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  2. NOTES FOR BOYS.

    "Reg Dalton" (Melbourne) asks what is the best bre[?] of dog rabbiting—one which with a little training would take to the water. What be wants particularly is a dog that will hunt up ...

    Article : 698 words
  3. RUBAL INTERESTS.

    After the bitter experience of the drought the value of lucerne will be more widely appreciated. In its green state and in the form of hay it has been instrumental in ...

    Article : 1,373 words
  4. WAR DAY BY DAY: INGENIOUS DEVICES.

    Particulars were published in the New York "Journal of Commerce" of April 21 of the contract recently awarded by the Imperial Russian Government to the Canadian ...

    Article : 1,210 words
  5. FIGHT FOR ST. MIHIEL.

    An official eye-witness, describing the operations by which the French are mena[?]ing the German positions in the wedge of St. Mihiel, says:— ...

    Article : 627 words
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    —(The Bystander.") PHOTOGRAPH OF A FIELD OF HOLES AND SPIKES PREPARED BY THE TURKS TO CHECK A HOSTILE ADVANCE. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. —(The "Illustraied War News.") THE BRITISH AIRMAN'S WEAPON OF OFFENCE: MARTEN HALE AERIAL BOMBS

    The bombs used with such effect by British naval and military airmen during the war are of the Marten Hale type, as shown in the above photograph. The bomb on the left weighs 20lb., and carries 8lb. of high explosive known as trinitrotolnol. That on the right weighs ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 83 words
  8. The Wrecks of War.

    A simple Croatian peasant soldier, whom I saw at one of the new Invalidenschulen (writes a "Daily Chronicle" correspondent at Vienna), revealed more of the havoc of ...

    Article : 1,408 words
  9. GENERAL TOPICS.

    The question of building a cheap hut, which is of interest to campers, is brought up by queries from "Tals" (East Melbourne). He asks particularly about a log and clay hut for week-ends. ...

    Article : 744 words
  10. AUSTRALIANS WHO HAVE FALLEN.

    CAPTAIN G. C. M. MATHISON (Killed.) LIEUTENANT H. P. ARMSTRONG (Killed.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  11. "No Sentimentality."

    That is the heading to an article in "Der Tag," by Herr Erzberger, one of the leaders of the German "Centre" party, and an [?]conscious humourist above all. His views ...

    Article : 388 words
  12. THE YOUNG MECHANIC.

    "Please don't keep hold of the idea," says "Electron," "that the little aid I am giving to your readers is causing too much trouble—for the satisfaction I have in giving a helping hand more ...

    Article : 288 words
  13. —(The "Illustrated War News.") 1.—Single Arch Bridge.—A—Board to which slabs of gun-cotton are fixed and is suspended under the 3.— with Steel Girders on Piers.—E—Pier. F.—Slabs of gun-cotton. arch. B—Fuze. C—Detonator. G.—Board. HOW IT WORKS: BRIDGE-DESTRUCTION—METHODS USED BY MILITARY ENGINEERS IN THE CASE OF ARCHED BRIDGES AND GIRDER BRIDGES.

    The methods of blowing up a bridge vary according to its character. In the case of arched bridges, if the operation has to be performed quickly, the detonating charge is usually placed on a board slung beneath the crown of the arch (as in Fig. 1), and exploded by a time-fuse. If there is time, the demolition can be accomplished still more effectively by burying the charge in the bridge, say, in three separate sections, as in Fig 2. They can then be exploded electrically at any moment—possibly as the enemy is crossing. Girder-bridges (as in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 186 words
  14. IN THE OPEN AIR.

    The specimen from Yannack North S.S., sent for examination, and found on the twigs of gum trees, is a scale known as Lecanium Bocca[?]ma, much more frequently found, however, on wattles. ...

    Article : 439 words
  15. NO DESIRE FOR REVENGE.

    Owing, doubtless, to the reluctance of all classes to discuss peace, the French press in general refrains from comment on the Pope's invitation to America to take the ...

    Article : 363 words
  16. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ARGUS.

    Sir,—The paragraph in "The Argus" on May 25, under "Rural Interests on Grazing Land," should be read with interest by graziers and farmers in the northern ...

    Article : 336 words
  17. GERMANS DRIVEN INSANE.

    A despatch from Lausanne, Switzerland, says that the "National-Suisse" of that city quotes Professor Gaupp, a distinguished nerve specialist of Tubingen, as calling ...

    Article : 272 words
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