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  2. SEASPRAY

    The new school on the Prospect Estate was opened on Monday last, and the Seaspray summer school on Wednesday. ...

    Article : 166 words
  3. SALE AMATEUR TURF CLUB

    Trial Handicap: Eska 10.13, Have One, 10.11, White Lawn 10.8, Llanfillio 9.13, Pataceus 9.4, Marksman, 9.3, Naval Hero, Compeer, Master Yeo ...

    Article : 238 words
  4. HOW COLLARS CAME.

    Some time ago there was a spirited argument on the question: "Are collars healthy?" A professor stated they were not healthy, and added ...

    Article : 97 words
  5. PRICKLY PEAR PEST.

    Want areas in Queensland and New South Wales are being overrun by prickly pears, and the authorities are seriously alarmed. ...

    Article : 101 words
  6. STAGE "JONAHS."

    The recent death of Miss Kate Claxton, a famous American actress, recalls an old stage superstition which caused her much undeserved ...

    Article : 190 words
  7. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    Light and wireless waves travel at a rats of 186,000 miles a second. Hard boiled eggs are being used as money in parts of Southern Russia. ...

    Article : 341 words
  8. A FRUIT FREAK.

    It has been recorded of George III. that he once asked: "Tell me, how do the apples get into the apple dumplings?" The answer to that ...

    Article : 157 words
  9. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED

    The February number of "Weldon's Bazaar of Children's Fashions," just to hand, contains free patterns of girls' velvet dresses and dance frocks, ...

    Article : 158 words
  10. FOR GRAMOPHONE OWNERS.

    The most common fault in gramophone music is due to scratchy records. For a long time past inventors have been puzzling their brains ...

    Article : 203 words
  11. RISKING DEATH FOR FLOWERS

    "Fancy that plant being worth £150!" exclaimed visitors to the Chelsea Flower Show, as they paused to to glance for a moment at the new ...

    Article : 314 words
  12. "MARRIAGE - PARLOURS."

    The Gretna Green "marriage-houses" have long been closed, but "marriage-parlours" still flourish in the United States. ...

    Article : 301 words
  13. SALE FIRE BRIGADE.

    Following is a statement of receipts and expenditure for the year 1926, which was adopted at the last meeting. of the brigade:— ...

    Article : 309 words
  14. FORCE OF WINDS.

    Lesily an talks about the wind being of the force of a gale, or a story, or hurricane—whereas the chances are that it is not in any one ...

    Article : 579 words
  15. SHIPS WRECKED BY WHALES.

    To be wrecked by collision with a whale is surely the most fantastic form of accident at sea-yet instances of it are by , no means scarce. ...

    Article : 518 words
  16. PULLING LIGHT TO PIECES.

    An astronomer studies the stars by pulling their light to pieces. This process enables him to discover their composition. ...

    Article : 225 words
  17. PENCE THAT TURN TO POUNDS

    How many pennies are there in a million pounds? The answer is two hundred and forty millions. When you think of this figure you ...

    Article : 211 words
  18. QUEER AUCTION LOTS.

    Auctioneers occasionally have to sell queer "lots," as the man found who had to dispose of the effects of William Cobbett. Among them were ...

    Article : 318 words
  19. LONDON'S PLEASURE PARK.

    Even in the winter months there is seldom any lack of life and movement in Hyde Park. As the weather improves London's greatest pleasure ...

    Article : 207 words
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