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  2. EGG-LAYING COMPETITIONS.

    The following figures are to hand from the New Zealand competitions:—In the Blenheim egg-laying competition the total for the week ended August 9 was ...

    Article : 452 words
  3. AROUND THE WORLD.

    A remarkable race took place in Southampton Water recently, under the auspices of the Hythe Yacht Club, in the 24ft. class. Three yachts—Endrick, ...

    Article : 60 words
  4. WHY WOMEN TALK SO MUCH

    The reason why women are so talkative in comparison; with men has just been discovered. Dr. Marage, the great French voice specialist, proves that men ...

    Article : 666 words
  5. SCIENCE AND HEALTH.

    Worry, excitement, grief, remorse emotional shocks, fixed ideas of one kind another, morbid fears—these are a few of the demons that murder sleep. My ...

    Article : 745 words
  6. POINTS ON AN EGG FARM.

    Although not conducting operations on an extensive scale. Mr. D. Fraser, of Miranda, New South Wales, is one of those who have demonstrated to their ...

    Article : 800 words
  7. CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE.

    Many years ago native rulers of Egypt made offers of obelisks to the Governments of Great Britain and France, and it took the former seventy-five years ...

    Article : 564 words
  8. ATHLETIC GIRLS' MOUSTACHES.

    Professor Willitson, head of the department of palacontology in the University of Chicago, predicted to his class that the women of live or six centuries ...

    Article : 93 words
  9. NOTES AND HINTS.

    Ladies will be interested in the accompanying sketch of a skirt hanger that keeps the skirt in shape. There are all sorts of skirt hangers in these days, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 111 words
  10. LADY PRIVATE SECRETARIES.

    Mr. Wilson, United States Minister of Agriculture, has made a rule which has caused much heart-burning, among American women. The order, in effect, ...

    Article : 170 words
  11. LIVING WAGE FOR CLERGY.

    The clergy had a right to demand a living wage, said the Bishop of London, when presiding at the annual general meeting of the Poor Clergy Relief ...

    Article : 105 words
  12. UNIQUE BATHING DEVICE.

    A novel idea on the subject of giving large numbers of children separate baths at a minimum of expense and trouble is here illustrated. The idea comes from ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 219 words
  13. PETROL FAMINE PROBABLE.

    It was reported at a meeting of the general committee of the Motor Union of Great Britain and Ireland, held at Southport, that the fuels committee of ...

    Article : 101 words
  14. BEATEN BY GERMANY.

    The Government return just issued, giving the number of days hours, and minutes occupied in the transit of the mails between Britain and New York, ...

    Article : 223 words
  15. MR. MARCONI'S ATLANTIC FEAT.

    Mr. Marconi announces that his recent experiments with wireless telegraphy at Glace Bay, near Cape Breton, have proved successful beyond all ...

    Article : 90 words
  16. NEW SHAMROCK'S CHANCES.

    Mr. William Fife, the designer of Shamrock I. and III., intimates that a challenger for the American Cup will be forthcoming, but refuses to say whether ...

    Article : 117 words
  17. HOW TO BUILD A MODEL YACHT.

    Most boys like to sail model yachts, whether they have built them themselves, or bought them in a shop, but there is far more pleasure in sailing a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 292 words
  18. A BLACKMAILING STORY.

    The London "Star" publishes a story to the effect that news has just leaked cut of a daring scheme to blackmail Mr. Andrew Carnegie out of the price of a ...

    Article : 296 words
  19. JAPANESE LOAN.

    Quite a feature in London financial circles on July 23 was the news that only half of the four millions sterling South Manchurian Railway 5 per cent. ...

    Article : 265 words
  20. CAUGHT BY THE GRIP RELEASED BY PE-RU-NA.

    LA GRIPPE spares no class or nationality. The cultured and the ignorant, the aristocrat and the pauper, the masses and the classes are all subject to ...

    Article : 840 words
  21. MOUNTAINS OF GOLD,

    according to old legends, exist in the fabled land of El Dorado. But all the gold in this marvellous land would not compensate you for the loss of health and ...

    Article : 259 words
  22. POWER OF THE BABY.

    "Every mother in England owes it to her country to bear as many children as she can properly take care of. Large families are a nation's mainstay." Such ...

    Article : 199 words
  23. MY BROKER.

    Who daily toils from ten to four? My broker Who smiles when I advice implore? My broker. ...

    Article : 203 words
  24. ENGLISH JUDGES CRITICISED.

    Eight prominent American lawyers, representing New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis, Pittsburg, and other cities of the West, have ...

    Article : 202 words
  25. Advertising

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    Advertising : 37 words
  26. AIRSHIPS IN WAR.

    "If a war were to occur in the near future between Britain and another Power, should we be found wanting, and consequently handicapped, in the matter ...

    Article : 315 words
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    Tommy—"Papa, what makes you so bald?" Papa-"Oh, that's because my mother used to pat me so much on the head for being a good boy.' ...

    Article : 26 words
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