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  2. BACK-DOOR CALLERS.

    Monday is generally the day chosen by the itinerant to visit our suburb. Probably there are reasons for choosing that day, the chance of seeing the mistress of the house ...

    Article : 1,676 words
  3. THE PASSING SHOW.

    Love and War have been engaging the attention of the Minister of Defence (Senator Pearce), and love, being the more deadly of the two, has conquered, as usual. ...

    Article : 1,448 words
  4. BILLIARDS AT SEA.

    There is a fairly wide range of amusements on shipboard at the present time. But human ingenuity has heretofore failed to satisfy the desire of the ocean traveller ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,558 words
  5. CAUSES OF EARTHQUAKE MOVEMENT.

    The tragic nature of the Sicilian earthquake has again turned public attention to the whole question of earth-shakings nnd their cause. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 811 words
  6. ARTILLERY OBSERVATION WAGGONS.

    The observation waggon is likely to be of considerable use to artillery in time of war (says the "Illustrated London News"), for it makes it possible to place a gun ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 200 words
  7. NEW BRITISH BATTLESHIP.

    On the building-slip it Portsmouth on January 20 (says the "Daily Telegraph") the first keel-plate of the new battle-ship Neptune, the biggest of Britain's ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,324 words
  8. MOVABLE MILITARY QUARTERS.

    An ingenious invention, fathered by Mr. F. E. Ostrowsky, of Berlin, consisting of a portable military barracks, containing 15 rooms, and drawn by horses, so that it ...

    Article : 252 words
  9. IN THE PAPERS.

    The King saw 15 plays during 1908; the Queen visited 30 theatres, and went 11 times to the opera; while the Prince and Princess of Wales attended the theatre ...

    Article : 1,269 words
  10. CEMENT FROM SOAP WASTE.

    It may be of interest to soup manufacturers to know (says the "Indian Trade Journal") that a striking instance of the important bearing of applied science to ...

    Article : 201 words
  11. SHOCKING CRIME.

    The police of the Habiganj Subdivision (says the Calcutta "Englishman" of January 28) are at present investigating what may turn out to be one of the most ...

    Article : 226 words
  12. 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 Arcade, ...

    Article : 49 words
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