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  4. THE ART OF APPEARING WELL DRESSED

    The art of appearing well dressed is to avoid attracting notice. This remark is not only confined to the color, materials, and general design of a man's clothes, but also ...

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  5. BACKING BACKWOOD

    The prize of five guineas offered by the Sunday Times last week, fop the best letter on How I Picked the Cup Winner, attracted entries from all over the State. They numbered many thousands. In the opinion of the judges of the competition, H. W. Cox, of Lynette, ...

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  6. Simple Expression and Clear Thought

    Further to our previous articles dealing with the defilement of the English language by the use of slang phrases in American films, it is erroneously accepted ...

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  7. Railway Management

    No opportunity for finer public service has come to the Fuller Government than is now waiting to be grasped in connection with the reconstruction of the ...

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  8. UNIQUE COMBINATIONS.

    Whilst looking at the acceptances in your Sunday paper I discovered two unique combinations, that of the letter 13 and the number 9. (1) The collection of B's is mde up as follows: Backwood, by Bachelor's Double; owned by Messrs. Baillieu, Clark and Allen, trained by R. ...

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  9. BLACK CAT.

    On Monday night we were gathered around a hat containing the names of the Cup horses, each picking three names, these being our "lucky fancies." Just then our ...

    Article : 111 words
  10. AN OLD TRICK.

    Picking the Cup winner has always had a fascination for me. This year I resorted to an old custom. I took a thick slice of bread, moistened it, ...

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  11. LUCKY NUMBER.

    On several occasions in life No. 9 bas been my lucky number. Tuesday's Herald stated that the winner's prize was £9999, and that Backwood had No. 9 saddle-cloth. ...

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  12. Why Hair Goes Grey

    A great many men will agree with Mr. Justice McCardie, who stated that he liked to see a woman's head a little grey. Grey hair is, at any rate in the great ...

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  13. H. G. WELLS SEES A NEW WORLD-ERA DAWNING.

    "A growing artistic and scientific impulse appears, particularly in the United States of America. Within fifty years ...

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  14. WHO'S WHO?

    Secretary of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital since 1901, William Epps was educated at Tottenham Grammar and Royal Commercial Travellers' schools, England. Trained ...

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  15. "THE OFFICE."

    A singularly inspired intuition was responsible for my making Backwood my selection for an investment in this year's Melbourne Cup. ...

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  16. "BOB" SPROULE.

    The Hon. Robert Sproule, M.L.C. Soli-citor-General in the last Labor Government in New South ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  17. AUTOMATIC.

    I work in the Quirindi Herald office. On the Monday before the Melbourne Cup was run I was doing envelopes for a local firm. I counted out 23 envelopes— the number of ...

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  18. CUT THE CARDS.

    As I did not fancy one particular horse for the Cup, and could not decide which one to back. I secured a pack of cards. The idea of cutting for the winning number ...

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  19. PROFESSOR DAVID.

    The greatest living authority on Australian geology, and the discoverer and surveyor of the magnificent Maitland coal measures, Professor Sir ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  20. J. L. GARVIN LOOKS TO AMERICA TO REALISE PEACE.

    "The war recedes. The generation whose young vitality defiles its lessoning shadow is coming nearer every day to its ...

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  21. THREE NINES.

    On Sunday night I was playing cardS (poker), and three times during the game I got three 9's, so I looked down the list of horses and found that Backwood was No. ...

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  22. Prince of Wales' Birthday

    The elimination of the Prince of Wales' birthday from the Public Holidays Act of this State is a piece of ill-considered legislation which inevitably will be regretted ...

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  23. Policing the Matabele

    Shorn of the fighting and the adventure that marked the nineties, life in the Mounted Police of Rhodesia still holds enough romance amply to satisfy the need of the ...

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  24. SEVEN AND NINE.

    Having always regarded 7 and 9 as my lucky numerals, and noting that Backwood was ninth on tho list, and had drawn seventh post position, coupled with the fact ...

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  25. MISS WINNIE COLLINS.

    Miss Winnie Collins is one of the best importations the Firm has made during the last few years, and her remarkable success in Whirled Into ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  26. BACKWOOD AND BROWN.

    On Monday morning I met a friend, who introduced me to a Mr. Brown, and while having a drink together, Mr. Brown was telling us he was leaving that night for ...

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  27. LITTLE CHILD LED THEM.

    Sunday morning, after singing the song Rory O'Moore, which contains a passage "Here goes for another, which makes nine to bo sure, there's luck in odd numbers, ...

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  28. VERSE FOR THE DAY

    "He was a friend indeed, With all a friend's best virtues shining bright; It was no broken reed ...

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  29. SUNDAY'S THOUGHT

    "A good deed is never lost. He who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and ho who plants kindness, gathers love."-Richard Brooks. ...

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