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  2. FOR THE CHILDREN SOMETHING to DO at HOME

    Last Friday you were shown how to perform some simple and amusing experiments. Here are some more ideas with which you can while away the spare evenings. Perhaps you have heard of King ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 319 words
  3. MAN WHO INSPIRED A REVOLUTION

    The French Revolution was not the result of a sudden whim. For many years before it occurred Frenchmen had been thinking of ways in which the Government of their country could be improved. No man taught them to think about these things more ...

    Article : 405 words
  4. Electrified Balloons

    If you rub a piece of dry paper with a silk handkerchief or the dry hand it will become magnetised and will adhere to the face, arms, or clothing. The same thing ...

    Article : 121 words
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    ROUSSEAU at the age of 21 years. From the portrait by La Tour. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 17 words
  6. "That is the Man"

    Here is an amusing trick in which electricity plays a part. Fold a piece of paper into four and cut a pointer out of it (Fig. 5). Run a needle through a cork ...

    Article : 154 words
  7. The Lion and the Cage

    Here is a simple optical illusion. Draw on a piece of paper a lion and a cage, as in Fig. 2. If you place a visiting card upon the line AB and put your face so ...

    Article : 81 words
  8. A Match Trick

    Place 12 matches in a line on the table and ask a friend if he can make six triangles with the matches Unless he knows the secret he will fall to do the ...

    Article : 85 words
  9. Colouring Competition

    HAVE you begun colouring the picture of the Indian chief and princess which appeared on this page on Saturday, Monday, and ...

    Article : 164 words
  10. A Moving Figure

    Here is an amusing little toy. Take a piece of dark-coloured paper and cut out the figure of a man wearing a hat and carrying a walking-stick. Get a sheet ...

    Article : 126 words
  11. THE WALL OF CHINA

    A large party of friends can play this exciting game. Mark out an oblong court about 30 yards long and 15 yards wide. Across the middle ...

    Article : 148 words
  12. Eggcup Catch

    Here is a good catch. Place an egg-cup on the table and cover it with a large teacup. Then inform your friends that you will remove the egg-cup from the ...

    Article : 121 words
  13. Blowing Through a Bottle

    Could you blow through a thick glass bottle? Most people would say that it was impossible, but try this and see. Take a large round bottle or jam jar and place ...

    Article : 94 words
  14. Vibrating Glass

    Cut a plain cross from a sheet of notepaper (Fig. 3) and place it over a wine glass, bending the ends to prevent it slipping off. Almost fill the glass with ...

    Article : 169 words
  15. A Funny Game

    Try this amusing game. Place a sheet of paper flat on the table in front of a mirror. Take a sheet of cardboard and a pencil. Hold the top left-hand corner ...

    Article : 94 words
  16. He Laps

    During the spelling lesson teacher had been trying to impress upon her young scholars the meaning of the word "elapse." ...

    Article : 60 words
  17. Misunderstood

    "Dicky," said Mrs. Smith, "you must take your shoes to be soled." A few minutes later Dicky came back looking very sorry for himself. ...

    Article : 64 words
  18. The Trumpeter's Mistake

    Conductor of School Band—Now, we will play "Rule Britannia" for our second number. Schoolboy Trumpeter (whispering ...

    Article : 32 words
  19. A Musical Sweet

    Peter.—Ah, you are making a musical pudding? Mother.—Goodness! Why? Peter.—Well, you've only got doh soh ...

    Article : 23 words
  20. SERIAL STORY Next Port Eldorado

    "For a long time [?] try to persuade me, for cash's I could have got m[?]u's keys when I brush 'is clothes. But I refuse and will not 'elp Mistaire Devenish to rob ...

    Article : 1,273 words
  21. MAKING MILK SAFE

    An unqualified opinion that living tubercle bacilli are contained in milk supplied in Victoria, and that the milk can be rendered safe by boiling or efficient ...

    Article : 242 words
  22. Replacing Old Trees

    OLD TREES lining the footpath in Victoria parade are being removed. They will be replaced. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 22 words
  23. OLD-FASHIONED METHODS

    A statement that miners were the most conservative people in the world, favouring the practices followed by their grandfathers to win coal, was made yesterday ...

    Article : 303 words
  24. "KEEP TO LEFT" REGULATION

    The secretary of the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (Mr. C. J. P. Hodges) replied yesterday to the statement of the secretary of the Metropolitan Traffic ...

    Article : 223 words
  25. OUR TEACHERS "HALF-TRAINED"

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Speaking at the Millions Club to-day, Dr. W. Boyd, head of the Department of Education at Glasgow University, said that the teachers of ...

    Article : 376 words
  26. CORRECTION OF DEAFNESS

    Regret at the slow progress of medical research into the causes and correction of deafness was expressed by the president of the Victorian Deaf and Dumb ...

    Article : 215 words
  27. WILL MANAGE HOMES

    The Governor in Council approved yesterday the appointment of new managers for five homes for children controlled by the Church of England authorities. These ...

    Article : 158 words
  28. Dairymen's Case

    Sir, — As a dairyman I appreciate, and I feel sure the producers and retailers will appreciate your fairness in publishing Mr. R. A. James's splendid article showing ...

    Article : 509 words
  29. LIBRARY NEEDS MORE MONEY

    "Both reference and lending branches of the Public Library can make good use of more money for books, for more space, and for more hands," wrote the president ...

    Article : 266 words
  30. Mine Manager Injured

    CASTLEMAINE, Tuesday. — Mr. John Smith, manager of the Wattle Gully Extended mine at Chewton, was struck on the back by a baling tank weighing 1½ ...

    Article : 50 words
  31. GOULD LEAGUE CAMP

    SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A party of school teachers will leave Melbourne at the end of the month to attend a camp which is being held by the Gould League of ...

    Article : 148 words
  32. Advertising

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    Advertising : 558 words
  33. CHAPTER XXI.

    The thick velvet of the tropic night was slowly pushing the pale polished moon up out of the wrinkled sea. In the captain's day cabin Mr. da Costa ...

    Article : 110 words
  34. CHARIOT RACES AT SHOW

    Charlot races in Ben Hur model charlots, with drivers robed in Roman togas, and horses with breastplates and chains, will be features of the arena programmes for ...

    Article : 150 words
  35. NEW TRENDS IN ARCHITECTURE

    FREMANTLE, Tuesday. — The development of "an international conscience in architecture" was discussed at Fremantle to-day by Mr. Ronald Wilson, a ...

    Article : 156 words
  36. MINERS' PHTHISIS ACT

    Protests against the proposed extension of the Miners' Phthisis Act to include the payment of compensation to miners now suffering from the disease would be ...

    Article : 138 words
  37. Brunswick Charity Grant

    At its meeting on Monday night the Brunswick Council passed a charity vote amounting to £505. The principal beneficiaries are:[?] Royal Melbourne Hospital, £40; Austin ...

    Article : 99 words
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