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  2. For the BOYS AND GIRLS

    Nightmare is a sensation in sleep, as if something heavy was sitting on one's breast, formerly supposed to be caused by a monster who actually did this; it ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,038 words
  3. NOTABLE EVENTS

    Alexander Graham Bell will always be remembered as the real father of the first practical electric telephone. He was born in Edinburgh, and was educated at ...

    Article : 307 words
  4. LITERARY COMPETITIONS

    The rain is pouring down. Tinkling on the roof; rushing down the gutters in a little stream; drenching all the flowers till they droop their heads. How ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 856 words
  5. MISSING LETTER

    In the space below a short paragraph has been printed which, at first glance, appears to be unreadable, for a large number of letters ...

    Article : 388 words
  6. WHAT YESTERDAY CAN TELL US

    Mitchell did not discover the mythical "Kindin," but the experience in exploration work which he gained was to stand him in good stead later on. It has ...

    Article : 833 words
  7. SIR RICHARD BOURSE

    Sir Richard Bourke was born in Dublin in 1778, and educated at Westminster and Oxford. He entered the army in 1798. and saw active service in Holland ...

    Article : 436 words
  8. Falkland Island Battle

    In the early days of the World War Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock, with an inferior fleet, attacked Admiral von Spee in the Pacific. The German guns ...

    Article : 259 words
  9. THIS MONTH'S TEST

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 148 words
  10. JUNIOR.—FIRST PRIZE.

    When we look back and think of the great inventions of the 19th century— the locomotive, the steamboat, the electric light, the telegraph, the ocean liner ...

    Article : 673 words
  11. Great Storm of Apia

    R. L. Stevenson wrote many of his most delightful stories in Samoa. His borne overlooked the harbour of Apia, and, on March 15, 1889, he saw ...

    Article : 154 words
  12. David Livingstone

    David Livingstone, the famous missionary and African explorer, was born of humble parents at Blantyre, near Glasgow. At the early age of 10 he ...

    Article : 488 words
  13. Florence Nightingale

    Florence Nightingale was brought, up in Derbyshire. While there she helped a doctor to set the broken leg of a Scotch collie dog, and nursed it ...

    Article : 205 words
  14. ESSAY COMPETITION

    Senior.—Maureen Brownlee, Lutwyche-road, Wooloowin. Subject: The Bush After Rain. Junion—William Norman Schrech ...

    Article : 27 words
  15. Thomas Chalmers

    Thomas Chalmers entered the ministry of the Scottish State Church, which is Presbyterian. When he went to take charge of an important church in ...

    Article : 181 words
  16. SAGACIOUS ELEPHANT

    The elephant's brain is always actively working, and his little eyes take in far more than it is imagined he sees. A circus of animals from Germany was ...

    Article : 144 words
  17. WEEKLY ESSAY

    This competition (for which book prizes will be awarded) will bo continued. Senior and junior competitors to select their own subjects. The ...

    Article : 90 words
  18. IMPOSSIBLE.

    An odd objection to leaving England came from a girl who was offered a situation in New Zealand at good wages. "I should like the money," she said ...

    Article : 98 words
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