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  2. MEN AND IDEAS

    We can no doubt learn a great deal from the history of ancient wars; the only difficulty is to extract their essential data from the complexity of spatial ...

    Article : 1,047 words
  3. Advertising

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  4. BOOKS OF THE DAY

    Using as a whip the official army training manuals, issued by the War Office for 1935 and 1937, Mr. Tom Wintrlngnam lashes the conservatism of the British ...

    Article : 457 words
  5. BYGONE DAYS THE SAILOR PRINCES

    SIXTY years ago the late King George V. and his elder brother. Prince Edward, were midshipmen on board HMS Bacchante, a unit in the "flying ...

    Article : 658 words
  6. THE PASSING SHOW

    "That settles it!" I said, firmly, after Mr. Menrles had concluded his broadcast speech about the "all-in" war effort. "What now?" she asked, rather ...

    Article : 841 words
  7. Readers Union

    Latest books in Readers Union monthly selections, these 3 give a good introduction to those who have not yet discovered RU First is a Romany ramble in an ...

    Article : 307 words
  8. LETTERS

    Sir,—Mr. Duncan—Hughes's advocacy (in the House of Representatives) of conscription for service overseas raises a question which I think was definitely ...

    Article : 228 words
  9. The First Dictator

    Though there is a mountain of literature regarding Julius Caesar, none of it will make a greater appeal to the presentday reader than the latest biography by ...

    Article : 335 words
  10. CRITIC OF SYRIAN CAMPAIGN

    Sir,—The conduct or the campaign in Syria will do nothing to dispel the gloom that has hung over us since the disasters of Greece and Crete. Instead of a quick ...

    Article : 108 words
  11. NATURE NOTES

    The Chief Secretary has approved of the use of 30 acres of the best forest country In Coranderrk as feeding grounds for koalas. The area transferred to the ...

    Article : 577 words
  12. ANACHRONISTIC SPORTS

    Sir,—A total war effort is necessary if we are to win, yet racing, professional football, and dograclng are as much in evidence as before tile war. Surely a ...

    Article : 66 words
  13. Lively Jingles

    Writing In the vernacular, Mr Grant makes no claim to be an Immortal verifier. The 40 poems included in his booklet deal with matters of the moment ...

    Article : 149 words
  14. TELEPHONES AND PHONOGRAPHS

    Sir,—I was interested to see in Mr. Greig's article (14/6/41) a reference to my father, the late Rev. Duncan Fraser. In the later 'seventies my father, from ...

    Article : 178 words
  15. Spies In Fiction

    Bernard Newman is both a writer of thrillers and a keen student of current events, and no doubt he finds his dual Interests profitable. They have enabled ...

    Article : 193 words
  16. FIGHT OR PAY

    Sir,—Thousands or carefree young men in soft jobs and good homes spend their weekends on football-grounds, &c, while the gallant few fight on for King and ...

    Article : 53 words
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  18. TRANSFER TO WAR WORK

    Sir,—Garages put out of business by petrol rationing should transfer their skilled staffs to war work. Others are offering their bodies as sacrifice. Anyway, ...

    Article : 46 words
  19. BKIDfli NOTES TOPS IN FINESSING

    TO finesse against the 9 of trumps when holding AKQJ would seem pure madness, but the old maxim, "Needs must when the devil drives," has long ...

    Article : 496 words
  20. PETROL-SAVING

    Sir,—Mr. Menzies lias rightly directed attention to the need for further reductions in petrol consumption. in your able leader of Wednesday last you say ...

    Article : 274 words
  21. Australian Verse

    Following its policy of bringing the work of Australian writers to public notice, the Bread and Cheese Club makes a happy choice in sponsoring the ...

    Article : 200 words
  22. JOHN MASTERMAN discusses HEART ANO, LIFE PROBLEMS "ODDITIES!"

    THE age of flamboyant personalities Is past-at least so some say. it is certainly true that the giants of the last century appear to have been ...

    Article : 349 words
  23. Books Received

    The following books have been received at this office:- BIOGRAPHY Shakespeare by Mark. Van Doren (London; ...

    Article : 278 words
  24. MILK AND BEER

    Sir,—Mr. Spender would justify wet canteens because less beer is consumed in them than milk and fruit juice. One trouble with the wet canteen is that ...

    Article : 79 words
  25. "LEAD. KINDLY LIGHT"

    Sir.—Will someone kindly enlighten me. I am bewildered. I heard the Prime Minister exhorting the people to think less of comfort and observe strict ...

    Article : 132 words
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