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  2. SCIENCE AND NATURE.

    The planet Venus, which may be observed in the eastern sky prior to daybreak, is to us the brighest object in the heavens, after the sun and moon. At times it can be seen in ...

    Article : 1,189 words
  3. JOSEPH HENRY.

    Outside the realms of scientific institutions very little attention is given to the historical side of great scientific achievements which have, through their development, produced ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,012 words
  4. BOOK-PLATES.

    The study of book-plates has a fascinating interest for all who undertake it. Not only are these printed labels, which indicate ownership in an individual volume, attractive in ...

    Article : 808 words
  5. ACROSS AUSTRALIA.

    The approval of the North Australian Commission has to be obtained for the employment of natives. The employer is required to clothe and feed them, and provide a weekly cash ...

    Article : 1,317 words
  6. A REMARKABLE COASTAL HEADLAND.

    The Skillion, at Terrigal, near Gosford. The headland is so named from its resemblance to a "lean-to" shed attached to a building. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    Captain Noah was not in an amiable mood; He complained of the weather, the work, and the food. "This cruise isn't all it was cracked up to be. ...

    Article : 173 words
  8. MY OLD SCHOOL BOOKS.

    They lie together on the shelves of the cupboard, arranged in orderly piles undisturbed from one month to another. If we could say that knowledge shines in ...

    Article : 384 words
  9. CHARLES YOUNGER.

    "The moving finger writes, and having writ, moves on." Just 100 years ago, on December l8, 1832, Charles Younger, the founder of the family of that name, landed in Sydney. ...

    Article : 932 words
  10. HELM ORDERS.

    Midnight on December 31 inst. will witness the reversal of the meaning of the old helm orders, port and starboard, familiar to seamen the world over for the past two or three ...

    Article : 1,059 words
  11. GREEN AND GOLD.

    To-day I walked down the gully to see how the flowers had survived the deluge. Three weeks ago, when I walked there, the wet spell had just begun, and the buds were beginning ...

    Article : 584 words
  12. "THE BABY."

    Baby, in her little cot, Sits up and crows at me; She thinks I'm funny, but I'm not, I'm very grave, you see. ...

    Article : 108 words
  13. EMILY GAP, MACDONNELL RANGES, CENTRAL AUSTRALIA.

    One of a number of gaps, or natural gateways, through the Macdonnells. The recently extended railway from Oodnadatta passes through one of these gaps to the terminus at Alice Springs, a mile or two beyond. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 41 words
  14. LOTUS LAND.

    At 12 o'clock the exodus from shop and office begins, and along the streets come the regular army of lunchers. Fortified by suitcases and packets and paper bags, they converge ...

    Article : 362 words
  15. FOUND.

    Mrs. Kangaroo had lost her Teddy. Frantically she hopped about the bushland looking for him: separating undergrowth, seeking here, there, and everywhere and calling, ...

    Article : 194 words
  16. THE BACKYARD HEN.

    Some people do not seem too sure About the term most fitting, To use when broodies are on eggs, Whether it's sett or sitt-ing. ...

    Article : 127 words
  17. THE SKILLION.

    The bold, rocky headland known as The Skillion is one of the best-known and most remarkable formations on the coast between Broken Bay and Newcastle. The Skillion is ...

    Article : 247 words
  18. THE EVENING OF LIFE.

    Now strife is o'er and only peace is left— Peace, and the drowsy hours of quiet days; We who are now of all our dreams bereft. Now, like the sleepy flowers, can stand and ...

    Article : 223 words
  19. WHEN A BIRD SINGS A SONG.

    When a bird sings a song, I like to suppose It tells of the joy a bird only knows, When high on a bough it perches and swings, Or travels the air on its own pair of wings! ...

    Article : 108 words
  20. A LIFE-LONG LOVE BANQUET.

    Come! Sweetheart mine, can we not smile? The whole world's made for you and me. A lengthy lane, a merry mile Of years, we'll take in harmony. ...

    Article : 172 words
  21. TIBBY AND HIS BEAUTIFUL TAIL.

    Tibby was a little grey mouse. He lived with his mother and father in a tiny hole, just outside the pantry door. Everyone admired Tibby, because of his lovely long tail. ...

    Article : 155 words
  22. ONCE AND FOREVER.

    As is the ardour of the thought, So shall the soul's attainment be— Ah! love, what miracles are wrought Alone through thy deep ecstasy! ...

    Article : 110 words
  23. SURFERS' SONG.

    Oh! sing a song of beaches, Blue skies and summer sun: A silver song that reaches The hearts of everyone. ...

    Article : 69 words
  24. JACARANDA TREE, TRAFALGARSTREET.

    O hurrying feet, who, passing by this way. Tread petals into mud and soiling slime. Crushing their tenderness, while swift you climb ...

    Article : 73 words
  25. CONFIDENCE.

    Defeat, I fear you not; Your bluff I call. Defeat, vainly you plot And seek my fall. ...

    Article : 37 words
  26. FANTASY.

    Hot noon—a sky of fleckless blue. The shrilling of the locusts stilled; With beauty all the world is filled— I dream of loveliness—and you! ...

    Article : 29 words
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