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  2. THE LAST OF THE BUCCANEERS

    Australian bushrangers have had a very fair share of publicity. Ned Kelly's ploughshare, armor and the late dale at which he practised his profession, together with his final blazing exploit, have made his name as widely known as Scullin or Hughes. The pirates and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. RIDERS OF THE "HORSE"

    Changes that are to be made at the Mansion House in the course of modernising its domestic and other accommodation will affect particularly the great ...

    Article : 385 words
  4. HUMAN ENDURANCE TESTS

    Explorers flying men and other adventurers are all seeking to set up new records. Sportsmen and sportswomen are doing the same—and so is a horde of publicity seekers. But there is a limit—and those who pass it do so at peril of health and even life. ...

    Article : 1,105 words
  5. WOMAN'S PLACE

    The former Commissioner-General for Australia in the United States (Mr. Herbert Brookes), who returned to Melbourne recently with Mrs Brookes said ...

    Article : 633 words
  6. FLOATING MINE MENACE

    Although it is twelve years since the War ended hundred of mines laid by Britain and Germany in the Channel and the North Sea are still floating ...

    Article : 271 words
  7. 35 FT, LONG REPTILE

    Far up the Peace River, in British Columbia, among the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Mr. C: M. Sternberg, a Canadian Government scientist, has ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 561 words
  8. SPELLING OF NAMES

    Once again the plea is made for a wider adoption of the revised spellings of foreign cities, rivers, provinces, and countries (says the "Christian Science ...

    Article : 510 words
  9. THAT WORD "UP"

    There is in the English language a little word of two letters, "up"—and it habitually indulges in the most extraordinary behavior (says the "Christian ...

    Article : 395 words
  10. CREEPING PARALYSIS

    The tiniest germ ever seen by man is that of "creeping paralysis." It was revealed recently by that powerful instrument, the ultramicroscope, to ...

    Article : 313 words
  11. THEATRE SARCASM

    Six "golden rules" for opera-goers will—it is promised quasi-seriously by Mr. Otto H. Kahn and other directors of the Metropolitan Opera House be ...

    Article : 298 words
  12. THE HIMALAYAS

    Miss Jill Cossley-Batt, the woman explorer and scientist, will for the space of a year be the only woman in an expedition to the heart of the ...

    Article : 257 words
  13. ARTIFICIAL SILK

    The possibility of getting artificial silk from peat bogs at a lower cost than other artificial silks comes in a new mechanical and chemical process now ...

    Article : 202 words
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    AUSTRALASIAN JUNIOR SWIMMING CHAMPION WELCOMED TO ADELAIDE. Left to right: Mr. F. C. Cavanagh, Mrs. Hack, who accompanied her son, Neville Hack (Australasian and Western Australian junior champion of 1930), Messrs. R. D. Hack, (father, acting assistant general manager of Vacuum Oil Coy. Ltd., Adelaide), C. W. Beer (secretary of Die South Australian Amiteur Swimming Association), and D.T.Dunn (chairman). ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 77 words
  15. YOUTHS' VENTURE

    Two youths in a two-cylinder monoplane, Edward Wingerter of Newark and Joseph L. Jones of Riverside, Conn., set out recently, according to the "Christian ...

    Article : 93 words
  16. OIL IN SWEDEN

    Sweden's first oil refinery is approaching completion. The refinery is situated near Nyashamm, about 40 miles from Stockholm. ...

    Article : 23 words
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