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  2. SHOPS OLD AND NEW

    Shops! A magic word to the feminine ear, and to the ear of the discriminating male, too, because shops are one way in which a city expresses its character. It used to be said that London shops were staid and dull, ...

    Article : 1,407 words
  3. LITERATURE

    It has been said of Francis Thompson that without rebellion and with scarcely a lament he suffered his outward life to become the merest shuttlecock of destiny. ...

    Article : 1,794 words
  4. KING EDWARD VIII.

    A recent photograph of His Majesty King Edward VIII. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 12 words
  5. COAL EXPORT

    IN Governor King's correspondence, the ship Cornwallis was named, but actually it was the Earl Cornwallis. It was loaded with coal from Hunter's River, ...

    Article : 1,416 words
  6. LEAVES FROM OLD FILES

    Strike.—The strike of wharf labourers in Melbourne is becoming much more serious than was at first excepted by the ship-owners. The various trade-unions have ...

    Article : 698 words
  7. 25 YEARS AGO

    Speed in the Air.—The French aviator (M. Brequet) has effected a world's speed record, covering 62 miles in 69 minutes. Wrecked.—The steamer Aotea is ashore ...

    Article : 614 words
  8. CAVE DISCOVERIES

    Dr. Wilfrid Jackson lectured recently to members of the Manchester Geographical Association on "The romance of cave hunting". Discoveries in caves, he said, ...

    Article : 320 words
  9. YARD SEAM

    Mr. A. F. Hall, who for half a century has practised as a licensing surveyor in the northern district, recalls the damage done by deeps to houses of the ...

    Article : 489 words
  10. A Naturalist's Notebook

    I have been spending a holiday by the sea. Every ramble along the shore made me envy the marine biologist with his knowledge of the living creatures that ...

    Article : 202 words
  11. IN THE SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS

    Deer driven from the mountain tops to the lower slopes and valleys, following heavy snowfalls and severe cold weather in the Scottish Highlands. This photograph was taken early in December last. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 36 words
  12. Bird Notes

    The cottage I rented was on a hill overlooking the ocean. Every day, and sometimes several times a day, a male blue wren, inspired by natural pugnacity or ...

    Article : 512 words
  13. A Master of the Waves

    Perhaps the experience that gave me most enjoyment was watching a little penguin fishing in a stormy sea. For days a strong wind had been lashing the ...

    Article : 240 words
  14. Clever Builders

    A nest built by wasps (Polistes) on a verandah ledge was removed during my absence one morning, only the black stalk, or pedicel, being left. The wasps promptly ...

    Article : 170 words
  15. DISCOVERY AND EXPORT

    Sir.—I have to thank "B.M.J." for his reference to my difficulty in not being in a position to find data covering the names of the captain and the ship ...

    Article : 163 words
  16. WROTH SILVER

    On St. Martin's Day, November 11, at half an hour before sunrise, the payment of Wroth Silver was made at Knight-low. Stretton-on-Dunsmore, ...

    Article : 101 words
  17. Fairy Martins

    "Native": The birds mentioned in your letter were fairy martins, not swallows. Sparrows would certainly be responsible for their eviction. The swallow builds a ...

    Article : 28 words
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