Articles from page 17: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. MELBOURNE CUP DAY.

    At an early hour this morning all hopes of a fine Cup day had to be abandoned. The night was fairly dry, but Melbourne awoke to find a cold south-west wind ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 12,969 words
  3. ABSENT-MINDED SCIENTIST.

    The late M. Henri Poincare, the eminent French scientist was incorrigibly absent-minded. When as a young graduate he went on his travels his mother, ...

    Article : 194 words
  4. MY SIX ENGAGEMENTS.

    Being the experiences of a happily married girl who was engaged six times, together with her seventurer and her opinions of men and what she would advice engaged or [?]ted girls to do. ...

    Article : 1,222 words
  5. FATAL BOXING CONTEST.

    The contest in which Geo. Taylor, 8 st. [?]½ lb., and R. McCarthy, 9 st., were to box for 20 rounds at the Melbourne Athletic Pavilion last night came to an ...

    Article : 659 words
  6. FAMOUS AUTHORS.

    R. L. Stevenson's "Treasure Island" is a book which is only surpassed in popularity in its own line by "Robinson Crusoe." But, as everybody knows, it went through ...

    Article : 620 words
  7. BOXER HITS A REFEREE.

    At the Guildhall to-night, W. Turner, the Tasmanian heavyweight, was engaged in a boxing contest with W. Walsh, but it came to a sudden, though exciting, end ...

    Article : 117 words
  8. SCRIPTURE LESSONS IN STATE SCHOOLS.

    Sir—I welcome the announcement made by Mr. Young the Liberal candidate for the Murray vacancy that he favors the present system of education in public ...

    Article : 380 words
  9. COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING.

    Sr—Allow me to reply to "Civil Law's" letter. 1. Mr. Hills' arguments do not prove that a conscript is shorn of his civil rights. I hold that a soldier should be tried by a ...

    Article : 462 words
  10. RUBBER ATROCITIES IN PERU.

    Sir—A report comes from the rubber forests of the Putumayo River, in the Pernvian province of Loreto, on the Upper Amazon, of atrocities connected with the ...

    Article : 443 words
  11. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 681 words
  12. SOME INTERESTING COMPARISONS.

    For the twelve months ended October 26 last a total of 347,829 tons of wheat was carried over all sections of the railways, as against 434,231 tons for the ...

    Article : 137 words
  13. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.

    November 5.—Present—The Mayor (Mr. H. J. [?]arce). Aldermen Broomhead, Olifent, and Per [?]al, Councilors Cocker Hoeper, Mack, Hooper and Weston. The health officer (Dr. O'Leary) ...

    Article : 205 words
  14. UP THEIR SLEEVE.

    In the House of Assembly on Tuesday Mr. Anstey remarked that Mr. Homburg was reported to have said at Murray Bridge he was not, like Labor members, ...

    Article : 109 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$