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  2. Advertising

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  3. AERONAUTICS

    Estate of £65,601 gross value has been left by Mr. Henry J. D. Astley, the airman, who was killed while flying at Belfast (Ireland) on September 21. Mr. Astley left £2000 each to his ...

    Article : 60 words
  4. INVENTION.

    Potash from Felspar is a problem which has been solved, according to news from Copenhagen, by a Swedish engineer named Lindblad. He has made potash by melting potash felspar ...

    Article : 55 words
  5. TRAVEL

    The watering of the streets in China is still a very primitive business. The water is first drawn up in baskets from wells by means of a rope and pulley. This may sound somewhat ...

    Article : 149 words
  6. SCIENCE

    In the course of excavations for new. sewerage works at Bedford (England) recently a human skull of dolichocephalic form was found in clay at a depth of 12ft. 6in. in a meadow, ...

    Article : 80 words
  7. LADY AERONAUT'S RECORD.

    Mme. Goldschmidt, a member of the Paris Ladies' Aero Club, made a record balloon journey from Paris to Waag-Neustadl, North Hungary,.last month, in twelve hours, the average ...

    Article : 103 words
  8. SPRAY MOP HEAD.

    A spray mop head for use in washing windows, automobiles, carriages, and the like, has been designed by an English inventor. The handle of the device, through which a pipe is run, is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 76 words
  9. WORLD'S FLORA AND FAUNA.

    At the Dundee meeting of the British Association in September last, the general committee passed on to the Council for consideration a resolution deploring the rapid destruction of ...

    Article : 125 words
  10. CROCKERLAND, THE UNKNOWN.

    Plans for the exploration of Crockerland have been so far developed by the American Museum of Natural History and the American Geographical Society that it is possible to announce ...

    Article : 143 words
  11. TO THE POLE BY AEROPLANE.

    Aeroplane flights to the North Pole in four hours are foretold by Captain Robert Bartlett, of the Peary North Pole expedition. "The safest and easiest way to reach the Pole, and ...

    Article : 113 words
  12. PROPELLER GUARD.

    A guard designed to protect the propellers of small boats from objects which might break the blades or ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 42 words
  13. NATURAL COKE.

    Coke is made in nature as well as in brick ovens. When hot volcanic material comes into contact with a coal-bed, under the proper conditions, it makes very good coke indeed, ...

    Article : 151 words
  14. POWER-TRANSMITTING DEVICE FOR AUTOMOBILES.

    The illustration shows a means of power transmission for automobiles and other powerpropelled vehicles, and particularly for motor ploughs. A motor-driven shaft runs ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 129 words
  15. EXCITING BOAR HUNT.

    In the course of a recent tour in India Lord Hardinge had an exciting experience at Lallgarh, to which place he had motored to take part in a boar hunt. The hunting party ...

    Article : 166 words
  16. AEROPLANE IN A GALE.

    During a gale last month a flight-from Hendon to Brooklands (Eng.) was made by M. Pierre Verrier, who was attempting to deliver a Manrice Farman biplane to the Royal Aircraft ...

    Article : 116 words
  17. PECULIAR VEILED HALO.

    What is known in Japan as "Inada no goko," or halo in the ricefield, is discussed by Professors Fuchino end lzu, of the College of Agriculture and Forestry,. Kagoshima, in the ...

    Article : 180 words
  18. VEDRINES ON AIRSHIPS.

    M. Vedrines. the French airman, attended a conference at Lausanne (Switzerland) last month, and advised the Swiss not to buy for military purposes any type of dirigible, which ...

    Article : 121 words
  19. CHRISTMAS TREASURE HUNT.

    While most. of .the world was feting and feasting at Christmas a party led by two sisters was busy on lonely Cocos Island, in the Pacific, hunting for the treasure, valued at £20,000,000, ...

    Article : 168 words
  20. COMBINATION POLICEMAN'S CLUB AND EXTENSION REVOLVER BARREL.

    A policeman's club which will likewise servo as an extension barrel for his revolver is shown in the illustration. A long pistol barrel passed ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 56 words
  21. VOLUNTEERS' WAR KITES.

    Be your own airman and fly your own kite. This, roughly, may be said to be the object of the newly-formed British Volunteer War Kite Squadron. Man-lifting kites for war use are ...

    Article : 272 words
  22. PAPER-MAKING MATERIAL.

    The "Kew Bulletin" gives an account of Hedychium coronarium, Koen., and allies, as a source of material for paper-making. The plant, a member of the natural order Zingiberaceae, is ...

    Article : 159 words
  23. RELIGION

    "The devil has no better trick than pretending to be dead," said Dr. Inge, in a sermon at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, last month, on punishment in a future state. ...

    Article : 38 words
  24. AN OLD TRADITION BROKEN.

    Queen Olga of Greece decided last month to break a tradition which has been handed down for 800 years by visiting the twenty-one monasteries on Mount Athos. By a constitution drawn ...

    Article : 198 words
  25. CHRISTIAN OVER-FEEDING.

