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  2. CANADA'S PIG OF RENOWN.

    On the Pacific Coast of Canada lies a little island where America and Britain once nearly went to war—over a pig. Its name is San ...

    Article : 759 words
  3. CIRCULAR QUAY FIFTY YEARS AGO.

    This photograph, taken by Mr. Sid W. Jackson in 1891, shows the old prison hulk Success moored at Circular Quay. The story of the ship is briefly told in an accompanying article. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 37 words
  4. REICH "WINDOW DRESSING" GREETS VISITORS.

    War-time Germany puts on an excellent "front." Time and again in the months since the war began visiting businessmen and bankers, high-powered "special" writers coming in fora quick "survey," editors, super-tourists and just plain curiosity hunters have arrived in Berlin, spent a few days or weeks and rushed out to report that ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,643 words
  5. CYPRUS IN THE WAR.

    Cyprus came into the news in the very early stages of this war when the island provided the first contingent of Colonial troops to land in France. When Siegfried and Maginot were scowling at each other, and doing precious little else, 1,100 ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 882 words
  6. THE BRAIN BEHIND THE PARATROOPS.

    When the King saw a large force of Britain's paratroops in rcaliatic exercises last week, he was witnessing the results of the leadership and organising genius of Squadron-Leader Louis Arbon Strange. D.S.O., M.C., D.F.C., whose past adventures in the air ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 910 words
  7. A ROMANCE OF THE CEDARS.

    It dates, this romance of the Australian Cedars, to one hundred years ago—to 1841. But that was not the beginning of the romance ...

    Article : 456 words
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  9. THE PRISON HULKI "SUCCESS."

    Success was her name, but success was not her destiny unless notoriety both as a prison hulk and "show" boat can be counted as ...

    Article : 362 words
  10. ST. MILDRED'S AND AUSTRALIA

    London's city churches, after escaping the vicissitudes of time and threats of demolition, are now disappearing with distressing frequency amidst the havoc of war. They were regarded as enduring monuments symbolising the reverence of generations ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 642 words
  11. ATHENAEUM CLUB

    The impending demolition of the Athenaeum Chambers in Castlereagh Street, between Hunter, Street and Martin Place, brings to ...

    Article : 324 words
  12. OUTLOOK.

    "There's Poetry in Winter-time," The one man blithely said, "When Rain, like splintered silver, falls, And leaves whirl overhead. ...

    Article : 88 words
  13. PAYING INTEREST.

    Worry is interest paid on trouble before it falls due. ...

    Article : 15 words
  14. WAS DRAKE'S DRUM HEARD AGAIN?

    Drake he was a Devon man, an' ruled the Devon Seas, (Capten, art tha' sleepin' there below?) ...

    Article : 630 words
  15. FIRST GASLIGHT.

    Apropos of the reference on this page to the centenary of the use of gas in Sydney, it is interesting to note that in the old Bunnerong ...

    Article : 169 words
  16. THEY NEVER TIRE.

    Travellers and explorers have often called Ethiopia "the land without time and hunger." Probably they wanted to say that the ...

    Article : 169 words
  17. HONEST ROBBERS.

    Raids on other Arab tribes are conducted under regular rules. They fight, of course, but a man who has fallen from his horse ...

    Article : 125 words
  18. REPAIRS A LA RUSSE.

    "One of the streets near the station had been completely blocked by a column of huge (Russian) military lorries. One had broken ...

    Article : 137 words
  19. MARTIN PLACE.

    The spirit of a city that is great Must, like a great and individual soul, Know the extremities of pain and mirth; So when I see the slope of Martin Place, ...

    Article : 79 words
  20. CHALLENGE.

    'Tis not so much that we have underrated Aggressors' skill and might of Iron hand, But rather, man so oft degenerated ...

    Article : 35 words
  21. TRUE GRAVITY.

    It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression that would do credit to any college ...

    Article : 46 words
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