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  2. THE BOWLER'S ART.

    In this column last week I dealt briefly with the "swerve" as one of the attributes in the complete outfit of the bowler who wishes to advance beyond the average performers. From the numerous enquiries on the subject that have since reached me I am satisfied that the matter has aroused ...

    Article : 1,798 words
  3. FRENCH FRAUDS.

    Further revelations in connection with the scandals concerning the restoration of the devastated areas show that a contractor named Frot claimed compensation ...

    Article : 146 words
  4. KANGAROO ISLAND.

    The following is extracted from an interesting article in the "Australian Christian Commonwealth," by the Rev. A. [?]. Bennett, whose visit to the Methodist, ...

    Article : 975 words
  5. GREAT PORT OF MIDEUROPE.

    One of France's greatest inland port schemes is that connected with the development of Strasbourg. the cost of which is estimated at 200,000,000 francs (present ...

    Article : 621 words
  6. THE HUMAN SIDE OF PLANTS.

    Sir Jagadis Bose gave a large audience at University College, London, on November 14, a detailed account of the working of his invention for automatically ...

    Article : 382 words
  7. CYCLING IN THE AIR.

    What is claimed as the first instance of a man really "cycling" through the air for a short distance, without any loss of altitude, has been achieved at McCook ...

    Article : 210 words
  8. A SCOTT M.S.

    For the autograph manuscript of Sir Walter Scott's "Redgauntlet" £520 was paid at Sotheby's, London, on November 21. The manuscript, which consisted of ...

    Article : 81 words
  9. SIX STOREYS ON WHEELS.

    A remarkable feat has just been accomplished by a firm of building engineers in Montreal when they moved a six-storey reinforced concrete building a distance of ...

    Article : 147 words
  10. A BIG BOOT.

    An unusually big pair of boots was made by Mr. J. Dyer, Hyde Park, for Mr. Milwood, of own O'Halloran Hill, who is 70 years old. The boot was 13 inches long and 5 in. across the sole. ...

    Article : 41 words
  11. THE ONLY MUMMY FLEA.

    Castor oil 3,000 years old, collecting the only flea to come down intact to this age from that, was found in the tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen in Egypt. This ...

    Article : 109 words
  12. BAYONET DUEL.

    Two men fought a desperate duel in a driverless covered van drawn by a runaway horse in a suburb of Malines. Both were armed with bayonets. and ...

    Article : 82 words
  13. A SHIPOWNER'S TROUBLES.

    At the meeting of the creditors of Mr. Howard Houlder (formerly a partner of Houlder Brothers), the statement of his affairs showed that Houlder in 1920 ...

    Article : 81 words
  14. W.C.T.U.

    Members and friends of the woman's Christian Temperance Union are invited to the social gathering in Leavitt Hall. Wakefield-street, on Thursday afternoon next. This is to take ...

    Article : 55 words
  15. BROADCASTING.

    The British Broadcasting Company- is planning to construct relay stations at Plymouth, Leeds, Liverpool, Hull, Edinburgh. Dundee, and Beltast. Ships will ...

    Article : 38 words
  16. DISTRICT COUNCIL OF PAYNEHAM.

    Present— Cr. R. G. A. Martin (chair). Cm. J. J. Ryan F. W. Hunt, E. W. W. Elliott, R. H. Lloyd, G. D. Wright. J. B. Richards. A. E. Pitt, G. A. Turner. Inspection of Black Hill ...

    Article : 258 words
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