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  2. THREE MILES OF ANCIENT WALL

    Tongues quaint old Belgian town close to the Dutch frontier, known to the Romans as Aduatuc[?] Tungrorum, and a famous bishopric during the Middle Ages, is carrying out excavations of the remnants of Roman fortress walls which girdled the city in Roman ...

    Article : 317 words
  3. "LIKE THREE-CARD TRICK"

    "This company has been a fraud from the start." said Mr. Justice Maugham, in the Chancery Division, in making an order for the compulsory winding up of ...

    Article : 1,185 words
  4. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HOUSE

    After an inspection by the Minister for Public Works (Mr. Jones), the chief engineer (Mr. G. Kermode), and the secretary (Mr. S. Whitehead) of the Public ...

    Article : 337 words
  5. CHILD MENDICANTS

    Children masquerading as soldiers, sailors, Egyptians, Turks, swagmen, negro minstrels, brides, bridegrooms, and other characters have invaded the city streets ...

    Article : 648 words
  6. MASTODON REMAINS

    Discovery of the remains of a number of mammoth shovel-toothed mastodons in a bog hole, apparently having been trapped in the quicksands of the ...

    Article : 339 words
  7. CHASING THE FIREFLY

    Summer evenings in Japan are spent in the pursuit of fireflies. It is one of the occasions when native conventionality allows men and women to mingle freely and informally, we are told, and this freedom lends zest to the diversion. ...

    Article : 341 words
  8. GAS HOLDERS

    "How do you like our gas-holder?" That may be a query which a proud native may put to the stranger visiting the town of the future, says the London ...

    Article : 330 words
  9. VISITING ENGLAND

    The "Spectator" recently offered a prize for the best snort letter written in answer to the following question:—"Your cousin and his wife, who have ...

    Article : 931 words
  10. £12 MOTOR-CYCLE

    The head of one of the largest motorcycle firms at Coventry has appealed to the Government to help the industry by removing the tax from machines ...

    Article : 218 words
  11. WEEK-END TRAMPING

    Only those who work hard and steadily during the week appreciate to the full that sense of relief when the weekend arrives, and they can set forth ...

    Article : 420 words
  12. STILL USEFUL, THOUGH DISCARDED.

    Old motor car tyres, gaily painted, are being used as borders to street lawns in Bagot-road, Subiaco. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 22 words
  13. 1000 'PHONE BILLS

    There are nearly 1000 telephone extensions in the Strand Palace Hotel, and company pays the same annual rental as 1000 single subscribers would pay. ...

    Article : 169 words
  14. BUFFALO DIGS SNOW

    In one of the weather's extreme vagaries, one section of Buffalo was digging itself out of a heavy snowfall which blocked the streets October 20 while in ...

    Article : 93 words
  15. THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR

    The original Cenotaph, which was set up in wood and plaster in 1919 as a temporary structure for the Victory March, is now preserved in the Imperial ...

    Article : 602 words
  16. DOG AS VALET

    Has Mr. Kipling exaggerated the intelligence of dogs in his book, "Thy Servant, a Dog"? is the question on all his readers' tongues. No. Boots ...

    Article : 293 words
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  18. DANGEROUS DRUGS

    At the Baling Police Court Dr. Alfred Hugh Bell, of Church-road, Hanweii, was fined £50 and ordered to pay £3 3s costs on two summonses charging him ...

    Article : 262 words
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