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  2. A SHEEP-KILLING PARROT.

    Of the many strange and interesting birds which inhabit New Zealand none has attracted more attention than the gay but criminal little kea, or mountain parrot. By ...

    Article : 1,136 words
  3. OPEN AIR AND CONSUMPTION.

    Strangers who recently crowded Philadelphia during the Founders' Week celebration and took advantage of the views, as far as the eye could reach, from the ...

    Article : 650 words
  4. AMERICA'S DREADNOUGHTS.[?]

    The lunch of the North Dakota, the first battle-ship of the Dreadnought type to be built for the United States navy, took place recently (writes the "Scientific ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 732 words
  5. AN AUTOMOBILE HOE.

    An automobile hoe, or cultivator, represents a recent application of automobilism to light agricultural machinery. The new implement (says a writer in the "Scientific ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 488 words
  6. THE PASSING SHOW.

    "Australia d' verra bad contree for d' poora Italiano," said Giuseppe Macaroni, as he wiped his heated brow with the cloth with which he had been polishing his ...

    Article : 1,651 words
  7. THE MUTTON BIRD INDUSTRY.

    Of the mutton bird industry the party in the Manawatu may be said to have known very little before leaving Melbourne. From conversation with residents on the islands. ...

    Article : 1,320 words
  8. NEW YORK SKYSCRAPERS.

    Although New York City was not the first to possess a mammoth office building of the modern "skyscrayper" type, the growth of such buildings in number and size ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,665 words
  9. A VANISHING ISLAND.

    Heligoland, or Holyland, is an island 36 miles to the north of the River Elbe. It is one of the Friscan group of islands, and consists of a rock 200ft. high, on which ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 489 words
  10. SCIENTIFIC HOAX,

    Tricks played on unsuspecting savants may be harmless, out it is a different matter when the scientists who are taken in by the hoax pay down a round sum in cash, as the ...

    Article : 664 words
  11. NEW YORK TRAFFIC.

    The fact that the most important section of New York City is located on a long and narrow island, flanked by broad and deep rivers and waterways, is largely ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 531 words
  12. EXPLORING THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.

    An expedition into the Northern Territory is just about to start from [?]odnandatta. The leader is Dr. Charles Chewings, who left Adelaide on Monday to join his party ...

    Article : 496 words
  13. RELIGIOUS LIFE IN OHIO

    Cleveland despatches report (says the New York correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" on January [?]) that the 1,800 members of the local Nonconformist ...

    Article : 404 words
  14. THE GRENADIER'S COUGH.

    The rank and file of the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, quartered at the Tower Burracks, were (says the "Daily Telegraph") much perturbed over the posting of ...

    Article : 224 words
  15. HOW PRISONERS COMMUNICATE.

    A man who was sent to gaol recently for three days for a minor offence was, the "Glasgow News" states, greatly impressed with the precautions taken to prevent the ...

    Article : 188 words
  16. EMPIRES WEALTH IN LAND.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 157 words
  17. ORNAMENTS FOR PRESENTS.

    The largest collection of beautiful Glass and China Ornaments, suitable for presents, is shown in the Collins-street room, 125ft. long, and the Bourke-street room, 150ft, long, Book Areade. ...

    Article : 54 words
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