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  2. AMONG PROMINENT PEOPLE, PAPERS and POLITICIANS

    "The capital of the country belongs to the country. Once admit the principle that capital belongs to the country, and it is plain that the Government ...

    Article : 79 words
  3. THE GERMAN PEACE TALK "DOCTORED."

    The text of the speeches in the German Reichstag in connection with the Social Democrats interpellation on peace was transmitted to the world through the ...

    Article : 462 words
  4. HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

    When sewing the ball and socket snaps on a garment always sew the ball sap on the upper piece. The back of the ball snap is flat and will leave no mark on ...

    Article : 70 words
  5. FOR WOMAN'S EYE.

    One of the newest modes is shown in our illustration. A smart costume of cream serge, effectively trimmed with braid and buttons, and finished with for ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 539 words
  6. STATE CONTROL, OF CAPITAL.

    "I can conceive of nothing which will act as a greater deterrent to the enterprises which capitalists are asked to undertake than the economic ...

    Article : 147 words
  7. AUSTRALIANS' HEROISM.

    "The magnificent heroism of Australia's sons is worthy of the noblest traditions of the race, but unfortunately their splendid self-sacrifice and loyalty ...

    Article : 63 words
  8. NOTING NEEDED REPAIRS.

    As yon iron, pin a piece of brown paper to each article you discover in minus a button or needs mending of any sort. By so doing you will save much time by ...

    Article : 54 words
  9. DRYING NET CURTAINS.

    An easy way to dry net window curtains and be sure they will hang straight is to put them on the poles at the windows while still wet. They fall in ...

    Article : 41 words
  10. NOT A HOPE.

    "Germany hasn't a chance if the people of France, Russia and England keep their nerve, and apparently they will. It is a terrible way to win a ...

    Article : 119 words
  11. COST OF LIVING.

    "Since the outbreak of war, the coat of living has increased by 41 per cent., but the Clyde (England) workers' wages have only been advanced by 11 ...

    Article : 66 words
  12. SKIRTING BOARD AND WHITE WOODWORK.

    When we repainted eur bedroom floor, we painted the skirting board the same colour as the floor, although the rest of the woodwork in the room is white. We ...

    Article : 82 words
  13. RUSSIA'S UNPREPAREDNESS.

    "The unpreparedness of the great Russian Empire for war at the time it was forced upon her was so great as to be pathetic. The German attack ...

    Article : 99 words
  14. WORTHY OF POLITICS.

    "The war has made finance, and the great principles of economy in public expenditure, of vital concern at the present moment, but Mr. Holman as ...

    Article : 107 words
  15. A NOVEL CLOTHES PIN BAG.

    An improvement ever the old style of clothes pin bags is made of ticking (a piece of an old mattress case) mounted on a woden coat hanger, which can be ...

    Article : 117 words
  16. SARCASM.

    "The object of this paragraph is to point out that no editor should accept any literary contribution from a returned soldier. Have not we, the ...

    Article : 76 words
  17. IMPERIAL UNION.

    "An Imperial union is difficult to imagine: but when it is remembered that in this great proposed partnership are included also countries like India ...

    Article : 105 words
  18. FOR SHIFTY SHOE TONGUES.

    Father stoopped down to pull his slipped-aside shoe [?]gues into place, remarking as be did so: "It is strange that some way has not been found to ...

    Article : 85 words
  19. POSSESSION OF EGYPT.

    "How history repeals itself! in 1797, a year of great British naval victories, Napoleon wrote: "The time is not far distant when we shall feel ...

    Article : 82 words
  20. AFRAID OF STRIKES.

    "Mr. Pearce blames capitalists for not providing more avenues of employment through the medium of woollen mills, and thus earning the reputation ...

    Article : 89 words
  21. TREATED HIS WIFE.

    A Bristol man was fined the minimum of 9/- for treating his wife to intoxicating drink. The magistrates decided that a ...

    Article : 100 words
  22. GERMANY'S TROUBLES.

    "Meat is 5 1/2d. per lb. dearer here than in England, while pork is a shilling dearer. Thus disappears the sweet comfort we have been hugging ...

    Article : 74 words
  23. MYMNS TOMMY LIKES.

    I have been p[?]sing that bright little monthly magazine, "The N.S.W. Red Cross Record," with the keenest interest. There not one dull page in the book, and ...

    Article : 284 words
  24. SHOULD ACT AS ONE.

    "To-day the industrial dispute is a sin; the political quarrel is a crime. Let the nation, at least until the great fight is won, try honestly and loyally ...

    Article : 103 words
  25. AUSTRALIA'S DEFIANT SPIRIT.

    "The battle cruiser 'Australia,' the property of the far-off Commonwealth, is a very real part of the British navy to-day. Stripped ready for action ...

    Article : 58 words
  26. CIGAR-SHAPED OIL SHIPS.

    Cigar-shaped ships, carrying each 20,000 tons of oil, will probably he used to bring oil to England from America in the near future (says the "Daily ...

    Article : 184 words
  27. THE NOBLEST DEATH.

    "Many of them—tens of thousands of them—will never return. They lie, with the little wooden crosses above them, in those frequent wayside ...

    Article : 64 words
  28. "TOTALISATOR BILL."

    "After the mountainous labor of two years of polities and Royal Commissions, the timid little mouse creeps forward—Mr. Osborne's Totalisator Bill. ...

    Article : 76 words
  29. DEMAND GREATER THAN SUPPLY.

    "Despite all planning and preparation, despite the magnificence of the German industrial machinery for turning out whatever the war requires, it is ...

    Article : 63 words
  30. MR. WADE'S PREMIERSHIP.

    "It is true that Mr. Wade's Parliamentary consolations are £750 a year, a free ticket on the railways, an occasional testimonial from the Liberal ...

    Article : 154 words
  31. LIGHT AND SHADOWS IN WARTIME.

    Thin is the name, given to a romance of the war, written by the able pen of Mr. S. N. Hogg, Originally a banker of big repute, Mr. Hogg has of late years ...

    Article : 143 words
  32. RACING.

    "Those who advocate the maintenance of the perpetual racing carnival in time of war, on the ground that it is an industry and a source of employment ...

    Article : 111 words
  33. QUEEN MAEY'S NEEDLEWORK GUILD.

    Miss Mary Jay has received a letter from Queen Mary's private secretary, dated February, thanking her for a further consignment of socks for the sailors ...

    Article : 70 words
  34. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,115 words
  35. 23/- FOR ONE SOVEREIGN.

    "Stated that Chinese in Australia are offering as much as twenty-three shillings each for sovereigns. The food exploiters know a trick worth nearly ...

    Article : 43 words
  36. GIVEN TO SHARKS.

    "A month ago, on Christmas Eve, there was a children's party in the saloon of the 'Persia,' then lying at Marseilles waiting for the arrival of ...

    Article : 78 words
  37. Advertising

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    Advertising : 161 words
  38. CONSIDERED IMPOSSIBLE.

    "If anyone had told us that this peaceful democracy of ours, engaged in mercantile pursuits, happy and contented in its economical prosperity ...

    Article : 69 words
  39. LIQUOR CONTROVERSY.

    "The Bishop of Kalgoorilie, in reply to criticism of his refusal to help the earlie movement, says;—A publican told a friend of mine recently that the ...

    Article : 81 words
  40. KING'S DONATION TO WAR FUND.

    "I have received the King's commands to inform you that his Majesty has given instructions that the sum of £100,000 shall be placed at the disposal ...

    Article : 83 words
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