Snow Sports in Australia At Kosciusko And Beyond
Australia hosts alpine activities with Kiandra on skis delivering mail and children going to school. Mt Kosciusko in New South Wales, part of the Australian Alps, draws visitors for skiing skating and tobogganing, while hotels rise at 5000 feet. Tasmania also offers ice there are rinks in Adelaide Melbourne and Sydney for early practice.
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Australia
Kiandra
New South Wales
Switzerland
Tasmania
Adelaide
Melbourne
Sydney
Alps
Family Quarrels and Self Opinion
A mother questions why her children quarrel and the daughter jokes that she mimics the mother while the boy copies the father. The speaker notes that most people overrate their own opinions of themselves.
History of safety lamps for miners
A Royal Institution lecture by Sir John Cadman surveys the evolution of miners lamps from Davy through late improvements. It notes flame safety via wire gauze, methane indicators, and various design tweaks, while warning that coal dust now poses the greatest explosion risk and that light levels remained a challenge.
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Sir John Cadman
Birmingham University
Royal Institution
Sir John
Cadman
England
Humphrey Davy
John
Davy
Mueseler
W. Best
EB. A. Hailwood
F. HB. Patterson
Clowes
Old Ladysmith business sold to Barratt and Rogers
John Bickle sells his Ladysmith store to Barratt and Rogers of the city. The new firm will move stock from Gatacre Street to First Avenue, with R. E. Weaver joining the business. Bickle, active 19 years in Ladysmith, will retire from the sign and storefront he has run since early years.
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Gatacre Street
John
Ladysmith
Wellington
Bickle
126 Years Old Englishman Dies in Nebraska
Thomas Morris, an English immigrant aged 126, died in Winsley Nebraska. He came to America 50 years ago and recalled Waterloo and the Wellington welcome demonstrations. He never married and remained true to his first sweetheart who died over a century ago.
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Thomas Morris
Winsley
Nebraska
Morris
America
Waterloo
Wellington
England
Druggist Boasts Stock in Trade and Yields to Challenge
A druggist boasts to friends that his shelves are perfectly stocked and he has every spirit. He is challenged to prove it and leaves to fetch his wife and return with proof of the collection.
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Frost’s Pharmacy
Rexall
Cumberland
B.C
Hensley Henson
Durham
The
Moderation League
Hastings St. W
Vancouver
WM. Henderson
Henderson
Bessie
Willard
Aeagon
Allis-Chalmers
Apex
Apperson Armieder Atterbury
Auburn
Austin
Colonial Comet
Commerce Commodor Cunninghs Daniels Dart Dependab
Diamond ' Dixie Flye Dodge Dorris Fargo Fergus Ferris
FWD
Franklin Fulton Garford
Gmc Giant Glide Great Western
Cannonball Capitol
Chevrolet
Clydesdale
Cole Collier
HCS
Hurlburt Hawkeye
T! Henney Highway
Holmes Holt Hupmobil
Indiana Internatic
I. H
Kissel Koehler
Mitchell Murray McFarlan
McLaughlin Napoleon Nash Nelson
Sula
Ed Ru
Nelson & LeMa Noble Northwa Ogren Old Hick
Olds Oneida
Paige Parker
Peerless
Peugeot
Pierce-Arrow Premier
Preston Ranier
Republic
ReVere Riddle Robinson
RG V
Knight Sandow
Sayers
Seagrave
Selden Service
Shelby Signal
Singer
Southern Standard
Stanley Studebaker
Stutz
Sunbeam
Tarkington
Tiffin Titan Tow Motor ‘Transport
Trayler
Ultimate
Vele Vulcan
Nanaimo, B.C
Murphy
O'Grady
Simon Leiser and Company, Ltd
Shiloh
U Walt
Phillips
Jas. C. Allan Cor
Prideaux & Fitzwilliam Sts
Nanaimo, B. C
New Home Bakery
J. Halliday
Dunsmuir Ave
Vendome Restaurant
Marocchi Bros
Grocers
Cumberland and Courtenay, B.C
Sandy Chapman Union Bay
British Columbia Telephone Co
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