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  2. OLD PARRAMATTA.

    Old Parramatta steps forward. Another page in its romantic story will have been added when The King's School celebrates its centenary. ...

    Article : 1,016 words
  3. MUSIC.

    We cannot all be prima donnas or master musicians, but most of us can and do get considerable enjoyment from music. Even the terrible ogre "depression" was powerless ...

    Article : 1,523 words
  4. THE CHAPEL, THE KING'S SCHOOL, PARRAMATTA.

    The King's School will celebrate its centenary on Saturday next, February 13. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 18 words
  5. CITY OF SURPRISES.

    The scene is Nanking-road, the centre of the Foreign Settlement. A luxurious sedan car draws up to the sidewalk and a stalwart Russian bodyguard opens the door for a ...

    Article : 981 words
  6. THE KING'S SCHOOL

    A hundred years ago to-day there were two people in Parramatta who probably had a good deal of anxious thought as to what that day next week was to do for them. For on ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,514 words
  7. OUR NATIVE BIRDS.

    Bird life anywhere out on our western plains and scrub is regulated by the absence or the presence of waterholes. Most of the large holdings have excavated tanks, dug out on ...

    Article : 1,001 words
  8. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    (The following lines were written for the Public School Amateur Athletic Association by Mr. H. E. Horne. M.L.C., and have been set to music by Mr. H. F. Treharne, superintendent of music in the ...

    Article : 246 words
  9. HAUNTED.

    Like civilised peoples, the Australian aboriginals have their haunted places, but, though we as the superior race, are apt to laugh at the superstitions of our dark-skinned ...

    Article : 826 words
  10. THISTLEDOWN.

    With every influx of thistledown into Sydney and the suburbs, my mind drifts back to childhood days when I failed to grasp the idea of folk calling thistledown "robbers." In ...

    Article : 449 words
  11. MY UMBRELLA.

    1 had a nice umbrella To shield me from the rain; A tassel of rosella Hung from its crook of cane. ...

    Article : 99 words
  12. MRS. NOAH'S SHOPPING.

    "All ashore," called Captain Noah. It is time the Ark was starting; For I fear," he cried, "we'll miss the tide. If we are not soon departing." ...

    Article : 178 words
  13. THE STREETON PICTURES.

    The Streeton Pictures have gonel We do not like losing what we have enjoyed for two months. "Yes, they've gonel" said the attendant. "They've gone for everl" But the ...

    Article : 476 words
  14. THOMASO.

    Every one who saw him loved him. When visitors were seated in the lounge, Thomasa would walk in, stop, and look up into each face, arid, in cat language, say, "Here comes ...

    Article : 269 words
  15. WINCHESTER.

    As the capital city of England, Winchester antedates London, and but for its convenient position for enemy raids by sea it might have remained so. Winchester, or Caer Gwent, ...

    Article : 471 words
  16. NO MANNERS.

    My turtle has no manners. When eating meat or bread He takes the hugest mouthfuls— They're bigger than his head l ...

    Article : 45 words
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    The old King's School in George-street, Parramatta. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 9 words
  18. WERE I A GOD.

    Where I a god, supreme for one great hour, Were I a god, possessed of mighty power, Could I create a finer world than this? A realm of beauty, filled with hopes of bliss. ...

    Article : 179 words
  19. THE CUP THAT CHEERS.

    Pour, varlet, pour the water. The water steaming hotl A spoonful for each man of us. Another for the potl ...

    Article : 83 words
  20. GOOD-BYE.

    I say Goodbye! Alas, too well I know You care not if I linger near, or go. Oft-times I'll see you; often we may meet. And always you will smile at me, and greet ...

    Article : 73 words
  21. MY VIOLET.

    Shakespeare, the greatest thief that ever yet Purloin'd for beauty its best epithet, Call'd you a little nodding thing; the debt All mortals owe him never can be met. ...

    Article : 78 words
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