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  2. BROADCASTING.

    Wellington—New Zealand—a windy day in Cuba-street—dear old wind-swept, hill-crested Wellington, her shores zealously guarded by sentinel mountains, her valleys ...

    Article : 919 words
  3. SHADES OF MEANING.

    The majority of people would like to travel, and would experience the most delicious thrills during the period of preparation, feelings mixed perhaps with the pleasing fear ...

    Article : 1,075 words
  4. SYDNEY 50 YEARS AGO.

    As a native of Sydney and a lifelong resident of one or other of its suburbs, the writer has a vivid remembrance of the life and times and current events of Sydney 50 or more years ...

    Article : 1,542 words
  5. BROKEN BAY FROM WEST HEAD.

    The beautiful estuary of the Hawkesbury seen from a point rarely visited. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 18 words
  6. KINGS I HAVE KNOWN.

    There were Gnarpoora, Kalka-Maroomba, Charlie, and Yannina, with many more, for there are, or have been, more "kings" in this Commonwealth than any other country can ...

    Article : 1,368 words
  7. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    A slender little stalactite Once loved a sturdy stalagmite; And tender words they murmured low Of glittering tyrst true hearts should know. ...

    Article : 164 words
  8. WEST HEAD.

    A rough road branching off from the Pymble to Mona Vale Highway, somewhere in the neighbourhood of Tumble-Down-Dick, leads through part of Kuring-gai Chase to a veritable ...

    Article : 403 words
  9. THE FIGHTING MAORI.

    Delving the other day into some old family records of the Maori war of 1860, I chanced upon an interesting, and hitherto unpublished story of the battle of Waireka (Taranaki), ...

    Article : 580 words
  10. PADDY.

    Paddy, an Airedale, big and powerful, and Fritz, a hybrid Dachshund, long-bodied, long-eared, and bandy-legged, were both residents of Killara. Their respective kennels were only ...

    Article : 337 words
  11. ON STRIKE IN THE ARK.

    Captain Noah had been strolling on deck for awhile, When a first saloon passenger, Claude Crocodile, ...

    Article : 123 words
  12. OUR WRENS.

    Last summer two wrens built their nests in an old fern basket in our bushhouse, one at each side. We called them Tilly and Milly. Tilly was very dainty and vain, took a great ...

    Article : 348 words
  13. IDA.

    Oh, I'd a duck, an eider duck, Whose Christian name was Ida, Who t'other week sailed down the creek To see if it was wider. ...

    Article : 74 words
  14. LEICHHARDT.

    With reference to Professor J. Le Gay Brereton's remarks concerning the explorer, Leichhardt, and to Mr. Steele Rudd's article on the same subject, I may state that for many ...

    Article : 690 words
  15. THE EARLY SETTLERS.

    Perusing the yellowing and faded records of the past, one is continually surprised to fin[?] accounts of the numerous accomplishments, the diversified professions, the ...

    Article : 448 words
  16. MRS. SPIDER'S BIG FAMILY.

    Said poor Mrs. Spider, "Now. what shall I do? I feel like the woman who lived in a shoe, With two hundred children to wash and to feed, ...

    Article : 117 words
  17. VALUABLE TREES.

    During the year 1909 the late Mr. Henry L. White, of Belltrees, Scone, N.S.W., set a very good example, by way of an experiment, as follows:— ...

    Article : 365 words
  18. BALANCING A BUDGET.

    One hundred and fifty-one years ago the effort' of balancing budgets was almost as formidable a task as it is to-day, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord North, was ...

    Article : 318 words
  19. YOUNG EUCALYPTUS TREES.

    The photograph shows a small part of the Belltrees plantation in 1922. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 16 words
  20. NIGHT.

    It is night in the peaceful countryside, And the clamour of mart and farm has died; The starlight glints thro' the stately trees, And the cheek is fanned by a gentle breeze. ...

    Article : 248 words
  21. ASPIRATION.

    I'll try to be, to-day, a man, much better Than yesterday, ah, yes, I'll try to be A nobler one, in spirit and in letter, Though growing grey, I yet feel youthful, ...

    Article : 128 words
  22. TO MR. MARES.

    (Mr. Mares prefers cold weather.—News gossip.) Ah, now we know! You like these "sudden snaps." ...

    Article : 114 words
  23. SAVOYARDS.

    The lamps have a lustre to-night, A lustre of years that are sped, The fortieth winter lies light On heart that is younger than head, ...

    Article : 111 words
  24. IF.

    If you but knew how soon and late Mine eyes ache for a sight of you, Sometimes in passing by my gate You'd linger until fall of dew ...

    Article : 81 words
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