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  4. OUR SERIAL STORY.

    Peter Smith was in his smoking-room, lying back luxiriously in a deep armchair, when the door was flung violently open, and Henniford entered closely ...

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  5. THE LARGEST WARSHIP.

    Although authorities differ as to the dimensions of the recently-launched British battle-cruiser "Queen Mary,” there seems little reason to doubt that she is ...

    Article : 99 words
  6. SCIENCE AND INVENTIONS. PAINLESS WARFARE.

    A sleep-producing bullet, coated with a preparation of morphine, has been invented by an American, who is now endeavoring to impress the War ...

    Article : 41 words
  7. GLASS THAT WON'T BREAK.

    Unbreakable glass for motor-car wind screens and windows is now being manufactured. A sheet of specially selected clear celluloid is placed between ...

    Article : 111 words
  8. MILLIONS OF MATCHES.

    It has been estimated that for each minute of time the civilised nations of the world strike 3,000,000 matches. This is said to be the average for every ...

    Article : 68 words
  9. THE WORLD'S OLDEST PAPER.

    What is described as the oldest newspaper, in the world, the "King Bao," which has been published uninterruptedly in China for the last 1500 years, has ...

    Article : 57 words
  10. THE STRENGTH OF THE JAW.

    A dentist who has been testing the power of the human jaw in biting and chewing makes the statesment that a ten-pound bite requires a forty-pound ...

    Article : 118 words
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  12. MOTOR GUNBOATS.

    Two 623-ton motor-gunboats, which have just been added to the Russian navy, are the first sea-going warships of their kind yet built. They are driven ...

    Article : 61 words
  13. BACON CURING FOR EXPORT

    The Minister of Agriculture has been notified that the following cable message was received in Melbourne on Saturday:—"Bacon arrived in very good ...

    Article : 576 words
  14. A MODERN LIGHT-SHIP.

    A light-ship has just been placed in commission in Germany that is provided with a complete equipment of the most modern devices for aiding and warning ...

    Article : 116 words
  15. GUIDE POST AND UTILITY COLUMN.

    A Chicago inventor has devised a post for street corners in which is combined a mail box, a fire-alarm box, a police department telephone, and a ...

    Article : 64 words
  16. FIRST BRITISH MOTOR SHIP.

    The motor ship “Eavestone," the first large British sea-going vessel to be driven by the Diesel oil engine has left the T[?]es for Sunderland, where she will ...

    Article : 93 words
  17. PROTECTION AGAINST RUST.

    According to a note published in Cosmos, the German chemists Liebreich and Spitzer with regard to the protection afforded to iron against rusting by ...

    Article : 104 words
  18. FEEDING ON ELECTRICITY.

    Professor Bergonie, of Bordeaux, has just been telling his medical colleagues that food can be replaced by electricity as nourishmnent for the human system. ...

    Article : 96 words
  19. SUBMARINE THAWING.

    The use of electricity for thawing frozen water-pipes of city houses is no longer uncommon. An unusual undertaking, however, was the recent ...

    Article : 150 words
  20. ELECTRIC CANOE MOTOR.

    Detachable gasoline-motor power plants which may be clamped on to the stern of a rowboat or canoe have been on the market for several years, and this same ...

    Article : 95 words
  21. RECORD HIGH JUMP.

    At the Bendigo show last week Mr. A. Judd’s Blu[?] Baron created a sensation in the high jump by clearing the bar at 7ft. The previous Australian record ...

    Article : 74 words
  22. SUGAR PRESERVES CUT FLOWERS.

    The official journal of a French society of chemists makes the statement that the decay of certain cut flowers can be considerably retarded by dissolving ...

    Article : 97 words
  23. FROZEN MEAT FOR GERMANY

    In reference to the importation of Australian meat into Germany, the Berlin correspondent of the London “Daily Telegraph" gives an interesting review ...

    Article : 561 words
  24. AN AGED ABORIGINAL.

    The Government has made a special grant of £20 to provide a home for King Boney and his Queen Carolin[?] at Grafton. The king is an old warrior ...

    Article : 81 words
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    Here's Your Chance: Seize it now. W. A. Noble offers choice guaranteed settings of his fan[?] strains [?] thoroughbred poultry at the greatly ...

    Article : 61 words
  26. SNAIL LOCOMOTION.

    The snail has a remarkable pedal appondage that enables it easily, to climb the roughest rock or the smoothest glass, and to make its way safely even ...

    Article : 121 words
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