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  2. Club Window.

    Stamp-collecting is one of the pastimes of Mr. Alfred Austin, the Poet Laureate. Walter Mead jun., son of the famous bowler, has also joined the Essex eleven, making, it is ...

    Article : 814 words
  3. Bungonia.

    Tennis Tournament.—The match for the Sheedy and Farrier trophies of a guinea each, one for the gentlemen and the other for the ladies, was concluded on the Bungonia court on ...

    Article : 605 words
  4. Who's Who And Why.

    Lord Methuen, who has been raised to the rank of Field-Marshal, is extremely popular in South Africa, where he has been Governor of Natal since 1909. Lord Methuen joined the Forces in ...

    Article : 182 words
  5. Braidwood.

    Sergeant Filan is about to retire on his superannuation allowance. He is one of the most worthy officers we have had stationed in the town. Constable Leeds, of Araluen, has been ...

    Article : 468 words
  6. Other Men's Minds.

    Education is the first line of defence in this country.—Mr. Iliffe. ...

    Article : 15 words
  7. Woman's Letter.

    Sydney folk welcomed back Miss Carrie Lancely, the mezzo-soprano, who has been abroad studying for four and a half years. Mrs. H. H. Groth and other intimate friends besides ...

    Article : 1,495 words
  8. LITERARY INDIGESTION.

    Every bad book that is read weakens the power of reading good ones, and ruins the true literary digestive apparatus.—Mr. Frederic Harrison. ...

    Article : 25 words
  9. EVEN IN POLITICS.

    The use of moderate language and truth upon the political platform is much better than strong language, and is to the advantage of all parties.—Lord Chief Justice. ...

    Article : 30 words
  10. WOMEN IN POLITICS.

    All through the nineteenth century women had a larger part—direct and indirect—in the political life of England than in any other country.—Mr. Edward Porritt. ...

    Article : 28 words
  11. THE THING NEEDFUL.

    No shouting of war songs, no passionate patriotism, no loud and exaggerated language, no artificial worked-up enthusiasm can atone for the want of character in a ...

    Article : 34 words
  12. CHIEF OF THE CAMPBELLS.

    The Duke of Argyll, who has been made a Knight of the Garter, has many other titles. He is Marquis of Lorne and Kintyre, Earl of Campbell and Cowall, Viscount of Lochow and ...

    Article : 164 words
  13. NO PLACE FOR BEAUTY.

    We are proud to consider ourselves a practical people; and, unfortunately, ideas of beauty are not bound up in this.—Mr. G. W. Hayler. ...

    Article : 28 words
  14. MERELY GOOD MANNERS.

    In the country one never washes except as a sort of social ceremony to prove that one is well brought up.—Mr. George Bernard Shaw. ...

    Article : 28 words
  15. NOT BY ARMS ALONE.

    If the supremacy of a nation depended upon its army and navy, certain great nations of the past would not have been swept into obilivion.—Mr. Blenkinsop. ...

    Article : 29 words
  16. A CELEBRATED AUTHOR.

    The Right Hon. Sir George Trevelyan, who has joined the distinguished few who comprise the Order of Merit, is nearing his seventy-third year. His name was once among the most ...

    Article : 125 words
  17. A MERE EXISTENCE.

    A large number of the young people in the poor quarters of London seem to have no aim in life, no pride of race.—Mr. H. E. Easton. ...

    Article : 31 words
  18. WORKING FOR THE FUTURE.

    I believe that as the outcome of the Imperial Conference an immense amount of good will be achieved. It is not to be expected that its members would agree upon ...

    Article : 116 words
  19. MASTER OF THE HORSE.

    In the Coronation procession and the Royal Progress on the following day the Master of the Horse played a considerable part. Ho is one of the great officers of the Court, and is always ...

    Article : 192 words
  20. HIS MAJESTY'S OPPOSITION.

    Let us be glad that whereas in times past an opposition was easily expelled the city in which it tried to exist, or found the heads of its leaders cut off and their estates ...

    Article : 79 words
  21. GARDEN AND FIELD CALENDAR FOR AUGUST, 1911.

