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  2. ARE THOUGHTS THINGS?

    Two Americans met long after they had been released from jail. A showed B where he could, rob a bank and get 4000 dollars apiece. B pulled out his cheque book and replied, "I can go into the bank and shake hands with the cashier and draw out 6000 dollars, by using a ...

    Article : 647 words
  3. BIG DECLINE IN BIRTHRATE

    Where are our babies? Statistics tell us that the birthrate in the Commonwealth has shown a constant decline for many years, and that the latest figures are the lowest yet recorded. ...

    Article : 1,279 words
  4. MILITIA NOTES

    Contributions for this column should be sent direct to the Military Publicity Officer, at Swan Barracks, not later than the Saturday in each week. ...

    Article : 878 words
  5. EARNINGS OF THE GREAT

    There is money in music. John M'Cormack need never appear on the concert platform for a smaller one-performance fee than £1000. and for one-night performances in towns of 300,000 inhabitants in America, Fritz Kreisler, the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 769 words
  6. SEX CRIMES

    What is sadism? The two horrible sex crimes in Melbourne are believed by many detectives to have been committed by sadists. ...

    Article : 886 words
  7. MINERALS AND WATER

    The Government Statistician Mr. S. Bennett) has Issued Part VII. of the Statistical Register for 1929-30. This publication deals with: (1) ...

    Article : 1,048 words
  8. GERMAN RAILWAYS

    Complete statistics of the German railways for 1929 show that 1,980,000,000 passengers were conveyed in that year (says the correspondent in Berlin to the ...

    Article : 149 words
  9. ATHENS AT NIGHT

    The streets of Athens "at night! Tas as a model, Paris, and set it in surroundings of incredible beauty, hills thai soar proudly above, a sea that stretches ...

    Article : 169 words
  10. ROUND-TRIP FLIGHT

    Captain Harry W. Lyon, navigator of the plane Southern Cross, on its Australian flight, said recently that his plans to make the first transatlantic aerial ...

    Article : 148 words
  11. CLIPPER SHIPS' RACE

    Calling to mind the old windjammer days of the '70's. in the last century, the Finnish clipper ship Herzogin Cecile arrived at Falmouth on May 16, under all ...

    Article : 148 words
  12. "TIDEWATER VIRGINIA"

    A feature of nearly all houses, however humble they may have been, was the covered stoop, or porch, or portico, made necessary by the heat of ...

    Article : 357 words
  13. INDIVIDUALS ?

    Instead of its being a dry and difficult thing to acquire any particular knowledge of the stars, one, if rightly directed, will find on pursuing the ...

    Article : 353 words
  14. AFTER NINE YEARS

    Arrested on a warrant issued more than nine years ago, Henry John Read, a clerk, of Devonshire-avenue, Southsea-appeared at Marylebone Police Court. ...

    Article : 88 words
  15. CRUELTY TO CATS

    At Aldershot Police Court Mrs. Disie Wilcox was fined 10s 6d and ordered to pay £1 11s 6d costs for cruelty to two cats. It was stated that Wilcox ...

    Article : 140 words
  16. WOODEN COAT OF ARMS

    The library of William and Mary College at Williamsburg, V., has a wooden English coat of arms, measuring about six by nine feet, the gift of Mrs. Barton ...

    Article : 91 words
  17. GERMAN PIGS FOR RUSSIA

    German Press reports state that the Soviet Trade Delegation in Berlin has made large purchases of pigs from stock-breeding associations in ...

    Article : 103 words
  18. HISTORIC GATEWAY DAMAGED

    A lorry, loaded with lead which was being removed from St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in connection with the restoration work ran away and crashed ...

    Article : 51 words
  19. £50,000 FOR ARMSTRONG COLLEGE

    An anonymous {?} of 200,000 the building of a hall of residence for men at Benton, Northumberland, was announced at a meeting of the council ...

    Article : 46 words
  20. MEMBERS OF THE WEST INDIES CRICKET TEAM WHICH IS PLAYING THE AUSTRALIAN TEST TEAM

    Back row (left to right): G. Headley, O. S. Wight, L. N. Constantine, W. L. Barrow. E. R. Hunter, J. E. Sealy, C. A. Roach. E. St. Hill, G. Francis. Front row: E. L. Barlett. f. r. Martin, Mr. J. E. Scheult (assistant manager), L. S. Birkett, Mr. R. H. Mallett (manager), G. C. Grant (captain), O. C. Scott, H. C. Griffith and F. I. de Caires. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 81 words
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