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  2. DIAMOND MINES IN SOUTH AFRICA.

    The history of the diamond mines is one long romance—catastrophe, skilful robberies, and the speedy realisation of colossal fortunes, the annual ...

    Article : 384 words
  3. MODERN SPONGE GATHERING.

    So far has advancement been made in scientific progress that, no longer content to fish from the surface of the sea, we must descend to the depths in a ...

    Article : 355 words
  4. AUSTRALIAN PRESS DIRECTORY.

    "Gossip," in the Sydney "Stock and Station Journal," reviews the new Australian Press Directory thus:—"There are roughly one hundred ...

    Article : 689 words
  5. AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL NOTES.

    These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. G. Ashford, Minister for Agriculture and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 151. ...

    Article : 1,413 words
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    Advertising : 18 words
  7. SPRAY.

    Those who disbelieve in doctors should be careful as to the alternative they propose to their friends. "Neuralgia!" cried one of the ...

    Article : 1,257 words
  8. POULTRY.

    Why are eggs so dear! The question is just now a very real one with housekeepers—country as well as city—and complaints are freely ...

    Article : 774 words
  9. ELECTRICALLY OPERATED MOVING TARGETS.

    Moving targets are used in Germany which are mounted on trucks and drawn along the ground by the use of electrically worked cables and drums, so as to ...

    Article : 118 words
  10. THE KING A WORKER.

    Those who have seen the King since his return to town declare that, though he looks in the best of health, he is looking much older. Even Royalty, of ...

    Article : 160 words
  11. EARLY MAIZE.

    In the hope that something would be gained by being early in the market, a number of maize-growers on the Northern Rivers have fallon into the rather ...

    Article : 162 words
  12. BIG ANTS.

    The American truth-teller was in form. "Talking of ants," he said, "we've got 'em as big as crabs out West. I've ...

    Article : 128 words
  13. AMERICA'S GREATEST INVENTOR.

    Mr. Thomas Edison, America's greatest inventor, celebrated his 67th birthday by receiving reporters and dining on fami[?]. Sir William Osler's theory ...

    Article : 121 words
  14. DAIRYING.

    According to the Inspector for the North Coast district, the Department's advocacy of the renovation of old and deteriorated paspalum pastures by ...

    Article : 438 words
  15. HICCOUGH—TO CURE.

    That tiresome and noisy spasmodic contraction of that breath does not invariably a convenient time to declare and we all Know how loud and ...

    Article : 201 words
  16. HAWKESBURY AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

    Arrangements have been made for the 1914 Winter School for farmers to commence at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College on Tuesday, 24th June ...

    Article : 204 words
  17. WEIGHT TEST FOR HAIR.

    If your hair is coming out, pull a hair from jour head and find out what weight can be hung from it without its breaking. A strong hair will sustain ...

    Article : 54 words
  18. HE FORGOT HIMSELF.

    An elderly gentleman, who knew something of law, lived in an Irish village where no solicitor had over penetrated, and was in the habit of arranging the ...

    Article : 123 words
  19. TO KEEP BUTTER FOR A LENGTH OF TIME.

    Melt the butter in well-glazed earthen pans at a heat not exceeding 180 deg. Fahr., in a water bath, and keep it heated, skimming it from time to time until the ...

    Article : 276 words
  20. TO REMOVE A FISH BONE FROM THE THROAT.

    When a fish bone has been swallowed suck the juice of a lemon; the acid usually dissolves the mineral part, making the bone fiexible; it is then easy to ...

    Article : 236 words
  21. IN THE HOUR OF NEED

    In every sensible, well-regulated Australian home, there is a bottle of Chateau Tanunda Three Star Brandy at hand, in case of need. The home may ...

    Article : 157 words
  22. MISCELLANEOUS.

    The measuring of the exact quantity of an arsenic drench that should be used in treating sheep for stomach worms is one of the things that has ...

    Article : 314 words
  23. HERD TESTING.

    The Dairy Expert, in an article that appears in the May "Gazette," draws attention to the fact that the practice of certain dairy-farmers is already ...

    Article : 278 words
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