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  2. Ships of the Past.

    Sir,--In your "Ships of the Past" column, Mr. J. M. Joshua asks for information concerning a sailing ship which bore his own name and initials, and I am glad ...

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  3. CONFIDENCES.

    IT is by general consent voted a mean thing to listen surreptitiously to private conversations, but, accepting the popular verdict as being in the main ...

    Article : 1,092 words
  4. LENTEN CUSTOMS.

    THE early evolution of practices that we find established in our modern times is always a phenomenon worthy of study. None more so than the ...

    Article : 969 words
  5. Dead Man's Manor.

    During the course of the afternoon, as Roderick made his way back to Leybourne he turned the matter over and over again in his mind. It was a pity ...

    Article : 1,031 words
  6. The World of Science.

    FOR more than 20 years Professor P. W. Bridgman, of Harvard university, has been an acknowledged authority and leader in experimental ...

    Article : 1,396 words
  7. NEW DATA ON CORROSION.

    Almost two years ago in these columns I gave a general account of some of the factors that determine the ordinary corrosion of metals. In particular, ...

    Article : 1,006 words
  8. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--In your issue of 1st February Mr. J. M. Joshua asks if anyone remembers the sailing ship J. M. Joshua. I remember her well when Joshua Bros, were ...

    Article : 166 words
  9. Southhampton.

    Sir,--My grandfather reached Melbourne in the sailing ship Southampton about May. 1855. As little seems to have been said about this ship in the ...

    Article : 65 words
  10. ALMA-TADEMA.

    Centenaries and celebrations of all kinds are so popular in these days that it is rather surprising (reflects a correspondent of the Manchester ...

    Article : 242 words
  11. CAPTAIN BLIGH'S HUT.

    There is an interesting, if slight, connection between the mutiny on the Bounty, which through a film is again in the news, and the London Missionary ...

    Article : 239 words
  12. Wreck of the London.

    Sir,--In reply to "P.B." I enclose song. Loss of the London, several verses of which I have quite forgotten. At the time. I was a boy living in Tasmania:-- ...

    Article : 260 words
  13. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--Mr. J. M. Joshua's inquiry re ship J. M. Joshua affords me an opportunity of touching on a subject that has always interested me. When Melbourne ...

    Article : 624 words
  14. Old Vaudeville Artists.

    Sir,--Among the many old favorites of the vaudeville stage of other years, I recall Frank Harvey, a versatile performer, who prevailed with success as ...

    Article : 309 words
  15. Advertising

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    Advertising : 319 words
  16. The Forthcoming Festivals.

    February 26th will be Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, which, for the members of almost every denomination, is the commencement of a period of ...

    Article : 855 words
  17. SCOTTISH MEAD.

    Athol Brose, which Miss Ishbel Mac-Donald sampled in January, when she opened the display of Scottish goods at British Industries House, is a ...

    Article : 165 words
  18. TO SEE THE FUN.

    Joe Porterus leaned across the bar counter towards Roderick. "You see all these customers, Mr. Masters?" he said, indicating the crowded ...

    Article : 1,189 words
  19. TO THE EDITOR OF THE AGE.

    Sir,--I was delighted to read "Old Timer's" letter, under the above heading, in last Saturday's issue of "The Age." In the gay nineties Nhlll was the ...

    Article : 290 words
  20. The Oldest Mail Driver.

    Sir,--A par appeared on Saturday last entitled The Oldest Mail Driver. I did not notice who claimed to be the oldest driver, and am very often asked ...

    Article : 147 words
  21. Lismore.

    Sir,--I came out to Sydney as a boy of ten in a ship called the Lismore, We said good-bye to friends, who were following a week later in the Cutty Sark. ...

    Article : 111 words
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