    Speaking at a conference of the United Methodist Church at Taunton (England), the Rev. John Luke declared that the Christian Church was suffering from over-feeding, and required ...

    Article : 58 words
  26. OLD PRAYER AS EVIDENCE.

    A quaint old prayer was read at the hearing of arbitration proceedings over the sale by the Duke of Bedford of his Tavistock properties to the Tavistock Urban District Council in London ...

    Article : 118 words
  27. INTERESTING TO SMOKERS.

    The latest development of penny-in-the-slot ingenuity is an automatic pipe-cleaning machine. The deposit of a penny, in the metal mouth of this novel masterpiece of mechanism ...

    Article : 164 words
  28. TRADE

    With the close of another Manchester (Eng.) Ship Canal year, a retrospect once more throws a strong light upon the remarkable way in which the port is progressing. Despite the labor ...

    Article : 124 words
  29. MONEY

    A tin box wrapped in a black cloth inscribed with the words, "dangerous" and "inflammable" which was found by a porter at the Northern station in Paris, contained £135 in French ...

    Article : 43 words
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  31. PORTUGUESE EAST AFRICA PARADISE FOR BIG GAME.

    The big game shooting grounds of British East Africa have become so widely and generally known (says a Travel journal) that they have blotted out of mind the Zambesi Valley to the ...

    Article : 169 words
  32. AEROPLANE ENGINES.

    In the course or a paper on Aeroplane Engines presented to the Institution of Automobile Engineers, at Westminster (Eng.), the author, Mr. A. Graham Clark, stated that it was either ...

    Article : 285 words
  33. BISHOP AND DYING GIRL.

    The Bishop of Bristol, replying to the toast of "Pulpit and Press," at Bristol (Eng.) last month, said the pulpit represented only part of ministerial responsibilities. That afternoon, ...

    Article : 128 words
  34. HOARDING OF GERMAN GOLD.

    Under the heading "Preparations." "Vorwarts," the German Socialist newspaper, states that it is apparent that war in Berlin is not considered impossible owing to the fact that ...

    Article : 66 words
  35. NO MORE CINEMATOGRAPH FIRES.

    A process has just been invented, which, it is claimed, will revolutionise the moving picture business, and, what, is more to the point, make cinematograph fires impossible. The invention, ...

    Article : 244 words
  36. OPENINGS FOR BUSINESS IN CHINA.

    The United States Consul at Newchang (China), states that the present awakening means the development of China's resources, the mines, factories, railroads, and the ...

    Article : 213 words
  37. SHORTAGE OF GOLD.

    Ever since the outbreak of the Balkan war it has been almost impossible to obtain sold for notes in France. The change given for a hundred-franc bank-note is almost invariably ...

    Article : 178 words
  38. ANCIENT MARRIAGE REGISTERS.

    Giving evidence last month before the Royal Commission on Public Records, Sir Lewis T. Dibdin, Dean of the Court of Arches at Westminster (Eng.), said that in the Canterbury ...

    Article : 116 words
  39. HEALTH.

    Out of 204,000 chllaren exammed in the schools by the London County Council doctors during last year more than half showed physical defects. One-third suffered from enlarged tonsils ...

    Article : 48 words
  40. NO CODDLING AT 98.

    The death occurred at Norwich (Eng.), at the age of ninety-eight, of the Rev. James Landy Brown, who was chaplain of Norwich Castle Prison from 1852 to 1879, and in that capacity ...

    Article : 77 words
  41. THE BISHOP'S RETORT.

    The "Church Family Newspaper" says : "A good story is told of the late Bishop of Ripon, who, when addressing an open-air meeting on one occasion, was interrupted by an Atheists ...

    Article : 94 words
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  43. BRITISH EMPIRE TRADE MARK.

    An organisation known as the British Empire Trade Mark Association has been formed, largely as an outgrowth of the British Empire League, for the purpose of adopting and ...

    Article : 265 words
  44. £80,000 FOR FIVE POOR WOMEN.

    A sensation was created in a poor district of Wldnes (Eng.)last month, by the news of a windfall to a family named Wilbraham, who reside there. The intimation made to the ...

    Article : 239 words
  45. COMMONWEALTH PATENTS.

    Messrs. Criffith and Hassel, Patent Attorneys, of 163 King-Street, Sydney, report that the following applications for patents have been lodged at the Commonwealth Patent Office:— ...

    Article : 162 words
  46. TWO MEALS A DAY.

    Mr. L. F. Duncan wrote to "The Times" last month as follows: "I see it asked, 'Howto be Healthy ?' Never eat more than two meals daily. I have never eaten more than ...

    Article : 224 words
  47. ATHANASIAN CREED.

    Dr. Hermitage Day, who had been announced to preach a series of Advent sermons at Hereford Cathedral, England, cancelled his engagement owing to a resolution of the Hereford ...

    Article : 110 words
  48. "GOD'S PUNISHMENT."

    At the Matlock (Eng.) Parish Church last month the vicar, the Rev. Charles Baker, dealt with the decline of the prosperity of Matlock Bath as a health and pleasure resort. His ...

    Article : 161 words
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