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  2. BEERSHEBA.

    October 31, 1917, will go down in war history as one of the most famous dates. It was on this day that the flank of the Ottoman forces that stood astride the approaches to Jerusalem ...

    Article : 1,130 words
  3. POLAND.

    The problem of Polish independence, the anniversary of which is celebrated to-day underwent many vicissitudes and transformations during the Great War. Since the valiant ...

    Article : 1,261 words
  4. A WAR TROPHY IN A PEACEFUL SETTING.

    The captured German gun stands in front of old timbered houses in the picturesque village of Yalding, Kent. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 27 words
  5. MONGOLIA.

    This is the second of two articles by our Pelping correspondent describing a journey into the border lands of Mongolia, an area of possible future conflict owing to the growing clash of Chinese Russian, ...

    Article : 1,209 words
  6. COOK'S KETTLE

    Without giving so apparently trivial a matter any special consideration, one would imagine that a spirit lamp on a stand and its brass, copper, or silver kettle were quite ...

    Article : 1,381 words
  7. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    The whip-bird, the whip-bird. Hear the silver lash Swinging up the hillside, half a mile away. Where the rosy dawn-mist ...

    Article : 111 words
  8. JACARANDA TREE.

    All the year she is beautiful-beautiful as a woman in the first flush of youth. In the winter, her massive silver bole against the mellowed red brick of the house wall, her ...

    Article : 634 words
  9. DOLLS' WASHING DAY.

    I loved Dolls' washing day. It gave such a motherly, important kind of feeling. I loved to wash and scrub at imaginary spots, that never seemed to come off, to ...

    Article : 401 words
  10. HAMPDEN.

    When Thomas Gray wrote of Some village Hampden that with dauntless breast. The little tyrant of his fields withstood. it was a sound instinct tnat made him pick ...

    Article : 1,137 words
  11. TREE SONGS.

    The Sheoak is a mother tree, Her little babes to rest She loves to hush and fondle As she rocks them on her breast; ...

    Article : 96 words
  12. THE GIRAFFE.

    The poor giraffe will seldom laugh, He has to bear a lot of chaff. Because his neck is elongated He is to be commiserated. ...

    Article : 77 words
  13. DICKIE'S WISH.

    Dickie is a small boy of five, with dark curly hair and dreaming wondering eyes, which are the colour of violets. Ever since he was old enough to reason, ...

    Article : 374 words
  14. LULLABIES.

    Sometimes at night the wind will croon A lullaby for the baby-moon, In its silv'ry cradle sinking to rest Among the stars in the far-off west! ...

    Article : 78 words
  15. GALLIPOLI HERO.

    The heroism of John Simpson Kirkpatrick, better known to Anzacs as "the man with the donkey," may yet be recognised by the erection in Melbourne of a monument. ...

    Article : 426 words
  16. THE ARMISTICE.

    Just when the long-continued strain of the war seemed well nigh unbearable, there came sudden news of the Armistice. The joyful rumour circulated rapidly, and everyone was ...

    Article : 346 words
  17. THE GANG-GANG COCKATOO.

    The Gang-Gang CocKatoo Makes a terrible to-do, Because he is an anarchist And bolshevistic, too. ...

    Article : 67 words
  18. "CEASE FIRE."

    On November 8, 1918, the news was circulated throughout Australia that the war had ceased, and Armistice negotiations were in Progress But it was not until Monday, ...

    Article : 288 words
  19. "SIMPSON" AND HIS DONKEY.

    One of the heroes of early days on Gallipoli. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 14 words
  20. THE HOUSE ON THE HILL.

    High it stands against the sky, four square to every wind that blows. All around it are green undulating pastures; its broad garden runs down to the paddocks, and the paddocks ...

    Article : 314 words
  21. MORT MEMORIAL.

    Standing on a slight eminence on the outskirts of Bodalla, on the far South Coast of New South Wales, the Mort Memorial Church keeps watch and ward over the little village ...

    Article : 224 words
  22. TWO MINUTES' SILENCE.

    Two minutes' silence, a whole nation pauses Of what are thev thinking each one with bowed head? Some may be cursing the war and its causes ...

    Article : 112 words
  23. I ASK YOU, DEATH!

    (These lines were written by a 2nd Battalion Digger-only a boy-during the first days of the Landing.) When thou shalt visit me. ...

    Article : 90 words
  24. WHEN I AM GONE.

    When I am gone, fear not to say my name, Nor speak of me in muted tones. As if it were a shame For one to die. ...

    Article : 71 words
  25. DAWNING.

    Rose-pink on the brow of the morning. Grey-blue on the breast of the sea. The stars of the Cross are but phantoms, And day from night's bondage breaks free. ...

    Article : 32 words
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