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  2. THE SOUTH POLAR REGIONS.

    THE QUEST LEAVES FOR THE ANTARCTIC. Sir Ernest Shackleton, in the Quest, is bound for another trip to the Antarctic. The picture snows the Quest leaving Plymouth on September 24. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 35 words
  3. A PALATIAL FRENCH STORE.

    BURNT DOWN AS BOON AS BUILT. A few days after its completion, the Grands Magasins au Prin temps, one of the palatial stores of Paris, was burnt down, and, despite the hero c efforts of 25 brigades, the place was gutted. The building and stock were valued at considerably over £2,000,000, and the inrurance ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 70 words
  4. A SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL.

    UNVEILED AT REDHILL Mr. R D. Nicholls. M.P., recently unveiled a memorial at Redhill to the men of the district who fell in the war. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 59 words
  5. OLD-TIME WRECKS.

    THE STRANDED LIONESS AT HOKIT 1KA. In the early fifties Captain James Ritchie, father of the State Treasurer (Hon. G. Ritchie), and five other Scotsmen, set sail from Liverpool in the ship Lioness, 75 tons, for Australia. Captain Cadell, father of Captain Francis Cadell, whose name is for ever associated with early Murray navigation, had some difficulty in securing a crew, owing to the perilous nature of the voyage, but finally he obtained seven stalwart Cockenzie men. Included in this little band were Captains James Ritchie, George Johnston, John Barclay ([?]nce of the Hon. G. Ritchie), and William Barber, all of whom ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 191 words
  6. STUART RANGE OPAL FIELDS.

    A PLACE WHERE MEN LIVE CLOSE TO NATURE. Stuart Range can be scarcely called a town. It is one of those small spots lost in the immensity of tlie Australian continent which become generalised in the term being some 700 males north-west of Adelaide. The best route is by train from Port Augusta to Tarcoola, from which place the traveller must cover extensive opal fields there, but the proportion of really valuable stone is small. The country is difficult, and the water problem is generally acute. The ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 169 words
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