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  2. London Gossip

    West End "night life" has discovered a new and simple method of evading the intentions or the law. It is an elaboration of the "bottle party" idea. People ...

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  3. OLD VICTORIAN SCHOOLDAYS

    Sir,--I went to school at Tarnagulla 50 years ago. The master's name was Mr. ("Daddy") Harper: other teachers were Sammy Coats, Miss Parker ...

    Article : 257 words
  4. FELICIA DOROTHEA HEMANS.

    THURSDAY, May the sixteenth, was the centenary of the death of the authoress of Casablanca, Mrs. Hemans, Many of us who have casually read that ...

    Article : 1,190 words
  5. ITALY AND ABYSSINIA.

    THE large expeditionary force which Mussolini has sent to Italian Somaliland and to the Italian colony of Eritrea in order to be prepared for ...

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  6. SHIPS OF THE PAST

    Sir,--As so many readers have been interested in the R.M.S. John Eider I am enclosing a photo, of same for you to reprint. I rang one writer, and they ...

    Article : 194 words
  7. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--I have noticed several references to this ship in your Saturday columns. She was an auxiliary ship of 4152 tons, built at Liverpool. I was a passenger ...

    Article : 253 words
  8. Coliseum.

    Sir.--Mr. Holden says in his letter that my statement re the Coliseum being on the west side of Swanston-street is wrong. If the writer wants the exact ...

    Article : 91 words
  9. Royal Shepherd.

    Sir,--Mention is made of the Royal Shepherd (Captain E. Johnson) in your issue of 4th inst. When lying at anchor in Bluff Harbor (N.Z.) on the barque ...

    Article : 115 words
  10. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--I have seen several letters in "The Age" about the Coliseum. It was in Bourke-street. The Melba picture hall is on the site of the Coliseum, the same ...

    Article : 211 words
  11. Lee-Street.

    Sir,--Kindly accept by best thanks for publishing the letter re Lee-street State school. I have received a number of letters from former scholars. This proves ...

    Article : 44 words
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    R.M.S. JOHN ELDER. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  13. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE

    Sir,--In my previous letter I mentioned the names of former teachers. Quite a number of them are now married. Miss Bowden is Mrs. Fraser, Miss Walker ...

    Article : 190 words
  14. Lincolnshire.

    Sir,--Some time ago Mr. Thompson (Albert Park) had a letter in "The Age" re the above ship. On the 6th January. 1876, the Lincolnshire left the ...

    Article : 483 words
  15. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--In reference to Mr. Frank Marks's letter, I would say definitely Mrs. Canham is right. There were hotel bars with marble tables and chairs in the ...

    Article : 94 words
  16. Loch Maree.

    Sir,--A fine ship whose name frequently appears in Ships of the Past was the Loch Maree. There are many who think the Loch Maree was the finest ...

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  17. Willmot's.

    Sir,--I have read the correspondence re Willmot's school, No. 1073, in Lygon-street, Carlton. I remember Mr. Willmot as the head teacher. His nickname ...

    Article : 297 words
  18. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--It is a pleasure indeed to recall in your Saturday supplement the old school and those with whom, many happy days were spent at Lee-street, ...

    Article : 117 words
  19. East Melbourne.

    Sir,--The many letters appearing in "The Age" re old school days are of great interest, and I am tempted to mention a well-known school which I attended ...

    Article : 429 words
  20. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--I agree with the suggestion of Mr. T. Allen that it would be very nice to have a reunion of all old scholars, and feel sure that quite a lot would ...

    Article : 157 words
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    R.M.S. POTOSI. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  22. Confiance.

    Sir,--I was very much interested in a letter written by Mr. T. Wilmott (Malvern) re his journey from England to Geelong in the Confiance, ship, in 1852. ...

    Article : 166 words
  23. Williamstown.

    Sir,--I have been a constant reader of "The Age" for over fifty years. 1 would like to thank E. L. McIver for his letter of 16th March. It brought ...

    Article : 618 words
  24. Allingham's Poem.

    Sir,--I shall be very glad if your South Australian correspondent who has stated that the verse beginning with "No funeral gloom . . . is from The ...

    Article : 132 words
  25. Graham-Street, Sandridge.

    Sir,--Sandridge school interests me most, as I spent some years there after the name was changed to Port Melbourne. Do any of your readers ...

    Article : 119 words
  26. Gambodia.

    Sir,--Is anyone living now who came out from England in the sailing ship Gambodia in 1852 ? My parents and I as an infant, came from Wales, ...

    Article : 49 words
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