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  2. OUR BRISBANE LETTER.

    The greatest benefit that has fallen to the lot of Queensland during the past week has been the break up of the drought. I referred in my last to the losses that were already being experienced through scarcity of ...

    Article : 1,708 words
  3. ESQUIRE AND MISTER.

    A correspondent, who is, perhaps, too weary of conventional superfluities, wrote to us the other day suggesting the abandonment of the titles of "Esquire" and "Mister," on the ground that neither the affix nor the prefix has any ...

    Article : 1,586 words
  4. DEFENCE OF CHRISTIANITY.

    A public meeting, under the auspices of the New South Wales Association for the Defence of Christianity, was hold last evening at the Protostant Hall in the presence of a large number of people. Mr. G. Withers, M.L.A., occupied the ...

    Article : 2,936 words
  5. COAL AS A FACTOR IN WAR.

    It is not too much to say that the higher strategy of modern naval warfare must be based on coal supply, and that the sharp limitations under which fighting-ships now labour will not be fully realised till we have ourselves been ...

    Article : 1,500 words
  6. THE WORK OF A CHEMIST.

    The services in the cause of science rendered by M. Pasteur, the distinguished French chemist, are acknowledged by scientists in all parts of the world. Perhaps none have received greater benefits from his discoveries than ...

    Article : 929 words
  7. THE DIVERSION OF THE SYR DARYA.

    The Russians have for some time been very intent on improving their means of communication in Central Asia, and they seem to anticipate as much advantage from the diversion of the two principal rivers of Turkestan as from the ...

    Article : 888 words
  8. AUSTRALIA AND AMERICA.

    Sir,—A few days ago I read a letter from the American Counsul, Mr. Charles Kahlo, in which he suggested an idea of forming a sort of manufacturers' deputation or commuercial representative body, for the purpose of taking a trip ...

    Article : 1,109 words
  9. BANKSTOWN AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY.

    Sir,—On seeing an advertisement in your paper of a public meeting to be held at Bankstown, I managed to make my way to the Islington Hotel. About 30 were in attendance. The first speaker told us he was a philanthropist, ...

    Article : 832 words
  10. UNIVERSITY EVENING CLASSES.

    Sir,—I think it was Dr. Steel who, at the meeting the other evening to advocate University evening classes, alluded to the instruction given in several of the Scotch Universities by means of classes held in the early morning. ...

    Article : 563 words
  11. WEATHERPROOF BUILDINGS.

    Sir,—I have road with much interest your sub-leader on the porosity of building materials. As Mr. J. N. Hunt's letter deals only in generalities, without offering a practical solution of the difficulty, permit me to observe that anyone ...

    Article : 283 words
  12. TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.

    Sir,—The Institute of Architects respect very much your remarks on the work they are doing. The only thing is to bring intelligence to bear on all matters in connection with building for public good. ...

    Article : 261 words
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