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  2. Departure of the Swell Soldiers.

    The Londoner was, in the main, content to see and smoke. He was certainly deeply interested. But it was the personal rather than the political side of the show that ...

    Article : 251 words
  3. Grim Jokes.

    Even in the grimmest and tightest of places the British soldier never quite loses his sense of humour and his appreciation of a joke, especially if it be at the enemy’s ...

    Article : 289 words
  4. SPORTING NOTES.

    The fixtures for the ensuing week are as under:—Wednesday, Marong; Aspendale Park. Saturday, V.A.T.C. (at Caulfield); South Australian J.C. Autumn Meeting. ...

    Article : 1,778 words
  5. FARM AND GARDEN.

    When a special grant of £150,000 was made by Parliament to aid the 4th, 5th and 6th class shires in the outlying portions of the colony to constuct roads, it was ...

    Article : 1,597 words
  6. Railway Travellers’ Guide.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,494 words
  7. KITCHEN GARDEN.

    Winter crops should now be in the ground. Where salads are in request during the Winter, pains must be taken with the lettuces. They will bear transplanting at ...

    Article : 346 words
  8. Young Bugler’s Experience

    Bugler W. J. Leslie, aged 15, attached to the 31st Company R. E., writing of Graspan to his parents at Peverel’s Tower, Dover Castle, says: “The signal gun was ...

    Article : 153 words
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    The Houssas of Western Africa have a convincing argument to justify the Mahommedan rule allowing a man to have four wives. it is given by Canon C. H. ...

    Article : 129 words
  10. The Geometry of God.

    “The Geometry of God” forms the subject of a special article in the January “Quiver” from the pen of the Rev. Dr. Hugh Macmillan, in the course of which ...

    Article : 444 words
  11. FLOWER GARDEN.

    The autumn tints now appearing on the loaves of many trees and shrubs tend to produce beautifying effects, which are welcome, to the extent that they partly serve ...

    Article : 1,029 words
  12. CYCLING.

    The Bendigo Bicycle Club are out with their programme for Queen’s Birthday, and with fine weather the meeting should return a profit equal to that of last year. ...

    Article : 450 words
  13. “Many White Faces.”

    Sergeant Pay, son of Mr. Pay, of Tower Hill, writes of Colenso: “The first shot was fired by the navy at 5.30 p.m., and soon after we tasted our first lot ...

    Article : 163 words
  14. Bullets and Shields.

    A well-known surgeon, discussing the character of wounds received on the battlefields in South Africa, has pointed out that experience of the present campaign ...

    Article : 242 words
  15. A Pitiable Sight.

    Sapper C. O’Sullivan says he lent a helping hand to the medical Corps after Magersfontein. He writes : “It’s a peculiar thing that the great majority are ...

    Article : 172 words
  16. How Thomas in Punished.

    Private Harry Francis, of the Coldstream Guards, writing to his parents at Bedminster, Bristol, after Magersfontein, says he was obliged to pen his epistle on ...

    Article : 150 words
  17. Rum Only on Fighting Days.

    Gunner F. Roff, of the 18th Battery R. F. A. writing to his mother at Pitville after Magersfontein says : “We managed to get some bully-beef and biscuits, and at ...

    Article : 133 words
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    Magistrate: Did you shoot the monkey in self-defence. Accused: No, your Honor; in the back garden. A glimpse of Capetown, as it strikes ...

    Article : 308 words
  19. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 289 words
  20. Why He Did Not Mention it.

    Lance-corporal A. G. Clifford, of the Grenadier Guards, writes to his parents at Cheltenham: “When we bad the first battle at Belmont I bad my rifle blown ...

    Article : 197 words
  21. No Unsoldierly Fear.

    The Rev. E. P. Lowry, senior Wesleyan chaplain, writes to the “Methodist Times” from Modder River on Christmas Eve.: “Judging from the telegram’s just to hand ...

    Article : 162 words
  22. Advertising

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    Advertising : 1,339 words
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