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  2. "Westward Ho!"

    The modern "ship of the plains" is now quite an institution in America, and will doubtless become so in Australia when the transcontinental railway, which has already been spoken of, is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 980 words
  3. Under-Secretary for the Colonies.

    Why Lord Onslow was offered the portfolio of Under-secretary for the Colonies is one of those things which, as Lord Dundreary said, " no fellow can understand." Certainly, he was never selected ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 364 words
  4. Industrial.

    We (SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN) understand that Dr. Macgowan has sent to the Agricultural Bureau, through Consul-General Kennedy, of Shanghai, a collection of shoes made of rice ...

    Article : 180 words
  5. IRON INDUSTRY OF FRANCE.

    France, like some othor countries, finds the capacity of her iron works in excess of the home demand for their products. Several years ago M. de Freycinet proposed an extensive scheme for ...

    Article : 117 words
  6. Electrical Notes.

    CHINESE TELEGRAPHS.—During the year 1886 thirty-six telegraph offices were opened in China. TORPEDO DEFENCE.—Torpedos to be exploded by electric wires from the shore are being laid ...

    Article : 607 words
  7. PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS.

    The Lancashire miners are going in for an advance of wages. Mr. Hilborne L. Roosevelt, one of the most famous organ builders of America, died last ...

    Article : 1,034 words
  8. The Age of Handbooks.

    In this age of handbooks anybody may for a shilling purchase a handbook at any bookseller's shop in Sydney, and learn anything from "how to play fan-tan" to "how to cure the most ...

    Article : 208 words
  9. VON MOLTKE'S FRENCH RIVAL.

    The French papers tell us, with a little pardonable glee, that Field-Marshal von Moltke was once beaten, and that by a Frenchman. The incident occurred in ...

    Article : 315 words
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