    As we expected, good rains fell in July, and the land generally is in good order for cropping. All seasonable crops can be readily sown. We advise growers, especially dairymen, to get in ...

    Article : 379 words
  22. THE PARTY SYSTEM.

    British institutions have stood the test of time. While they are not perfect, they are certainly the wisest which have ever been devised by man .for the government of men, ...

    Article : 122 words
  23. CROOKWELL NOTES.

    School of Arts.—The first meeting of the newly-elected committee took place on Tuesday night, 1st inst. There was a full attendance of members, and Mr. F. E. Dudley presided. The ...

    Article : 80 words
  24. A FOUR-YEAR-OLD GUARDSMAN.

    Mr. Victor Harbord one of the King's trainbearers at the Coronation ceremony, has had a curious. unofficial connection with the Army. His father. Colonel Charles Harbord, Lord ...

    Article : 138 words
  25. THE TRUE DREAMER.

    Things move fast in these days, and any dreamer may wake up in the morning to find his dream accomplished.—Lord Rosebery. ...

    Article : 25 words
  26. PRICES AND CAPACITIES OF THE "ALFA-LAVAL" CREAM SEPARATORS (HAND POWER).

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 145 words
  27. MONEY AND THE GENTLEMAN.

    Because a man describes himself as an independent gentleman, it does not follow that he has any money.—Judge Harrington. ...

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  28. THE NEW ACTOR-KNIGHT.

    Sir George Alexander, who has joined the company of actor-knights, was not always the handsome and self-possessed actor known to playgoers of to-day. Many years ago a sister of Mrs. ...

    Article : 190 words
  29. BUNGENDORE.

    Mr. Charles lass, who resided here some years ago, died up north a few days since at the age of ft years. The deceased for many years carried on the business of storekeeping, and left ...

    Article : 191 words
  30. A COMMON PLATFORM.

    It is a healthy thing to have differences of opinion as long as we have at times one common platform on which to stand.—Lord Northampton. ...

    Article : 29 words
  31. THE SOURCE OF JUSTICE.

    Those who write the history of the English Bench will be able to trace to that source the river of justice and equity which now spreads over a quarter of the inhabited world. ...

    Article : 39 words
  32. A BROADER BASE.

    In the future England will depend more on the character and life of the many than in the past, when it relied more on the few who were leaders.—Canon Bilbrough. ...

    Article : 33 words
  33. MIGHT OR RIGHT?

    Although there is a feeling that in international politics might is the only thing that counts, yet history controverts it. ...

    Article : 27 words
  34. RIFLE SHOOTING.

    Rifle Shooting.—Our Gunning correspondent writes:—On Saturday last a team from the Gunning Rifle Club visited Jerrara to compete against the local club for the silver cup donated ...

    Article : 309 words
  35. LORD BRASSEY'S GENEROSITY.

    Lord Brassey, who is one of the Coronation earls, is extremely popular owing to the kindliness of his nature and his unfailing generosity to all. So pronounced is this trait that some ...

    Article : 254 words
  36. OUR DEFENCES.

    It is our duty to create an adequate military force in this country, and so relieve the fleet from the necessity of protecting us against the possibility of casual invasion and ...

    Article : 53 words
  37. THE RISE OF DEMOCRACY.

    It is not an inequality of individual worth or wealth which the poor resent, but rather inequality or opportunity in the things that make up the worth of human life. And to ...

    Article : 94 words
  38. SISTERS OF FANCY.

    The distinction between literature and journalism has long since broken down. They both have too much imagination to be kept really separate. ...

    Article : 27 words
  39. "LEST WE FORGET."

    We are owners to-day of the greatest Empire the world has ever seen, but we must not forget that as it was won by blood so it may be lost by failure to appreciate that there ...

    Article : 59 words
  40. GOULBURN MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.

    The first meeting of the newly-elected committee was held on Thursday evening, Mr. J. Turner, president, in the chair. Mr. Turner was congratulated on his first appearance in the ...

    Article : 202 words
  41. THE REASON.

    It is not conceivable that these new nations which have sprung up all over the earth, attached though they be to the British Crown, can all have a uniformity of interest with the ...

    Article : 162 words
  42. Advertising

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