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  2. SHIPS OF THE PAST

    Sir,--There are many ships not mentioned by your correspondent, "A.J.W." He does not speak of the Rajah of Sarawak, which arrived in 1854, under the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,499 words
  3. MONETARY PROBLEMS.

    MODERN monetary problems seem infinitely varied in their aspects, but, so intensive has men's study of the subject become, there is little risk of any ...

    Article : 1,292 words
  4. The World of Science

    ON Christmas Eve, 1801, Richard Trevithick demonstrated to the people of Camborne, Cornwall, the possibilities of road transport by means of ...

    Article : 1,276 words
  5. London Gossip

    This may be the age of mechanical transport, but for sheer beauty of movement you must still "Give a man a horse he can ride." And at the international ...

    Article : 1,519 words
  6. Aberfoyle.

    Sir,--Are there among your readers any surviving passengers or their descendants of the ship Aberfoyle, leaving Glasgow on 10th September 1852, and ...

    Article : 97 words
  7. INDUSTRIAL USES OF HELIUM.

    The rare gas helium, next in order of lightness to hydrogen, as it is also next in the serial order of the chemical elements, has always, both from the ...

    Article : 1,040 words
  8. Captain John Whyte.

    Sir,--I am hoping that I can obtain information of some names and particulars of ships which my grandfather was interested in. I have very little to guide ...

    Article : 260 words
  9. IONA, THE SACRED ISLE.

    Sir,--The scholarly article which appeared in a recent Saturday issue of "The Age" will be treasured by all those who are familiar with the history of Iona ...

    Article : 977 words
  10. Victory, Barque.

    Sir,--Grace and Fanny Doyle came from Kildare to Melbourne in the fifties. Grace married Michael Landy (deceased), of Tipperary, and died in ...

    Article : 163 words
  11. "Little Dock."

    Sir,--As that well-known "pocket" of the Yarra, "Little Dock," is just about filled in, and will no doubt be commented on in your Columns, I thought ...

    Article : 108 words
  12. New Zealand Wrecks.

    Sir,--Some time back one of your correspondents, H. Chilichting, mentioned New Zealand shipwrecks. He is a little astray about the Wa[?]rarapa being ...

    Article : 399 words
  13. Red Jacket.

    Sir,--I presume that the Alexander Torney Stewart fortune is connected with the inquiry (per ship Red Jacket) in your paper of last Saturday for ...

    Article : 105 words
  14. Tiptree.

    Sir,--I was very interested in the reminiscences of Mr. Drake on Saturday, 15th June. My father often told me of the child born on the Tiptree and ...

    Article : 97 words
  15. BRITISH CHURCH IN BERLIN.

    The British colony in Berlin has just celebrated the 50th anniversary of the English church, St. George's, together with the 80th anniversary of English ...

    Article : 115 words
  16. GERMANY'S WORLD RAIL SPEED RECORD.

    A new streamlined steam locomotive, built for the German State railways at the Bo[?]ig works, has attained a speed of 119.8 miles per hour in its official ...

    Article : 101 words
  17. R.M.S. Cuzco.

    Sir,--Can any of your readers say what became of the Orient liner Cuzco, which last visited Melbourne in 1898. Is she still afloat and where? Who were the ...

    Article : 53 words
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