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  2. COSTLY AIRCRAFT CARRIERS.

    LONDON, Nov. 24.—Thirty years ago a first-class battle-ship could be built for little more than £300,000, and economists were shocked at the extravagance of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,557 words
  3. BRITISH POLITICS.

    LONDON, November 24.—The opening of the autumn session fulfilled expectations. The distress in the coal industry dominated the situation. The extreme elements in ...

    Article : 636 words
  4. ROMAN LONDON.

    LONDON, Nov. 24.—The remains of Roman London lie about 18 feet below the present level of the city; roughly one foot ot debris has accumulated every ...

    Article : 453 words
  5. SPEEDWAYS FOR MOTORS.

    LONDON, Nov. 24.— A commercial motor transport exhibition at Olympia and a world motor congress at the Savoy Hotel have directed public opinion to the ...

    Article : 480 words
  6. MYSTERY OR HOAX?

    LONDON, Nov. 24.—A few miles from Vichy, in France, whence come the mineral waters, is a tiny village standing on a spur of high ground, overlooking a deep valley, ...

    Article : 1,082 words
  7. Classified Advertising

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    Advertising : 413 words
  8. AFFAIRS ABROAD.

    "Straw" votes are popular in the United States when important political issues are pending. The presidential election takes place next November, but the candidates ...

    Article : 1,526 words
  9. TEN YEARS OF BOLSHEVISM.

    After 10 years, during which Bolsheviks have had the opportunity of testing without let or hindrance all of their crazy and fantastic theories of economics and ...

    Article : 784 words
  10. WINTER GREYHOUND RACING.

    LONDON, Nov. 24.—So firmly has greyhound racing established itself in public favour that it will continue through the winter months. The Wembley Stadium ...

    Article : 332 words
  11. "HOBBY" JONES—GOLF GENIUS.

    It would be the height of presumption for anybody else to write his autobiography at 25 years of age, but "Bobby" Jones, jun., must be excepted. Where in the ...

    Article : 837 words
  12. A PHILOSOPHICAL POSTMAN.

    The people of Argentina do not seem to have been seriously displeased at discovering in their midst a postman with qu[?]tist leauings. They found him taking a siesta in ...

    Article : 707 words
  13. MYSTERIES OF THE SEA.

    "The sea does not offer terms to those who have business upon it" (writes George Blake in "John o' London's Weekly"). "The sea is utterly inscrutable, splendidly ...

    Article : 167 words
  14. BLUE STOCKINGS.

    The wearer of the original blue stockings was Benjamin Stillingfleet, botanist, athlete, verse-maker, and conversationalist. His dress was remarkably grave, and in ...

    Article : 316 words
  15. ARTIFICIAL GEMS.

    A natural sapphire in these days is something of a rarity. In 1910 these stones were worth £10 a carat, but in that year a process for their artificial manufacture ...

    Article : 222 words
  16. FOLLIES OF SOCIETY.

    LONDON, Nov. 24.—That there is an element of childishness in most crazes is shown by the present popularity of the "photographic squib." [?] of ...

    Article : 353 words
  17. A QUAINT CUSTOM.

    Following the centuries-old custom of collecting wroth silver at Knightlow Hill, near Coventry (England), on a recent Friday, over 600 hardy spirits, who had faced the ...

    Article : 228 words
  18. EYEGLASSES.

    Writers have disregarded eyeglasses (says a contributor to "Outlook"), and he suggests that a book might be written on the subject. He traces the various stages ...

    Article : 270 words
  19. A CATHEDRAL MYSTERY.

    There can be but few people to-day who have not read or heard the story of the martyrdom of Thomas a'Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, which took ...

    Article : 233 words
  20. A CAPTAIN COOK CELEBRATION.

    The Government of the Territory of Hawaii has decided on a comprehensive historical celebration and [?] to be held from August 15-20, 1928 to ...

    Article : 155 words
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