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  2. A CLOSE FINISH.

    It is important to remember that if one accepts an offer made, and if that acceptance is communicated, both parties to the contract are bound. until the acceptance ...

    Article : 569 words
  3. RONALD V. HARPER.

    Yesterday was the sixth day of the hearing of the conspiracy charges arising out of the Ronald v. Harper libel action. It was marked by a sensational incident, one ...

    Article : 2,435 words
  4. NOTES FOR BOYS. TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    Correspondents must not think that they are being either slighted or ignored if their letters do not immediately receive attention or are sometimes not published. ...

    Article : 103 words
  5. IN THE OPEN AIR.

    Mr. O.M.A. Howden (Birehip) says::— "Though the fallacy that snakes live till sunset after being killed' was exploded long ago, my experience in Tasmania showed ...

    Article : 847 words
  6. "A WATER-DIVINING-ROD."

    The same writer wishes to know how to make and use a divining rod for discovering water, and asks whether the rod works better with some people than with ...

    Article : 209 words
  7. FISHING FLOATS.

    "W.H.S." says that he finds boys fishing with all kinds of unsuitable floats. As a boy he used a cork, or half a cork, with a hole through the centre. The line passes ...

    Article : 144 words
  8. TETHERING A HORSE.

    In reply to "Fourteen Hands" (Kyneton), there is only one safe way of tethering a horse by the neck. The diagram shows the correct plan, the knot at the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 108 words
  9. LODGE MEMBER EXPELLED.

    In the High Court Yesterday was commenced the hearing of an appeal from a decision of Mr. Justice Hodges in a matter relating to the discipline of friendly society ...

    Article : 575 words
  10. SALTWATER RIVER FISHING.

    "G.H." (Carlton) wishes to know what fishing can be got above solomon's Ford, on the Saltwater River, as he would like to give it a trial during the Easter holidays. ...

    Article : 128 words
  11. AN ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENT.

    Mr. W. H. Pope (Yarram) says:—"Here is a simple and interesting little experiment in the production of electrical energy that might interest some of your boy ...

    Article : 143 words
  12. MUTTON BAIT FOR MULLET.

    Mr. W. Eggleston of Balaclava, answers a query about mutton bait for mullet:— "Take a flap of mutton, and let it simmer for about three hours, just covered with ...

    Article : 174 words
  13. DOGS AND SNAKES.

    Referring to "E.M.C.'s" note upon this subject, "Quince" says:—"When I was a boy we had two dogs bitten by a large black snake. The snake was seized first by ...

    Article : 189 words
  14. £1,000 PUZZLE.

    Some time ago Stanley Lister sent this puzzle. A person has £1,000 in gold and wants it put into ten bags. How can he do it so that he mny take out any sum from ...

    Article : 145 words
  15. ALLEGED CRIMINALS RESORT.

    Thomas Dowsed, a man of apparently about 40 years of age, pleaded not guilty, before Messrs. T.K. Bennet (in the chair), and C. Goldspink, J.P.'s. at the District Court yesterday, to a ...

    Article : 362 words
  16. VARIATION IN SUNRISE.

    Isabel Huhne (Bush Practising School), North Melbourne, asks—"Can you explain how it was that the sun rose later in the morning from December 14 though, owing ...

    Article : 285 words
  17. ANOTHER CASE.

    Mr. Herbert Vail, Trafalgar, says that he had a fox-terrier which frequently hunted down and Killed snakes. It had probably been bitten many times—to his ...

    Article : 346 words
  18. UNDER THE MOON.

    In commenting on an opinion recently expressed in these notes, that no harm can come to one from sleeping out under the moon, Mr. T. Glennon (Black Flat) writes: ...

    Article : 211 words
  19. CAMPING HINTS.

    "G.H.F." (Eaglehawk) has a few camping hints for boys. "I take very little bread with me, and no vegetables, as they are both so cumbersome. I find that a small ...

    Article : 208 words
  20. A WARM BIVOUAC.

    Hugh Riordan (Geelong) writes:—"There is a way of keeping warm when camping out on a winter's night, of which some of your readers may not have heard. Dig or ...

    Article : 156 words
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