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  2. NAVAL DEFENCE OF THE COLONIES.

    RECENTLY Sir Alexander Stuart wrote a despatch on the subject of Australian naval defence. Its raison d'etre was to ascertain how far the ...

    Article : 1,771 words
  3. ENGLAND'S MARITIME DANGER.

    IF Great Britain, thanks to the conservative statesmanship of Gladstone, has escaped the danger of a war with Russia, the British shipowner has a ...

    Article : 998 words
  4. Our Paris Letter.

    PARIS, May 1.—A trial which has excited great interest among society at Versailles has just taken place in that town. A young man of good family ...

    Article : 301 words
  5. THE CRIMEAN WAR.

    IN the Crimean war the English fired 1,000,000 shots, killing 21,000 Russians, or 700 shots per victim. The French fired 29,000,000 shots, ...

    Article : 166 words
  6. NEW ZEALAND AND THE ENABLING BILL.

    THE Argus says:—"New South Wales stands aloof from the federal movement for reasons of her own, and New Zealand raises objections because ...

    Article : 511 words
  7. COALING STATIONS.

    WHETHER or not war may be permanently averted, there can be no doubt the present crisis has been useful in rehearsing our defensive ...

    Article : 253 words
  8. A Lost Treasure.

    Some amusing circumstances were revealed in a trial for the recovery of a pretended historic document which has just taken place before the Paris ...

    Article : 583 words
  9. THE NEUTRALISATION OF THE BALTIC.

    THE Berlin correspondent of the Daily News writes: The statement of your Copenhagen correspondent that diplomatic correspondence has been going ...

    Article : 512 words
  10. COLLIERY EXPLOSIONS.

    J. BUDDLE writes on this subject as follows to the Newcastle (England) Chronicle:—Professor Merivale, according to the latter part of his letter ...

    Article : 525 words
  11. FRANCE, ENGLAND, AND AUSTRALIA.

    BARON MICHELS, a naval officer of distinction, who lost one of his legs in the Crimea, and has been on an official mission in Australia and the ...

    Article : 254 words
  12. TORPEDOES IN WARFARE.

    THE part which torpedoes are destined to play in attack and defence is of the highest importance, and is sufficiently radical in character to materially ...

    Article : 592 words
  13. SIZE OF A WHALE'S HEART.

    THE old story about the size of a whale's heart is being revived. A dissector was engaged in getting out the heart of a very large whale. While ...

    Article : 90 words
  14. A WISE DEACON.

    "Deacon Wilder, I want you to tell me how you kept yourself and family so well the past season, when all the rest of us have been sick so much, and have had the doctors running to ...

    Article : 115 words
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