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  2. FICTION OF THE DAY.

    Mr. Arnold Bennett's new novel, "Hilda Lessways" (London: Methuen Melbourne: Melville and Mullen) represents a new departure in fiction. It is not, as some of the ...

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  3. NEW BOOKS, &c. GENERAL LITERATURE.

    "Peradventure," a Book of Essays in Literary Criticism, by Archibald T. Strong (Melbourne: T. C. Lothian). "Brett's Leading Cases in Modern Equity," by J. ...

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  4. QUESTIONS OF THE HOUR.

    We have to acknowledge receipt during the past week of the following letters, for which we regret we have been unable to find room. The list does not include "rejected" letters:— ...

    Article : 67 words
  5. FORTHERN TERRITORY MYSTERY.

    Sir,—In a recent issue of "The Argus" it was stated that Mr. J. T. Beckett inspector of aborigines in the Northern Territory, had discovered a cave south-cast of ...

    Article : 273 words
  6. AUSTRALIAN NOTES RESERVE.

    Sir,—Referring to the lending article on this subject in "The Argus" to-day, it appears to me that if the reserve stood at 25 per cent. and some of the banks wanted ...

    Article : 223 words
  7. NATURE NOTES AND QUERIES.

    "R.A.M"(Ballrat) ask a whether snakes move about at night. A friend with whom be was fishing at night not long ago was convineed that he stood on a snake after ...

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  8. AUSTRALIAN ACTORS.

    Sir,—"Imported" has inyolved himself in such a maze of inverted commas and notes of exclamation that he appears to have missed the the point of my letter, which ...

    Article : 537 words
  9. TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY.

    Sir,—Following up the previous communications on the above subject from Mr. G. W. Murray and myself which you were good enough to publish, may I now be ...

    Article : 429 words
  10. DEGRESS IN DENTISTRY.

    Sir,—In reference to the letter of "L.D.S." in "The Argus" to-day, two points appeal to me—firsly, that if the University Council has done a questionable thing in allowing a ...

    Article : 613 words
  11. MARRIAGES OF MINONRS.

    Sir,—I read the article on this matter in "The Argus" to-day, and I beg to state that in Denmark a birth certificate, or rather a certificate of baptism, containing the proper ...

    Article : 287 words
  12. FARM WORKERS.

    Sir,—I rend with interest the interview with Mr. Anketell in "The Argus" on Monday with regard to the shortage of labour in the wheat-growing districts. If the farmer ...

    Article : 137 words
  13. ST. KILDA DELIVERIES.

    Sir,—I would like to ask the postal authorities why it is that the residents of some parts of South St. Kilda have to suffer the very great inconvenience of receiving letters ...

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  14. NEGLECT OF FLEMINGTON.

    Sir,—In welcoming the visiting delegates of the Master Builders' Association yesterday, the Lord Mayor is reported to have said that Melbourne was doing well in ...

    Article : 372 words
  15. CITY FREE KINDERGARTEN.

    Sir,—May I be allowed to appeal on behalf of the City Free Kindergarten? The results of nearly two years work in Exhibition-street have been highly encouraging. ...

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  16. PRICES OF PIGS AND POLLARD.

    Sir,—We farmers are getting about 2½d. per lb. for our bacon pigs in the Melbourne market. I noticed in "The Argus" on Saturday an advertisement of one of the ...

    Article : 108 words
  17. A FAMOUS SCULPTOR.

    Mr. T. Matthews's "Biography of John Gibson, R.A."(London: William Heincmann), is, as he indeed admits, really an authbiography. The famous sculptor was ...

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  18. CHRISTMAS BOOKS.

    From Mr. M. L. Hutchinson we have rerceived "Ali Baba" and other stories from the Arabian Nights. The illustrations are by Edmond Dulac, and are certainly the ...

    Article : 630 words
  19. PUBLIC TELEPHONES AND DISEASE.

    Sir,—The public telephones are, it appears, great revenue-producers. On this, certainly, the postal authorities are to be congratulated. What moves our ...

    Article : 212 words
  20. TEACHERS' VACATION.

    Sir,—May I, through the medium of your columns, bring under abtice the claims of a large number of teachers to a little consideration at the hands of the Education ...

    Article : 358 words
  21. PROMOTION OF JUNIOR TEACHERS.

    Sir,—I wish to direct the attention of the Minister of Instruction, and of members of Parliament to the absolute unfairness of the method atlopted in classifying the ...

    Article : 395 words
  22. AUSTRALIAN HEALTH SOCIETY.

    The thirty-sixth annual meeting of the Australian Health Society was held in the Empire-buildings yesterday, Mr. R. J. Alock in the chair. ...

    Article : 157 words
  23. TRAINING COLLEGE STUDENTS.

    Sir,—Judging by the article in "The Argus" on the "Educational Problem," one would imagine that we are in the period of the millemium. What are the ...

    Article : 269 words
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