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  2. TRAVEL SKETCHES.

    On October 25, 1905, after my first visit to Windsor, I went on from there by train to Oxford, where the next morning I started out, going first to Christ Church ...

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  3. W. C. WENTWORTH.

    Despite its youthfulness as a nation, Australia can number among its sons many men of outstanding ability and public spiritedness whose claim to fame no nation would hesitate ...

    Article : 1,485 words
  4. SPANISH MEMORIES.

    To all those who have had the joy of visiting Spain in the quiet days, it is a nightmare to follow the details of carnage and destruction which daily fill the columns of ...

    Article : 739 words
  5. DARU TO CAPE YORK.

    "We searched the island," says Prado. "We met with a number of women with two men who were guarding them, very well disposed, and one of the men climbed up a high tree ...

    Article : 1,450 words
  6. DETACHMENT OF N.S.W. LANCERS ABOUT TO LEAVE FOR LONDON IN 1897.

    A photograph taken at Victoria Barracks a few days before the men left to take part in the celebration of Queen Victoria's record reign. Lieut. C. F. Cox, in command, is fourth from the left in the front row, with Lieut. F. C. Timothy, second from the left, and Lieut. F. H. King, fifth from the left. Major-General G. French, State Commandant, is standing on the left of the Lancers. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 88 words
  7. "COCKY."

    We once possessed a large cockatoo—a wise bird, of great age, but full of pep and mischief. No one knew just how old he was, but we could trace him back over fifty years, ...

    Article : 457 words
  8. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    A friendly giant called "The Sea," Lay sleeping on the sands; His jerkin sparkling in the sun, With gems from many lands. ...

    Article : 125 words
  9. N.S.W. LANCERS.

    While there are kings there will be coronations. Where there are coronations there will be countless citizens of empire from the other ...

    Article : 1,024 words
  10. JACARANDA FESTIVAL.

    In a few days' time—on November 3, to be exact—Grafton, the beautiful city of trees, will be holding its second Jacaranda festival. This delightful carnival event was inaugurated ...

    Article : 993 words
  11. "QUAKES AHEAD."

    Some years ago Dr. H. T. Steams, a noted American geologist, after a close examination of the thermal belt in New Zealand, expressed the fixed opinion that the pent-up ...

    Article : 714 words
  12. "THE PRAYING MANTIS."

    The Praying Mantis Sits and prays, He often prays For days and days. ...

    Article : 79 words
  13. DREAM BABY.

    Judy Dorothy's small arid sweet, And Judy Dorothy's fair, With laughing eyes and dancing feet, And ruffled golden hair. ...

    Article : 46 words
  14. PANSY, THE FELINE AMAZON.

    Studying the calm, pretty face of Pansy, one would never think she has a warlike nature and revels in fighting dogs. Her kittens being young, a strange dog cannot enter ...

    Article : 172 words
  15. EACH NIGHT.

    When I go up the stairs each, ni[?] And climb into my bed, I snuggle down and pull the sheet 'Way up—over my head! ...

    Article : 59 words
  16. THE CHAPEL, MERTON COLLEGE.

    Merton is one of the oldest colleges in Oxford. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  17. MEMORY OR INSTINCT.

    The subject of an entrance through the [?] Beach into Sydney Harbour has frequently been discussed. My own recollection of the place goes as far back as 1872 or 1873, ...

    Article : 265 words
  18. IN PATHWAYS OF THE AIR.

    O God, for those who speed across Thy wondrous widespread sky Hear now our prayers and watch the ways The airships swiftly fly. ...

    Article : 126 words
  19. THE SPRITE.

    I have fallen in love with a sprite As elusive as flickering light— Now she's here, now away And remote as the ray ...

    Article : 98 words
  20. INCONSISTENCY.

    I gazed on cliffs and marvelled in the thought That winds and rains through ages long had wrought Such deep intaglios there with patient art; ...

    Article : 45 words
  21. THE FIRST BUTTERCUP.

    A buttercup has opened out for me Beneath the shelter of the lemon tree, Her golden varnished petals, ev'ry one To match the glory of the summer sun. ...

    Article : 36 words
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