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  2. ELEGANT SPORT IN JAPAN.

    Long before Soccer or Rugby were ever thought of, or even before William the Conqueror went across the Channel to England, a game of football callecl ...

    Article : 1,592 words
  3. MEN OF IRON.

    A Japanese captain, whom I met in Darwin, summed up the belief of Japanese seamen in the saying: "Wooden ships make men of iron, and ...

    Article : 1,369 words
  4. "THE LOVE OF WIND AND WING."

    This glimpse of seagulls wheeling in a wind over a ruffled surf recalls the line by Kendall which appears above the picture. Together they capture a scene which must often have enchanted holidaymakers on the beaches and the solitary watcher at the cliffs edge, Gulls in graceful fight are difficult to photograph and among birdlovers this view of seven birds so leisurely on the wing is regarded as unique. —FROM THE "SYDNEY MORNING HERALD" ART GALLERY. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 102 words
  5. PEDLAR-POET.

    I have recently been reading an article in an English literary weekly anent the rovings of a pedlar poet, who, after a longlsh exile in New Zealand, ...

    Article : 1,054 words
  6. BIRDSONG AT THE DAWNING.

    The early morning bush chorus of hirds is one of the most delightful Telodies of Nature. It has captured the imagination and consideration of poets, ...

    Article : 1,305 words
  7. ABLE AUTHORS.

    For an Australian novel to be chosen as "The Book of the Month" by the London "Evening Standard" is certainly a feather in the cap of ...

    Article : 991 words
  8. FOR CHILDREN.

    The sun is sinking in the west, And all is quiet and still, Except the distant tinkling bells, That echo round the hill. ...

    Article : 105 words
  9. GLAMIS CASTLE.

    There are, perhaps, no more hairraising ghost stories told about any ancient castle in Scotland than there are about Glamis, the ancestral home ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 691 words
  10. SEA FORTUNE.

    Of all the old steamers that were used 'over a long term of years in the Newcastle and Hunter River trade, none is likely to occupy a more honoured ...

    Article : 1,038 words
  11. CRUMBS-DOWN-THE-BACK.

    hen Anthony Richard is ill in his bed, With pains in the stomach or aches in the head, With coughs in the chest, or with mumps in ...

    Article : 218 words
  12. REGATTA.

    Fluffy c.oudlets skimming by A very blue and hazy sky, Launch and yacht with bunting gay, Racing since the break of day, ...

    Article : 56 words
  13. A DIPLOMAT.

    The popular hero of modern Action is a man who disdains applause, who holds the threads of political movements in his hand, a man whose name stands ...

    Article : 494 words
  14. NOAH'S ARK.

    I sometimes think in bed in the dark, That my room has turned into Noah's Ark; The table's a lion, there's a tiger, too, I've all the animals from the zoo. ...

    Article : 99 words
  15. OF A PET.

    Dear was the treasure, past belief, The black thief stole from me, And laid it in his dismal box, And locked it with his key, ...

    Article : 45 words
  16. INITIATION.

    Like eagles gut Dy the morning, My soaring thoughts did rove; Flashed like a sword my scorning For those who could only love. ...

    Article : 217 words
  17. STRELITZIA.

    You lovely bird-like flow'r! How I have heard you slnglngl Singing In twilight dawn, Your tango petals winging; ...

    Article : 108 words
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