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  2. THE FIRST SUNDAY.

    On Sunday, February 3, 1788, eight days after the official landing from the First Fleet, Governor Phillip essembled the troops and convicts under a great tree while the Rev. ...

    Article : 1,564 words
  3. BRIDGE.

    Among the many ways of entertaining bridge players of varying degices of skill for an afternoon tea or a dinner bridge, one that is rapidly becoming very popular is called flag, or ...

    Article : 463 words
  4. SEA OFFICERS.

    Before discussing the "lieutenant" it will be better to say a few words about the "commander," a title not introduced into the British Royal Navy till soon after 1567; but in that ...

    Article : 1,585 words
  5. LADY SILVER-EYE.

    Those who love Nature know that she has not only books in her running brooks and sermons in her stones, but tongues in all her trees. And of late it has seemed as though ...

    Article : 865 words
  6. ENTRANCE TO PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR, 1832.

    1 ype of cutter for naval and revenue service commanded by a lieutenant. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 18 words
  7. THE ALTRUIST.

    The issue of "Punch" for December 21 last puts, quietly but firmly, before its readers a subject too often forgotten—the legitimate self-interests of Great Britain. A cartoon by ...

    Article : 420 words
  8. FUZZY.

    I found Fuzzy on the verandah one very wet day. She is a nut-brown squirrel, and when found her she seemed unhappy, and dragged her body along the tiles in a curious way. She ...

    Article : 384 words
  9. SCIENCE AND NATURE.

    Scientists have recently turned their attention to the human sense of equilibrium—that is the faculty possessed by the individual of being able to tell the position of one's body ...

    Article : 1,182 words
  10. FOR THE CHILDREN. MIDGIT LAND.

    O children, come, let us away To Midgit Land beneath our feet. We'll crawl upon the ground to-day, And when we're tired we'll take a seat ...

    Article : 213 words
  11. TONGAN VISITORS.

    Though the Sydney of 1933 has much to offer that will be new to the Crown Prince Taufa'ahau, and his father, Prince Uliame Tugi, Premier of the Island Kingdom, the ...

    Article : 1,182 words
  12. AT THE BENCH.

    A carpenter's? Quite a respectable trade, Tho' I doubt if it's frightfully lavishly paid. And don't forget this, that it's not one for fools, As some skill is required in using the tools, ...

    Article : 249 words
  13. GREY MAGIC.

    Although it was Saturday, there were not many cars on the road—apparently they had all gone surfwards. So we had a fair field as we skimmed swiftly along the Pacific ...

    Article : 686 words
  14. A FAR-TRAVELLED BOOK.

    I recently purchased a book in a secondhand shop, and on the inside cover it had a news agent's name and address, the latter being Bombay. So evidently this book. "Holy ...

    Article : 220 words
  15. CHARLES DICKENS.

    On February 7, 1812, was born near Portsmouth, a boy, who was destined to become a star in the firmament of English literature His myriads of readers during the past eight ...

    Article : 338 words
  16. THE CITY BORN DOG.

    Blucher was a city born dog. When he arrived at the farm it was doubtful whether he would live up to the reputation of his namesake; but during his eight years in our village ...

    Article : 180 words
  17. THE ELF.

    I sat upon a moonbeam, And blew the stars away; I painted with my golden brush The first bright gleams of day. ...

    Article : 88 words
  18. WILLIAM MARINER IN TONGAN DRESS.

    A rare illustration from Mariner's famous work on the Tongans. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 15 words
  19. SOUTHWARK CATHEDRAL.

    The ancient shrine of St. Mary Overy, Southwark, contains many memorials which were necessarily overlooked in the recent article dealing with it. And after all, there's ...

    Article : 244 words
  20. SONNET.

    Sweet—for you have been sweet—yet leave me now; Your dancing footsteps down the thieving years. ...

    Article : 120 words
  21. THE WOMAN OF SERENITY.

    Her still, grey eves are quiet as the stars, And God has made her soul a mountain mere; Wherein her little sorrows come and pass, ...

    Article : 118 words
  22. ECHOES.

    With muffled footfall on the Alpine steeps A plaintive yodler pipes a lover's song; And in the depths a rabid bloodhound leaps, While on the heights love's steepled echoes ...

    Article : 112 words
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