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  2. THE PLANTATIONS OF CEYLON.

    Amongst the exhibits in the western annexes at the Centennial Exhibition, where the various minor courts are grouped, not the least attractive is the display mady by the ...

    Article : 2,263 words
  3. BALLARAT DISTRICT HUNT CLUB RACES.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 998 words
  4. STEEL SLEEPERS FOR RAILWAYS.

    How long it may be before steel takes the place of timber for railway sleepers in Australia is a question which will require some little answering, but that it is not unlikely to assist ...

    Article : 1,089 words
  5. OUR SYDNEY LETTER.

    Since Parliament was prorogued Ministerial and private members' trips into the country have been the order of the day. While Mr. Abigail, the Minister for Mines, has been down ...

    Article : 1,302 words
  6. THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE GREAT EASTERN.

    The most wonderful specimen of marine architecture that the world has ever seen has now entered upon the last stage in her comparatively brief but eventful and chequered career. ...

    Article : 1,245 words
  7. THE SULTAN'S HOUSEKEEPING.

    There are over 6000 persons, says the New York Herald, fed three times a day at Dolma-Bagtche Palace while the Sultan is there. That there is good executive ability in the ...

    Article : 1,185 words
  8. THE DRESS OF JAPANESE LADIES.

    A number of eminent American ladies, headed by Mrs. Cleveland and Mrs. Garfield, have addressed an open letter "to Japanese women who are adopting foreign dress." The writers say ...

    Article : 375 words
  9. A THOUSAND POUNDS FOR A DOG.

    The largest price ever given for a dog has been paid (says an English paper) by Mr. J. K. Emmet, of Albany, New York, for the champion St. Bernard, Plinlimmon. The same ...

    Article : 162 words
  10. TURNING FLESH INTO METAL.

    A writer in an Italian newspaper describes a visit to the atelier of an old Turin chemist, Angclo Motta, recently deceased, who is said to have devoted 30 years of his life to the ...

    Article : 505 words
  11. THE DRINK TRAFFIC IN BURMAH.

    Those who denounce the Government for encouraging and developing the drink traffic in India have lately turned their attention to Upper Burmah, of course with the good intention ...

    Article : 448 words
  12. RE DOUGLAS AND SONS LIMITED IN LIQUIDATION.

    SIR,--In your issue of the 3rd inst., you inserted a paragraph to the effect that a petition for the compulsory winding up of the above company was accepted by Mr. Justice A'Beckett, ...

    Article : 281 words
  13. RAILWAY TRUCKS.

    Sir,--For several years there has been an insufficient supply of trucks. In the building trade alone great losses have been caused, and a large up country business in bricks almost ...

    Article : 136 words
  14. Advertising

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    Advertising : 4,365 words
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