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  2. HISTORIC FRANCE

    Miss L. E. Nicholson to-day commences it series of interesting descriptive articles telling of a recent tour of France in company with Mrs. A. ...

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  3. LEAVES FROM OLD FILES

    Miners' Aggregate Meeting.—A strike was decided upon at an aggregate meeting of the miners held at Wallsend. This resulted from the proposed reductions in ...

    Article : 1,303 words
  4. FOREIGN AFFAIRS

    Lord Morley, when he occupied the office of Secretary of State for India, ventured as his opinion that the day would never dawn when India would be fit to enjoy ...

    Article : 1,262 words
  5. ORIENTAL FOCHS

    The cable news during the week of a recrudescence of guerilla warfare in China recalled vivid memories to the Rev. H. S. Bailey, Chaplain of the Missions to ...

    Article : 574 words
  6. A LONDON LETTER

    No statesman of modern times has had a longer and more varied and more distinguished career than Arthur James, Earl of Balfour. As a Parliamentarian, ...

    Article : 327 words
  7. BOOK REVIEWS

    "Knocking Round" is a 160-page compilation of tales and sketches by Professor J. le Gay Brereton, well-known in Sydney literary and University life. The ...

    Article : 434 words
  8. 25 YEARS AGO

    New Zealand Visitors.—The Postmaster-General of New Zealand (Sir Joseph Ward), and the Managing-Director of the Union S.S. Co., Mr. James Mills, who ...

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  9. THE ARMY'S NEW RIFLES.

    Two newly-invented rapid-fire rifles are being considered for adoption by the War Office as soon as it became economically possible to rearm British troops. One ...

    Article : 283 words
  10. A GENIAL CHARACTER.

    In public life, there was a certain ruthlessness about Lord Balfour. If anybody stood in the way of what he considered the well-being of the party as a whole, ...

    Article : 363 words
  11. EXPERIMENTS WITH SLOTTED WINGS.

    A number of interesting experiments with civil and military aircraft will be carried out by the Air Ministry during the next few months. In the military ...

    Article : 233 words
  12. A RUBY M. AYRES.

    "One Summer," by Ruby M. Ayres, a copy of which comes from Hodder and Stoughton. London, through Mr. W. E. Smart, Sydney, makes another success in ...

    Article : 191 words
  13. A "WILD WEST" TALE.

    From Hunter the stationer a copy has been received of "Young Lightning." a stirring wild west novel by Charles Wesley Sanders. It is vigorous in action. ...

    Article : 184 words
  14. THE BRITISH ARTISTS' EXHIBITION.

    Sir Martin Conway and Sir Robert Witt have issued an interesting report on the first three years' achievement of the movement which Sir Joseph Duveen founded ...

    Article : 305 words
  15. PLANS THAT FAILED

    When the United States Farm Board got to work last year it had a financial backing in State guaranteed funds of £100,000,000. A portion of that sum (how ...

    Article : 605 words
  16. A GRAND OLD SPORTSMAN.

    The Earl of Coventry was the "father" of the House of Lords, and one of the most famous sportsmen in this country. He would have been 92 on May 9. It ...

    Article : 452 words
  17. THE NEW CUNARDER.

    For many months there have been rumours that the Cunard Company intend to lay down a new liner, and much has been said of her size, length, and speed. ...

    Article : 323 words
  18. MOTOR DRIVERS AND PHYSICAL FITNESS.

    When the Road Traffic Bill becomes law the question of physical fitness of drivers will be the subject of discussions between the Minister of Transport and motoring ...

    Article : 265 words
  19. THE CHANNEL TUNNEL.

    A period of 60 years has passed since the project of a railway tunnel under the Straits of Dover began to be actively discussed. The pros and cons were ...

    Article : 262 words
  20. NEW MEDICAL DISCOVERIES.

    Two important results of medical research are announced—the discovery of a new anaesthetic and the tracking down of a virulent disease germ. By ...

    Article : 357 words
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