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  2. General Gossip Page

    On December 26 the Berlin papers announced that Princess August Wilhelm had given birth to a son. Prince August Wilhelm, the fourth son of the Kaiser, in 1908. married Alexandra ...

    Article : 86 words
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  4. Theatrical and Musical.

    According to Mr. James M. Glover, the pantomime conductor at Drury Lane, Miss Nellie Stewart paved the way for the rag-time craze in London. Chatting the day after the latest ...

    Article : 283 words
  5. POET LAUREATE'S GRANDSON.

    On Tuesday, December 17, in the beautiful Henry VII. chapel of Westminster Abbey. Mr. Alfred Tennyson, son of the late Hon. Lionel Tennyson, and grandson of the late Lord ...

    Article : 99 words
  6. MR. HENRY STEAD.

    Having joined the ranks of the journalists in Australia, Mr. Henry J. Stead is now in charge of the "Review of Reviews for Australasia." Mr. Stead is the eldest son of the late W. T. ...

    Article : 180 words
  7. THE CHIEF SCOUT.

    Sir Robert and Lady Baden-Powell were "At home" on December 17, to a large number of friends, at the Mercers' Hall, Cheapside, London, the Chief Scout being just now ...

    Article : 102 words
  8. MR. RIGNOLD'S ESTATE.

    Compared with the late Mr. Herrv Rickards, who in a few years made a big fortune out of vaudeville, Mr. George Rignold died a poor man. The granting of probate in the late Mr. ...

    Article : 442 words
  9. THE OLDEST BARONET.

    By the recent death in England of Sir Henry Mervin Vavasour, the oldest baronet in the United Kingdom has been removed. Sir Henry was born almost exactly a year before Waterloo, ...

    Article : 131 words
  10. AN AUSTRALIAN IN AMERICA.

    Mr. O. P. Heggie was not in a cheerful mood when he returned to London at Christmas time from his visit to the United States. The Australian actor told the story of the failure of ...

    Article : 261 words
  11. VICTORIA CROSS VETERAN.

    Lieutenant-General H. H. Lyster. V.C., C.B., Who celebrated his 82nd birthday in England on December 24, had the experience of acting as a special constable during the Chartist riots of ...

    Article : 128 words
  12. Gossip About "Sports."

    Duncan is the Jessop of golf, if such a comparison is permissible, and he is consequently a great favorite with the crowd. He is a slashing player. The American spectator's ...

    Article : 68 words
  13. SHAKESPEARE UP-TO-DATE.

    When Mr. Oscar Asche brings his company over from Melbourne. Sydney playgoers will see the latest scenic settings of "Antony and Cleopatra" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream." ...

    Article : 333 words
  14. A SOLDIER CENTENARIAN.

    Mr. Robert Cole, of Croydon, Eng., on Christmas Eve entered upon his 105th year. The old soldier was born in 1808, at Canterbury. His early life was one of hardship. He was left ...

    Article : 176 words
  15. DIGGLE AS A HUMORTST.

    Apropos of the "row" the other week in a public game between Reece and Biggie, owing to the latter "talking to the balls" when down for the stroke, this "habit" was one of the ...

    Article : 375 words
  16. A FAMOUS PAINTER.

    Many tributes were paid in the Paris and London papers on December 24 to the late M. Edouard Detaille whose "Vive l'Empereur" is the largest and most striking picture in the ...

    Article : 215 words
  17. A MUSICAL CHILD.

    A London paper had the following on December 24 :—"About six months ago it was recorded that Miss Joan Lloyd, of Hounslow, had achieved ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 142 words
  18. KINEMACOLOR PANTOMIME.

    Those who have seen the examples of kinemacolor which were shown in Sydney by the management of Spencer's Pictures will be interested in the last experiment of the inventor, Mr. ...

    Article : 210 words
  19. That Baby Bonus,

    'Tis said that the applications for the £5 baby bonus are coming fast, and that it will cost the Federal Government a fine sum for the first year alone. What about those homes where ...

    Article : 116 words
  20. THE CZAR AT HOME.

    For an hour and a quarter the Czar and Czarina talked with us, delighting us all with their friendly conversation (says a writer in "The Cornhill Magazine"), and when the homely little ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 575 words
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  22. BLACK-FACE MINSTRELS.

    The surprise of the Christmas season in London, was the big Christy Minstrel show at the Palladium. It is over eight years ago since the last minstrel entertainment was given in ...

    Article : 313 words
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  26. MISS MYRTLE MEGGY.

    While keeping up her concert work in England, Miss Myrtle Meggy is now a teacher of the pianoforte. A native of Sydney, and the daughter of a well-known journalist,. Miss Meggy ...

    Article : 188 words
  27. PUBLIC STATUE BY COUNTESS SCULPTOR.

    A statue of Florence Nightingale, by Countess Feodora Gletchon, is to be erected as a national memorial in front of the Derby Royal [?] in her native country. ...

    Article : 33 words
  28. A TRAVELLER RETURNS.

    About [?] years ago a young New Zealander of fine physique, in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, accounted for the [?] bicycle race of the ...

    Article : 530 words
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