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  2. A REMARKABLE OPERA

    First produced at the Royal Opera, Vienna, in 1762, Gluck's "Orpheus" still ranks as one of the world's great musical masterpieces. But[?] although regularly performed ...

    Article : 1,002 words
  3. ART IN AMERICA.

    [Mr. Charles Lloyd Jones has written a series of impressions of Art in America for the "Sydney Morning Herald," of which this is the first. Mr. Lloyd Jones is a trustee of the National Art Gallery ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,372 words
  4. "WHERE VENICE SAT IN STATE, THRONED ON HER HUNDRED ISLES." —Byron.

    This view of the Grand Canal shows the Palazzo Franchetti on the left and the church of Santa Maria della Saluta on the right. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 35 words
  5. TRAVEL SKETCHES.

    After our first visit to Florence in 1905[?] we left on April 29 by the 10.40 train for Venice[?] meeting on the station Lady Suttor and the two Misses Suttor, of Sydney, who were ...

    Article : 1,401 words
  6. THE BRITANNIA.

    This year is not only King George's twentyfifth on the Throne[?] it is the twenty-fifth also of England's sailor King's ownership of his famous cutter Britannia[?] admit[?]edly the ...

    Article : 1,476 words
  7. MUOGAMARRA.

    Leaving the train to dive recklessly into murky tunnels on its way to Hawkesbury River from Cowan[?] you follow the smooth[?] white road that leads past sandstone ...

    Article : 606 words
  8. THE SILVER JUBILEE.

    Monday, May 6, was the twenty-fifth anniversary of his Majesty King George V[?]'s accession to the Throne. King George was born on June 6, 1865, and is the son of the ...

    Article : 419 words
  9. VICTOR HUGO.

    The fiftieth anniversary of the death of Victor Hugo[?] together with the screening of "Les Miserables," has revived interest in this great man. ...

    Article : 1,180 words
  10. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    A centipede said to a worm one day. "I'll race you up to the wall." Said the worm[?] "That's not fair—you have legs by the pair— ...

    Article : 180 words
  11. WHY SHOULD THEY?

    We go to the Zoo by boat and train[?] By tram, and car[?] and bus. And we know what we think of the animals, But what do they think of us? ...

    Article : 144 words
  12. TWO CHINA DOGS.

    The two little china dogs in a basket which comprise our breakfast cruet[?] are great favourites of mine. They gaze with such life-like devotion over the rim of the basket, their heads ...

    Article : 218 words
  13. THE "BABY" CAR.

    Johnny had a "baby" car. A lovely shade of blue, And every where that Johnny went The little car went too. ...

    Article : 87 words
  14. ROVER SCOUTS.

    In one of the larger islands of the Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden, the second International Rover Scout Jamboree is being held from July 29 to August 5. The first ...

    Article : 565 words
  15. WOOTIE.

    Large, fat and lo[?]dly. Wootie is the friend and host of everyone who visits the hotel where he lives[?] and although a little strict in enforcing anything he wishes to be done[?] his ...

    Article : 270 words
  16. A BOY'S WISH.

    I wish that every orange tree Were winged, instead of rooted[?] I wish that there were apple trees That aeroplaned, or scooted. ...

    Article : 91 words
  17. SNOW BERRY.

    Yesterday in a Sydney florist's window I unexpectedly came across a huge bowl of Tasmanian Snow Berry. It was an arresting sight in a perfectly beautiful setting. ...

    Article : 171 words
  18. TRAGEDY.

    I had a little match-box boat[?] I watched it dip and spin and float On each Pacific wave, But[?] then it sprung a leak or two ...

    Article : 42 words
  19. FIVE INTO ONE.

    A very interesting bird phenomenon was discovered a few years ago when a huge dead white-gum[?] struck by lightning, crashed to the ground. ...

    Article : 246 words
  20. SCENE FROM THE HEIGHTS OF MUOGAMARRA.

    Long Island and the curving Hawkesbury form a fair vista. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 16 words
  21. THE SEEKERS.

    Out of the wilderness, out of the places Where man goes naked 'twixt life and death (Two dark mountains with pitiless faces, Where, like a trapped bird, flutters the ...

    Article : 195 words
  22. LEST WE FORGET.

    Lest we forget[?] we fashion towers of stone, Or mould in bronze a record of the years So full of wanton sacrifice and tears: Lest we forget the dynasties o'erthrown.[?] ...

    Article : 104 words
  23. THESE ABIDE.

    Always there will be Shimmer of moonlit sea, Music of children's mirth. Spring, and a gladdened earth, ...

    Article : 68 words
  24. TOIL.

    The humble artisan who finds In doing meagre toil, delight, May know contentment more than he who struggles to Parnassus height. ...

    Article : 27 words
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