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  2. "Times" Specials on Matters of the Moment

    MR. MALONEY, M.P., has issued a four-page printed leaflet "showing the taxpayers how a small part of their money is being expended." ...

    Article : 290 words
  3. EVOLUTION TOWARDS CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT

    An eminent member of the Chinese community in Sydney explained to me recently that the Nationalist Government of China is totally different in its constitution to any other government. He said it might, perhaps, be aptly ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,125 words
  4. OUR SURPLUS LABOR

    IT was in September, 1887, when on a visit to Forbes during a very wet season, that Sir Henry Parkes pointed out the necessity for conserving the great volume of water, then running to the sea, as an insurance against drought periods such as had been previously and periodically experienced in that district. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,094 words
  5. Strange Bet on a Bald Spot

    A "HAIR-RAISING" contest over a five-year course is under way in Tacoma, Washington, with two ...

    Article : 87 words
  6. Phrenology.

    IN applying the principles of character analysis in the study of children, it should be pursued, not only for the purpose of vocational guidance, but to make ...

    Article : 646 words
  7. AUCTION BRIDGE

    MANY players dismiss the matter of finessing in the simple summing up, "You must finesse." No cleverness can be claimed for its application, but there ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 867 words
  8. The Human Puzzle.

    THAT brilliant writer of the early 19th century, Michael Scott, is said to have been haunted by a familiar spirit who demanded endless employment. He ...

    Article : 574 words
  9. News of the World

    Fish experts from 15 countries, who met in London as the International Council for the Exploitation of the Sea, saw quaint luminous fish at the Natural ...

    Article : 149 words
  10. Stamboul's Gate

    The famed Golden Gate, Constantinople's greatest historic treasure, seems doomed to destruction unless capital for repairs can speedily be found. ...

    Article : 139 words
  11. Stage Scenes by Television

    Television experts in the Baird studios at Long Acre (London) have made some striking advances in the transmission of actual stones and ...

    Article : 87 words
  12. Elephant in a Music Shop

    The intrusion of the famous bull into the china-shop was nothing to the intrusion of an elephant into an optician's shop in Wartemhurg, Germany, recently. ...

    Article : 120 words
  13. Sentenced to a Haircut

    "PERHAPS you could get to the bus on time if you took less time to comb your hair," said a judge at Akron, ...

    Article : 70 words
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    The art of obtaining the eggs of sea birds, laid—it's most inconsiderate of the birds!—on the perilous ledges of the Yorkshire cliffs, is a tricky and skilful business. The climber, wearing a steel helmet for protection against falling ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 65 words
  15. Fatten Your Own Fish!

    A VISION of a time when householders will have in the garden their own fish pond, in which fresh-water ...

    Article : 198 words
  16. Woman "Posted" as a Letter

    IN order to cross a swampy region in South Africa, transit across which was forbidden to ordinary travellers, ...

    Article : 126 words
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