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  2. Golden Casket.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 506 words
  3. Advertising

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    Advertising : 132 words
  4. Something Laugbable.

    A stout woman hired the same driver to take her out for a drive every fine day. He had some difficulty in getting her in and out of the vehicle. ...

    Article : 66 words
  5. HOME SECRETARY AND MR. KERR.

    Criticism by Mr. Kerr, M.L.A.[?] Golden Casket funds, at a meeting in the Albert Hall on January 27, was the subject of a reply by the Home Secretary. ...

    Article : 464 words
  6. WHAT'S A SCRATCH?

    In a workshop the men were discussing the chances of the horses in a forthcoming race, to the bewilderment of a youth who was entirely unacquainted f with the ...

    Article : 79 words
  7. CHIPS AND CHAFF.

    Mr. Crouch, went to a fancy dross dance the other evening disguised as a bear. "Did anyone recognse him?" Only his wife" Mary: I suppose your father will be [?] ...

    Article : 574 words
  8. TOO MUCH TO EXPECT.

    A man took a house which proved to be of the jerry-built order of architecture so much so, that one day the rain came through the roof and swamped the ...

    Article : 96 words
  9. HIS LAST JOB.

    "Why did you leave your last place?" inquired an employer of an applicant for employment. "I was discharged for good behaviour, ...

    Article : 67 words
  10. IF.

    Little Billy, being at the seaside was taken ill, and confined to his bed for a day. A timid caller came to inquire, a small boy unknown at the house, ...

    Article : 92 words
  11. ONE NEVER KNOWS.

    The vicar of a country parish received a visit from a strapping young fellow of 30 summers. "I want to become a warder, sir," said ...

    Article : 89 words
  12. HIS MOMENT OF WEAKNESS.

    It was visiting day at the prison. The old lady asked the prisoner why he was being punished. "For stealing a piano",answered the ...

    Article : 89 words
  13. RETURNED SOLDIERS' CLAIMS.

    The distribution of the Golden Casket funds was discussed at a public meeting in the Albert Hall on January, 27, called by the R.S.S.I.L.A., to discuss ...

    Article : 726 words
  14. A BRIGHT IDEA.

    A dandy entered an optician's shop and asked to be shown some eye-plasses. He was given a pair, but finding them unsuitable, he remarked: "What'11 you do, ...

    Article : 87 words
  15. HOPELESS.

    There was no doubt about it—Michael Muldoon had lost his Ave pound note. How, then, was he to get back to Dublin? But sure, the London police would ...

    Article : 124 words
  16. PUBLIC HEALTH.

    Important decisions concerning public health are likely to he reached at a conference of executive heads of, various State departments of health in Melbourne ...

    Article : 210 words
  17. SOME NARROW ESCAPES.

    Smith was a constant worry to his friends. They never knew when to and when not to treat him seriously, since, as he frankly admitted, he delighted in ...

    Article : 134 words
  18. SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL.

    At a meeting of returned soldiers in the Albert Hall on 27th January. Mr. L. R. Montefiore moved: "That we the soldiers and citizens of Brisbane, ...

    Article : 173 words
  19. MAKING A WIFE USEFUL.

    The wife of the great botanist beamed at him across the supper table these, the exclaimed, pointing to the dish of mushrooms that bad been set before her, ...

    Article : 134 words
  20. NOT TO-DAY, THANKS.

    A man carrying a small handbag entered a barber's shop, and proceeded to take various things out of the bag. "I don't think I want anything to-day, ...

    Article : 193 words
  21. NAVIGATION ACT.

    The postponement of the operation of clauses in the Navigation Act until 1st March, respecting the relations of masters and seamen, their engagement, payment, ...

    Article : 90 words
  22. A "KNEEDFUL" REQUEST.

    "Agnes" said Fred, "may I ask a favour of you?" They had been sitting on the same easy chair for hours, in the eloquent ...

    Article : 169 words
  23. Advertising

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    Advertising : 233 words
  24. UNEMPLOYMENT IN N.S.W.

    A number of unemployed held a meeting in the vicinity of the Treasury yesterday. Subsequently they endeavoured to see the Premier, but failed to secure ...

    Article : 77 words
  25. WORKING HIS PASSAGE.

    A penurious actor, had the chance of a small part to be played for four performances at Oxford. But be had not the means wherewith to pay his fare. ...

    Article : 265 words
  26. A MIDNIGHT MISHAP.

    Two motorists arrived late, one night at the village inn, engaged a room, and went straight to bed. After the light had been, blown out they ...

    Article : 173 words
  27. Advertising

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    Advertising : 63 words
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