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  2. THE BEAGLE EXPEDITION CENTENARY.

    IT is just one hundred years ago since the famous English naturalist, Charles Darwin, visited Sydney in H.M.S. Beagle, during his ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,625 words
  3. NOTES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

    IT is a far cry from the giant telescope which is now being constructed in the United States, with its twenty-ton reflecting mirror of 200 inches diameter ...

    Article : 1,120 words
  4. WRITERS AND READERS

    THE friendship between Voltaire and Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, is an outstanding feature in the lives of two famous men. "In all ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,616 words
  5. NEW BOOKS

    NOBODY wants war, yet every nation is preparing for it in theory the nations are increasing their armaments only for the purpose of defence, but ...

    Article : 766 words
  6. NEW NOVELS.

    "David Go Back," by John Connell (Cassell and Co., London). "Tortilla Flat," by John Steinbeck (William Helnemann, London). ...

    Article : 1,315 words
  7. Pacific Islands.

    There is a wealth of interesting information about the islands of the Pacific in the "Pacific Islands Year Book" (Pacific Publications, Sydney). The ...

    Article : 312 words
  8. Marine Fauna.

    Mr. E. G. Boulenger, the director of the Aquarium at the London Zoo, has written another popular book about marine life, "A Natural History of the ...

    Article : 347 words
  9. A Labor Leader.

    When Keir Hardie went to the House of Commons to take his seat at the opening of a new Parliament on the 7th August, 1892, after his election for ...

    Article : 540 words
  10. ROME ON TOWER HILL.

    The foundations and parts of the walls of a Roman tower built against the back of the town wall of Roman London have been discovered during ...

    Article : 184 words
  11. Advertising

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    Advertising : 721 words
  12. THE EUREKA RIOT FLAG.

    Sir,--In "The Age" of Tuesday, 14th inst., Mr. R. Reed, of Carlton, asks if the Southern Cross was used on a flag prior to Eureka, and also whether any of the ...

    Article : 392 words
  13. An English Farmer.

    Mr. A. G. Street explains in an introductory note to his new book, "Country Calendar" (Eyre and Spottiswoode, London), how he, a farmer born and ...

    Article : 383 words
  14. A TRIBUTE TO EUSTON.

    Euston railway station, London, which is to be replanned, may be supposed to have been built, as it were, to live up to its entrance, which moved some early ...

    Article : 195 words
  15. Canadian Popular Vote at Record Figure of 4,392,227.

    OTTAWA, Canada.--Complete returns from all constituencies show that in the recent general election 4,392,227 Canadian men and women marked their ...

    Article : 115 words
  16. Publications Received.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 83 words
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