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  2. Ancient Divers.

    AN Arabic manuscript of the year 1365, from which Herr Gilde.meister has translated several extracts for the Gottingen Society of Sciences affords (Nature says) an interesting peep at nautical matters among the ...

    Article : 251 words
  3. Autumn Meeting of the Australian Jockey Club at Randwick.

    THE race for the "Sydney Cup" of 1883 will long be remembered for the unexpected victory of Darebin, whose previous defeat by Assyrian in the Autumn Stakes had caused him to be generally regarded with ...

    Article : 259 words
  4. A Bush Funeral in New South Wales.

    A funeral in the bush is perhaps more impressive than in the city, where the noise of passing vehicles and the never ceasing stream of pedestrian traffic harmonises so ill with the tears and saddened thoughts of the bereaved. ...

    Article : 199 words
  5. Whait is a Knot.

    THE length of a nautical mile is defined as one-sixtieth part of that of a degree of a great circle of the earth. If the earth were a perfect sphere of known dimensions, the length of a nautical mile, according to the above ...

    Article : 270 words
  6. Morning and Night.

    GREAT indeed is the contrast between the tired weeping little ones anxious for their nightly rest and their jubilant appearance as they awaken from their refreshing slumbers. Every face has a certain amount of ...

    Article : 70 words
  7. Ferguson's Nursery, Double-Bay.

    WE give an illustration of this well-known and well-ordered establishment, to which not a few of the large private gardens in the neighbourhood are indebted for many of their plant treasures. The grounds cover an ...

    Article : 681 words
  8. Exhibition of the New South Wales Art Society.

    The third annual exhibition of the Art Society of New South Wales, held, in the Sydney Town Hall, must be regarded as the most successful,yet recorded in the history of the colony. It was originally intended to ...

    Article : 439 words
  9. Thought Reading.

    MR. BARRETT, of the British Society for Psychical Research ha's delivered a lecture at 7th e London Institution on "Thought—reading-True, and False." The lecture was based on the evidence gathered by a ...

    Article : 530 words
  10. The Assassination Society in Dublin

    THE recent disclosures in connection with the Assassination Society in Dublin are of the most horrifying character, and have produced a profound sensation not only in England but also in Ireland. Twenty-six men ...

    Article : 565 words
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