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    THE GREAT EASTERN: Built on the Thames in 1857, this vessel was the largest that had been built up to that time. She was designed to make the voyage from England to Australia without calling at any port en route for coal—a feat which no ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 53 words
  3. RECORDS OF THE PAST.

    THERE are records, and records: gramophone records, for example, and those athletic records which appeal so strongly to the youth of our Empire, and not ...

    Article : 1,242 words
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    The Island of Juan Fernandez, whence Alexander Selkirk, the original of Defoe's romance "Robinson Crusoe" was brought back to civilisation after four and a half years of solitude. Dampier was a senior officer on the vessel which rescued him. The engraving ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 61 words
  5. VAGRANT VERSE.

    SPEAKING at a reception tendered her by the West Australian National Council of Women, Mrs. Cumbrae-Stewart said she would like to see all women ...

    Article : 294 words
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    Wedgwood's Etruria Pottery Works about 1800. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. WEDGWOOD POTTERY WORKS.

    THE famous pottery works, Etruria, established by the great master potter Josiah Wedgwood in 1766 are about to be pulled down and the plant and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 529 words
  8. BUCCANEER AND EXPLORER.

    IN the National Portrait Gallery, London, hangs a picture painted by Thomas Murray of Captain William Dampier, "pirate and hydrographer," the first ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,029 words
  9. SOME FAMOUS SHOW BOATS.

    A FEW days ago a news item mentioned that the new giant liner, Queen Mary, had been thrown open for public inspection, and several thousands of ...

    Article : 828 words
  10. Calling in the Docs.

    SPEAKING at a luncheon given him by officers of the British Medical Association, Dr. Earle Page said that from a long experience of politics he had ...

    Article : 301 words
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    The Etruira works at Stoke-on-Trent today. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 6 words
  12. EMPEROR-WORSHIP UP TO DATE.

    LET me begin with a quotation, The following lines 'are taken from a long inscription on a stone set up about 9 B.C. in Asia Minor, to commemorate ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 975 words
  13. WRECKS NEAR GERALDTON

    CLOSE to the scene of one of the first wrecks recorded on the Australian coast, a wreck dating back over 300 years, the comparatively new Norwegian ...

    Article : 1,603 words
  14. Song of the S.P. Bettor.

    I'M commonly known as the Muggins Or, if you prefer it. the dolt Who lives for the throb Of that innocent bob ...

    Article : 225 words
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    "I can assure your Majesty that the Leave is going to do something just as soon as if can secure the co operation of Mussolini..." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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