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  2. A Barrister Looks Back.

    NOTWITHSTANDING his frequent resort to sarcasm-- and he would spare no one, not even his colleagues on the bench--there have been few more ...

    Article : 1,673 words
  3. London Gossip

    FASHIONS come and go, and infallibly return. It looks as though the Chinese exhibition, which is attracting so many people to its delightful display, ...

    Article : 1,462 words
  4. MUSIC IN LONDON.

    THE Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ended its visit to England with concert at the Albert Hall on Sunday afternoon, when that immense ...

    Article : 1,322 words
  5. SHIPS OF THE PAST

    Sir,--In "The Age" of Saturday last appeared an account headed Anniversary of Sea Tragedy, giving an account of the wreck of the steamer London. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 104 words
  6. "PRETTY."

    ORIGINS are apt to be obscure. Nobody quite knows how or when it began, least of all the lady herself. Probably an accidental scrap from the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. GARDEN GOLD.

    NEWSREELS often depict scenes which show gold escorts arriving at banks in the world's greatest cities while armed men stand watchfully in the background ...

    Article : 1,330 words
  8. SPEED OF LINERS.

    Sir,--Mr. Hamilton Drew's letter relative to the speed of ocean liners (i.e., On the England-Australia service) appearing in "The Age" of 14th December, while ...

    Article : 1,536 words
  9. Wild Wave.

    Sir,--I had intended writing after "E.B.G." first entered the lists in "The Age" of 26th October last. Wild Wave, it can be recorded definitely, was not in ...

    Article : 360 words
  10. A Too Polite Judge.

    Sir,--I have retained in my memory throughout the years a neat story told by the late J. L. Purves during air address he gave before the Prahran branch ...

    Article : 210 words
  11. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--"A Barrister Looking Back," in your issue of last Saturday, is hardly correct in regard to the case of the professional man's (Dr. Fraser's) wife charged ...

    Article : 373 words
  12. Arawa.

    Sir,--Do any of "The Age" readers remember the old Arawa, 3267 tons register, 800 horse power, Shaw Savill and Albion Co., owners, which traded ...

    Article : 186 words
  13. ERITREAN TEA.

    Those patriotic Romans who, if they must visit tearooms, are now to eschew tea because much of it comes from the British Empire, and are to drink instead ...

    Article : 174 words
  14. P. & O. Company.

    Sir,--Mr. F. Johns's fine letter re the P. and O. Co. was particularly interesting to me, as my great-gandfather, William John Hughes, was an original ...

    Article : 260 words
  15. DICKENS AND THE THEATRE.

    The St. James's Theatre, London, which attained its centenary last December, had an interesting association in its early days with Charles Dickens, says ...

    Article : 281 words
  16. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--The reminiscences in A Barrister Looks Back are of particular interest to those associated with the law. His stories of the late Mr. Purves are ...

    Article : 221 words
  17. 96th Birthday of the P. & O.

    Sir,--Will you permit me to correct an obvious error appearing in the communication ("The Age," 4th January) under the above caption. The first ...

    Article : 115 words
  18. FORKS AN AFFECTATION.

    Here are some rules of medieval table manners given by Mr. Ralph Dutton in his "English Country Houses," which has just apeared:-- ...

    Article : 101 words
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