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  2. MUSIC AND THE THEATRE.

    With keen anticipation lovers of the Savoy operas are awaiting next Saturday evening, when, at His Majesty's Theatre, the initial performance of "The ...

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  3. LOTTERIES.

    Down the ages the drawing of the lottery afforded as much thrill as it does to-day. The lottery owes its origin to the ...

    Article : 704 words
  4. IN THE EIGHTIES.

    To meet the Prime Minister of England and his predecessor and to be mistaken for Stanley the explorer in one evening was my experience at a ...

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  5. "THOSE WERE THE DAYS."

    "Those Were the Days,' by Arthur Reid. Wholly set up, printed and published in Western Australia, by Barclay and Sharland, Ltd., Perth, Blocks by J. ...

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  6. EXILES IN JERSEY.

    There were six of us altogether—five Australians and one New Zealander—and our ages varied between 25 and 28. How we came to be in that particular corner of ...

    Article : 1,221 words
  7. "OH! MY HEROINE"!

    If Jane Welsh had married Edward Irving, or George Rennie, or any other of her admirers—she must have had dozens—she would probably have been a writer ...

    Article : 1,374 words
  8. THE INIMITABLE DIARIST.

    If Samuel Pepys could but return to earth long enough to realise his fame as the author of a matchless diary, and to recognise the unique position he occupies ...

    Article : 1,635 words
  9. THE LURE OF THE WEST.

    The report which came through a few days ago of the death of Jack Gallagher will be read with sadness and regret by old North-Westers, for the stout-hearted ...

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  10. SCIENCE AND INVENTION.

    Generally speaking, the physicist is concerned with the internal structure of atoms and the chemist with the molecules that are built up from those simple ...

    Article : 891 words
  11. WORLD'S BIGGEST SHIP.

    When the Normandie puts to sea, the French merchant marine will more than recapture its position lost by the tragic burning of l'Atlantique, world twelfth ...

    Article : 441 words
  12. New Records.

    Lawrence Tibbett's latest record is a remarkable tour de force (in respect of both the items presented), though it will not suit all tastes. It is a good many ...

    Article : 529 words
  13. AN ANCIENT SYNAGOGUE.

    JERUSALEM.—Excavations have been started on the site of an ancient synagogue in the north-east of Palestine. A licence to carry on these diggings has ...

    Article : 432 words
  14. SEA WATER NITRATES.

    There seems to be something in sea water—something that may not be alive—which, nevertheless, can change ammonia into nitrate when sunlight shines upon it. ...

    Article : 369 words
  15. LONDON'S "MAIN STREET."

    Workmen digging foundations for a building, discovered the "Main Street" of London of Roman days. The Roman road, believed to have been London's most ...

    Article : 180 words
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    In his book of recollections, "In Court and Out of Court," Mr. Ernest Bowen-Rowlands says that the late "Pony" Moore, of the Moore and Burgess Minstrels, once ...

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    A school inspector was talking to the pupils at a certain school about adverbs and adjectives. "Does your master use adverbs and adjectives?" he asked. "Yes, ...

    Article : 62 words
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