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  2. In Lighter Vein

    Barlowe: "I'm going to bring my wife round to call on you to-night." Dobson "That's right but do me a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. FAMOUS GUIDE.

    The famous Rotorua guide, Sophia, who died at Whararewarewa last week had had an interesting career (says the Auckland " Weekly News " of 14th ...

    Article : 578 words
  4. MASSACRE OF ARABS.

    The "Times" of 6th November, contained the following :- Malta, November 4.—I find on my arrival here from Tripoli that Europe is ...

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  5. TRAMWAY SMASH.

    Five persons were killed and 14 injured on 21st October, in a tramway smash at Mossley, about seven miles from Manchester (says the "Weekly Scotsman"). The ...

    Article : 1,074 words
  6. Chinese Revolt.

    The "Times" of 6th November publishes the following telegrams concerning, the Chinese revolution:— To-night's edict is of historic ...

    Article : 246 words
  7. COMMERCIAL.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 143 words
  8. BRITISH BOATS FIRED UPON.

    The Hanyang batteries have fired upon a British river boat proceeding towards Hankau, and a rifle volley riddled the deckhouse of a customs launch. which was ...

    Article : 346 words
  9. LONDON MARKETS.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 460 words
  10. LIFE-SAVING FOR SWIMMERS.

    Mr. E. Langley writes as follows, in "Answers", I have always wondered how it is that when a swimmer at the seaside suddenly sinks his death is almost ...

    Article : 782 words
  11. DIFFICULTIES TO BE OVERCOME.

    A more hopeful feeling animates Peking, but there are obviously immense difficulties still to be overcome, difficulties that will not be lessened if the gruesome ...

    Article : 1,175 words
  12. WHO WAS MR. "M'MIX ?"

    He was a sturdy Scot, with no education and no vestige of a shred of humour. He stood before the new city hall, gazing up at the simple legend over the portal. ...

    Article : 108 words
  13. DESTRUCTION OF HANKAU.

    All the country round Shanghai is in the hands of the revolutionaries. The capture of Kiangnan arsenal was the occasion of a brief engagement yesterday ...

    Article : 312 words
  14. ROUGH ON RICHARD.

    They were evidently from the country, and had wandered into the first place of amusement they found. A performance of "Richard III" was in progress, and after ...

    Article : 137 words
  15. ACTIVITY OF GEYSERS.

    The thermal activity at Whakarewarewa during the past week has been, extraordinary (says the "Auckland Weekly News," 9th December). All the geysers ...

    Article : 283 words
  16. TO ESCAPE THE THAW.

    In a country town in the English midlands, there is a man who is so noted for his conversational abilities that his acquaintances, avoid giving him ...

    Article : 156 words
  17. AUSTRALASIAN SECURITIES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 239 words
  18. ELINGAMITE WRECK.

    "Captain Atwood must he acquitted of the charges made against him, and we shall so report to the department." This is the essence, of the finding of the court ...

    Article : 511 words
  19. RETORT COURTEOUS.

    Workers are, doubtless, they who shall inherit the earth. But certain indolent natures, gifted with wit, can afford to take occasional chances as residuary ...

    Article : 141 words
  20. MANUFACTURED ALIBI.

    His Honour (Mr. Justice Edwards) sat in the Auckland Supreme Court, in its criminal jurisdiction, on Tuesday (says the Auckland "Weekly News" of 14th ...

    Article : 322 words
  21. TRELLISING TOMATOES.

    A simple plan for protecting tomato plants and at the same time improving the fruit is given by a writer in the "Indiana Farmer," who says : It is ...

    Article : 560 words
  22. "FORTY THIEVES."

    What is stated to the one effect of the recent great Shipping strike in England has been seen at Wellington during the past few weeks in the unusual number of ...

    Article : 205 words
  23. CHANGELESS WAVES.

    Every fisherman has his fish story, every hunter his bear story—and every traveller his sea story. Indeed, says a writer, there was never ...

    Article : 170 words
  24. FORTUNE FROM A SHOVEL.

    The simplest labour-saving device may quite possibly be worth a fortune. Eighty-nine years ago a number of men were at work on the roadbed of a line of railway ...

    Article : 434 words
  25. QUAINT MEXICAN GAME.

    Nowhere in the world is Christmas so quaintly celebrated as in Mexico. Anybody visiting that fascinating country during the middle of December would find ...

    Article : 291 words
  26. HE WAS AN "ALLIGATOR."

    Makers of the laws are accustomed to finding themselves likened to divers species of the lower animals in times of political excitement, and at all times among the ...

    Article : 282 words
  27. FODDER FOR LAMBING EWES.

    In the hand-feeding of sheep a good mixture, particularly for lambing owes, one of the New South Wales stock inspector's states, is chaffed straw, molasses. ...

    Article : 322 words
  28. THREE KINGS LIGHT WANTED.

    The necessity of a light with efficient fog signal on the Three Kings Islands was well illustrated on the trip of the steamer Wimmera from Sydney (says the ...

    Article : 207 words
  29. Advertising

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    Advertising : 32 words
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