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  2. WHAT A GOAT

    In a small town not far from Melbourne, where the goat is a familiar object, roaming about the streets at all hours, great ...

    Article : 138 words
  3. AUSTRALIA'S LINK WITH THE PAST.

    The [?]thropological branch of British Scientists, which will shortly visit Australia to pursue a course of study on the Australian ...

    Article : 408 words
  4. WORLD-WIDE NOTES. NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE.

    A bath of paraffin wax, heated to 1255deg. Fahrenheit, is the new and extraordinary efficacious treatment for rheumatism, gout, sciatica, ...

    Article : 185 words
  5. NOTHING SERIOUS. RAILED.

    The intoxicated individual who. after bumping into the same tree thirteen times, bemoaned the fact that he was lost in an ...

    Article : 98 words
  6. Confessions of a Liner Chaplain.

    There is nothing that produces a feeling of speedy death quicker than sea-sickness. It is very rare that anyone actually succumbs to it, ...

    Article : 654 words
  7. FROM THE WORLD'S PRESS.

    Many Pastures Protection Boards in N.S.W. have replied to recent inquiries by stating that, in the opinion of their members, the ...

    Article : 909 words
  8. THIEVES' TRICKS.

    While the cashier of a Paris bank was at work recently, he was astonished to see a p[?] of banknotes on the counter at his side ...

    Article : 905 words
  9. THE LOST LUGGAGE.

    An Aberdonian went to spend a few days in London with his son. After their first greetings at King's Cross Station, the young fellow ...

    Article : 371 words
  10. HANDLING BAGGAGE

    In a Parisian station there is now installed a well designed electric system for handling baggage. the trains arrive on the lower level ...

    Article : 156 words
  11. CONCERT GIVEN BY WIRELESS.

    A novel concert was heard recently at the wireless station on the Eiffel Tower, the giver of the entertainment—a tenor—being some ...

    Article : 108 words
  12. A LITTLE PRESENT.

    A good story is told concerning one John [?]haw, a most reputable resident of a certain English town. John, who in years of ...

    Article : 245 words
  13. THE [?]OSCOPE AT SEA.

    Dr. [?]. Schilowsky, whose twowheeled gyroscope motor-car was described recently, has turned his attention to the problem of ...

    Article : 187 words
  14. NEW INVENTION.

    A new automatic stamping machine has made its appearance in New Zealand. The machine now in use in the ...

    Article : 62 words
  15. AN AD. WHICH WAS DECLINED.

    A few years ago a grocer and pawnbroker of a fairly large provincial town used to meet in the evenings at a certain hotel. ...

    Article : 144 words
  16. SWAN SONG OF THE SMALL SHOP-KEEPER.

    England is complaining of the gradual disappearance of the suburban and country shop keeper; and in a smaller way Australia too, is ...

    Article : 330 words
  17. WORLD'S RICHEST BOY.

    Under a judicial decree just signed in New York, John Nicholas Brown, aged 14, who has been known for years as the richest boy ...

    Article : 196 words
  18. CINEMA FOR CONVICTS.

    Cinematograph shows for goodconduct prisoners are the latest introduction at Laurel, Maryland, U.S.A., which is fast ...

    Article : 217 words
  19. The Grand Piton's Secret.

    On April [?], 1782, while Rodney's fleet off Gros [?]slet Bay was getting ready for sea, four sailors managed to land on the Grand ...

    Article : 348 words
  20. WHY NOT HAVE IT?

    The king, aged and infirm, was blessed with twin sons. Painfully he was pacing up and down the stage, with a wearied, troubled look, ...

    Article : 66 words
  21. BIRMINGHAM'S 100 YEARS' RECORDS.

    One hundred years ago Birmingham was a very small town. When it became incorporated as a town in 1838 it then had a roll of ...

    Article : 204 words
  22. JEST AND EARNEST DAY.

    "Friday is such an unlucky day," she sighed. "It isn't half so unlucky as Tuesday," r[?]orted her companion. ...

    Article : 139 words
  23. HIS PROOF.

    Harry La[?]der scored with a neat impromptu at a New York theatre recently. He had just finished his second song, and the audience was ...

    Article : 105 words
  24. TALL POLICEMEN.

    Hitherto the London Metropolitan Police Force has been credited with the possession of the tallest constable in England in the person of ...

    Article : 83 words
  25. QUEENSLAND GEMS.

    The official estimate of Queensland gems picked out last year is something over £43,000. The wonderful "imitation stones" which have ...

    Article : 78 words
  26. A TRUE SON OF ERIN.

    Englishman to Scotsman: "What would you be were you not a Scotsman?" Scotsman: "And Englishman, of ...

    Article : 52 words
  27. A BARGAIN.

    One cold night a tramp went to the door of a Jew, and said, "Good evening, kind sir. Could you give me four[?] for a bed? I ...

    Article : 46 words
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