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  2. THE IMPERIOUS IMMIGRANT.

    ONE hundred years ago a young Warwickshire working man with his wife embarked at Gravesend on the sailing ship Strathfieldsaye for Sydney. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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    The original Ark Royal: Lord Howard's 800-ton flagship which fought the Armada. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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    The new Ark Royal, Britain's £3,000,000 Aircraft carrier. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. NAMES IN NAVIES.

    IN spite of its building programme, the British Admiralty is never likely to run short of ship names. Scores have been traditional for centuries, a few ...

    Article : 799 words
  6. PATHFINDER IN THE KIMBERLEYS.

    THOSE who say that Australian history is tame and uneventful have forgotten the early explorers. Is there nothing stirring in the tale of men ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,099 words
  7. INTRODUCTION TO LETTERS.

    THE dingy Central Arcade which once connected Wellington and Murray streets, occupying the site of Forrest Place, is to most a vague memory. To ...

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  8. NEVER KNOWN TO DRINK.

    MUCH has been written about the ability of the camel to do without a drink, but no camel, or any other animal for that matter, has ever ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 540 words
  9. FIGUREHEADS OF OLD SHIPS.

    I ARRIVED at Port Adelaide at noon only to find that the boat was not to sail for another three hours. Three hours in Port Adelaide! ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 716 words
  10. LION IN THE NIGHT.

    A sergeant in the British South African police, I was stationed at a post named Goromanzi, about 28 miles from Salisbury in Mashonaland. The ...

    Article : 1,021 words
  11. A NEGLECTED WORTHY.

    IT may be a little unfair to his memory to place the great Venetian traveller Marco Polo among Neglected Worthies, since the fresh ...

    Article : 1,357 words
  12. The Twelfth Pius.

    THE name Pius, which the new Pope has taken from his predecessor, has been much the most popular among recent occupants of the Vatican. Since ...

    Article : 212 words
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    Bridges are among China's oldest relics and many are described in Marco Polo's Travels. This one at Lanchow, spans a river-bed which has long since dried up. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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    Unchanging China: A bridge over the Feng river which has stood since the days when it was crossed by Marco Polo. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 21 words
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