENSIVE LIST.

    You drew attention last week to the surf pests, and I am with you in as far as you may refer to the following:— 1. The wild-eyed youth who tears in among ...

    Article : 191 words
  20. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE.

    The November number of the Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Victoria is, as usual, an interesting and instructive publication, being supplied with articles on various ...

    Article : 291 words
  21. ARMS IN BELFAST.

    An application was made at the Belfast Police Court last month on Behalf of a local firm of auctioneers for permission to offer for public auction sale cannon, rifles, revolvers ...

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  22. "SURFING DILETTANTES."

    Allow me through your columns to enter a strong protest against that greatest of all surf pests—the surfer who cannot or will not surf. I myself have been an ardent devotee of this ...

    Article : 375 words
  23. STRINGENT LAW WANTED.

    I heartily endorse your reference to what you rightly, term "the surf pest." The presence of this variety of nuisance in the water, knowing no bounds in his attempts to take ...

    Article : 167 words
  24. THE CATCH OF THE SEASON.

    Fishermen are not held to quite so strict an account as most of their neighbors. We expect them to tell "yarns" that are hard to believe: if they return from a fishing trip without some ...

    Article : 222 words
  25. STOPS US SURFING.

    In drawing attention to the surf pest, that Summer affliction in human guise, you are doing a great service to those who would enjoy the breakers were it not for the obnoxious behaviour ...

    Article : 250 words
  26. THE RAINFALL AND BUTTER OUTPUT.

    The recent rainfall in Victoria has, in some of the districts, been heavier over a short period than has been known in those districts for probably 20 or 30 years past. Had the rain ...

    Article : 307 words
  27. A YEAR'S LIFE-SAVING.

    The Board of Trade has issued a report on the life-saving appliances on the coasts of the United Kingdom for the year ended June 30, 1912. The report deals principally with the ...

    Article : 193 words
  28. BATHING POLICE.

    I greatly appreciated the short chat appearing on the Leader page of last Sunday's issue regarding this subject, for it, pointed, to a matter which is in need of earnest attention ...

    Article : 71 words
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