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  2. Personal And Anecdotal

    Seventy-six years ago Mr. James M'Whirter, governing director of M'Whirters Ltd., first saw the light of day at Mayhole, Ayrshire, Scotland. ...

    Article : 1,016 words
  3. SHIPS AND SAILS

    The first family craft was no doubt the trunk of a tree hollowed by a flint axe, or, later, by fire. One can picture with what heart-catchings it was ...

    Article : 1,151 words
  4. IN THE PUBLIC EYE

    Madame Galli-Curci, The great soprano, who is announced to tour Australia next year. Abdul Krim. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 130 words
  5. From Our Window

    A recent Press message states that dresses are to be worn even shorter during the coming summer than was the case two or three years ago; ...

    Article : 978 words
  6. ESSENCES.

    "The Bolsheviks" said Sembal, "have tried to apply what Marx didn't say to something that never happened. They mistook the last collapse of ...

    Article : 50 words
  7. Advertising

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    Advertising : 65 words
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    Advertising : 4 words
  9. THE EVEREST ODDS.

    Discussing the human chances of ever ascending Mount Everest, Colonel Howard Bury told the Royal Geographical Society two years ago that the odds were 50 to 1 against. "If men can be found to besiege Everest year after year," he added, "I believe it will surrender at last; ...

    Article : 356 words
  10. Family Notices

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    Family Notices : 137 words
  11. A DOUGHBOY IN LONDON.

    Just before closing time he burst into the Lappitup Lounge and flew to the bar. "Say, kiddo," he shouted to him ...

    Article : 126 words
  12. THE MASKED WOMAN.

    A year ago he had married a woman, soft voiced, well spoken, and fair to look upon. And he considered his choice a most excellent one, and ...

    Article : 598 words
  13. THE POETRY OF MOTION.

    Is Australia soon to become the ideal land of train travel? A few weeks ago the Chief Commissioner of the South Australian railways introduced a luggage-aid that Queensland thought of copying. The idea concerns a coupon booking system by which passengers can book their ...

    Article : 372 words
  14. THE STOKES VIEWPOINT.

    It was great fun exploring together the extraordinary accumulation of the elements of mere existence that the Stokes family had amassed. There was ...

    Article : 140 words
  15. MONSTROUS MATTY.

    Matty was dressed deliriously in white. She had not wasted her time in London, and had managed to secure frocks as distinguished as herself, but ...

    Article : 218 words
  16. SUNDAY'S WALK

    There are very few people in Brisbane who have not heard of One Tree Hill, and most of us can point out the small clearing at the end of the ...

    Article : 768 words
  17. WHISTLERIAN WIT.

    Frith, the painter of the "Derby Day," who gave evidence for Ruskin in the case, had happened to say in a reminiscent after-dinner speech, that ...

    Article : 214 words
  18. "IF" -- FOR GIRLS.

    The following entertaining parody of "If," "with apologies to Mr. Rudyard Kipling, and addressed to girls generally," is contributed to the Guiseley ...

    Article : 304 words
  19. THE DINGO.

    Owing to his destructive tendencies, the dingo is the deadly enemy of the cattlemen and sheep owners of Queensland Fancy prices have been, and are ...

    Article : 243 words
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