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  2. Stone Age Folk Living in Arctic.

    Few books have been published recently of greater interest than "My Life With the Eskimo," by Mr. V. Stefansson, the famous Arctic ...

    Article : 613 words
  3. Tangos of Other Times.

    Just as the tango has now taken the dancing world by storm, so did the waltz a century ago. There was the same outcry about ...

    Article : 664 words
  4. The Tale of a Teal.

    Somewhere months ago, in a land beyond the North Sea, when he was only a little chap, and had swum among his brothers and sisters in a ...

    Article : 831 words
  5. PASSING OF THE "BULL'S-EYE"

    For the past two years the City (London) police authorities have been conducting experiments with a view to discovering a new type of lamp ...

    Article : 212 words
  6. WORLD-WIDE NOTES. NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.

    An era when radium might he used as fuel for ships and motor-cars was hinted at by Mr. C. E. S. Phillips, at the Cancer Hospital. ...

    Article : 315 words
  7. EAST TO WEST RAILWAY.

    The contention that Australian public men, with few exceptions, lack imagination, appears to hold some truth. A striking example of this ...

    Article : 539 words
  8. A GROWING AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY.

    Although Australians are proverbally a meat-eating nation, statistics go to show that they hold their own in the matter of cereals also. The ...

    Article : 514 words
  9. HOTEL FOR "DOWN-AND-OUTS."

    A hotel for "down-and-outs which has just been opened in Chicago by Mr. Charles Dawes, a millionaire bank president, is filled every night, ...

    Article : 157 words
  10. THE MISTAKE MER[?]HANT.

    Many curious trades and professions find mention in the London Directory, but therein is no mention of the Mistake Merchant. There has, ...

    Article : 221 words
  11. HOW THE CANAL COUNTS.

    Although the construction of the Panama Canal in admittedly one of the greatest engineering feats that has ever been accomplished, the canal ...

    Article : 193 words
  12. UNIQUE ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOGRAPHS.

    A unique photograph, representing a phenomenon observable from only one small spot on the earth for a single second in many centuries, was ...

    Article : 248 words
  13. AUSTRALIA'S TRADE EULOGISED.

    An enthusiastic tribute has been paid to Australasia's commercial progress, in the second interim report lately received from the ...

    Article : 407 words
  14. FAILURE OF EVENING SCHOOLS

    The evening continuation school system in New South Wales has been proved, and is now pronounced to be a failure. This does not come ...

    Article : 421 words
  15. ROUND THE WORLD BY AIRSHIP.

    Aviators arc already discussin[?] the project of round-world aeropl[?]ne tours. Heretofore a ship has been the only means of making, the circle. It ...

    Article : 229 words
  16. Newest Marconi Discovery

    The newest development of wireless telegraphy was demonstrated at the exhibition of the Physical Society of London in the Imperial ...

    Article : 354 words
  17. Shame of Bird-killing.

    Lord Curzon deserves the thanks of all lovers for his splendid speech at the annual meeting of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. ...

    Article : 238 words
  18. A Cheque Unexpected.

    An amusing story is being told of an incident of Lord Curzon's schooldays. His handwriting in in those days left something to be ...

    Article : 180 words
  19. NOT A BANQUET.

    Mr. Taft tells a story about a number of old men who, having been schoolboys together, thought it would be an excellent plan to have a ...

    Article : 206 words
  20. BOTTLE-SORTING BY TOUCH.

    One of London's queer trades which enjoys a pre-Christmas rush is that of the empty-bottle sorting at the London Bottle Exchange, off ...

    Article : 216 words
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