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  2. Scientific and Useful.

    THE medical profession is recognised by law. It is authorised to demand some proof from those who practise the art, that they have studied its principles, and ...

    Article : 1,109 words
  3. Brisbane Water Supply.

    THE Board of Waterworks are now taking delivery of seventy-eight tons of piping for the new main, ex Lizzie Iredale. In addition to the plain piping, the same vessel ...

    Article : 430 words
  4. The Naturalist.

    Sacred Kingfisher.—This species has a very extensive range, being found in all parts of this continent, but not in Tasmania. It is pretty plentiful in the southern parts in spring and ...

    Article : 2,261 words
  5. The Miner.

    A BUNDABERG correspondent writes to us (Mount Perry Mail) as follows:—Our district was visited last week by Mr. Gregory, C.M.G., whose report will settle the question of whether ...

    Article : 133 words
  6. Look after the Eyes.

    MULTITUDES of men and women have made their eyes weak for life by the too free use of eyesight, reading small print and doing fine sewing. In view of these things, it is well to ...

    Article : 231 words
  7. Our Northern Gold-fields.

    THE NORMANBY Diggings, which commence only a few miles eastward of the head waters of the Palmer, and are consequently nearer Cooktown than any portion of the Palmer Gold-field, ...

    Article : 704 words
  8. Quartz at Nanango.

    THE Nanango correspondent of the Queensland Times writes something on July 4 which seems like news. He says:—A meeting was held at the Burnett Inn yesterday for the special ...

    Article : 213 words
  9. Concrete Buildings.

    I CANNOT give what "Bushman" may consider full particulars of the "Tall system" of concrete building. What I have I send, and if the "Tall" is deficient, the others will answer—I ...

    Article : 1,276 words
  10. Grinding Edge-Tools.

    PERHAPS there is no operation which is apparently so simple as this; and yet as it is one on which a great deal of the beauty and exactitude of the work depends, it is really of considerable ...

    Article : 562 words
  11. Tin.

    TAKING into consideration (says our Stanthorpe contemporary) the protracted depression in the tin market, and the fact that the local price for ore is at present as low, if not lower ...

    Article : 1,080 words
  12. The Explorer.

    DEAR SIR,—Being within two days' journey of this place, I thought it prudent to put in and supplement our beef supplies, though far from being short. On leaving Cooktown we passed ...

    Article : 859 words
  13. Cooktown and the Palmer.

    WE are in receipt by the Florence Irving of Cooktown papers to the 3rd instant, from which we make the following extracts:— Through the kindness of a correspondent from ...

    Article : 851 words
  14. Another Gigantic Scheme.

    ONE of the latest proposals put before the great world of science and wealth in London is that a telegraph line should be constructed from Cairo to Cape Town—right through the ...

    Article : 338 words
  15. Wax Candles.

    A WAX candle can never be cast, although it burns so well and melts so easily. It is a curious thing to see how wax candles are made. A lot of cottons are hung upon frames, and covered ...

    Article : 214 words
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