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  2. SNOW SHADOWS.

    It was the trees gave the first sign. Weeks before Christmas they arrived, piles of fresh green firs heaped together in the open places of the city. Then in the course of ...

    Article : 1,101 words
  3. WILLIAM.

    William is the name of the man who helps me with my garden. He is an old man, and has the same queer ideas as I have about what a garden should be like. No young gardener ...

    Article : 774 words
  4. STATUES OF LONDON.

    The controversy over the designs for the Haig Memorial Statue to be erected in London throws an amusing light on the manner in which the metropolis has been adorned with ...

    Article : 1,290 words
  5. G[?]NESIS OF JUSTICE.

    A[?] account has been given of the summoning of the first court of Criminal Jurisdiction to [?] held in Australia, which sat sixteen days aft[?] the arrival of the Fleet. It is well that ...

    Article : 1,592 words
  6. RAMSGATE, OVERLOOKING "THE DOWNS."

    In former days, Ramsgate was a harbour of refuge for many vessels in time of danger. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. A CORNER OF ENGLAND

    Two miles to the southward of Broadstalrs Iles Ramsgate, the third of the large seaside resorts on the Isle of Thanet, between which and the South Foreland, eight miles or more ...

    Article : 1,605 words
  8. "NIPPER."

    It must have been because of his size that he was christened "Nipper," for he is the daintiest little nipper one could wish to meet in a long day's walk. Being so small, and ...

    Article : 405 words
  9. WATER DIVINING.

    The Investigator who is trying to assess the value of the claims of the diviner must keep in mind the attitude of many people towards such claims. He will not arrive at a ...

    Article : 1,107 words
  10. FOR THE CHILDREN. SEVEN.

    Mary's four and Bob's eleven, But I'm the nicest age—I'm seven. Mum says seven's the age of mystery, A number often found in history. ...

    Article : 99 words
  11. MUSHROOMS.

    We found a ring, a fairy ring Of mushrooms by the brook, And, wasn't it a dreadful thing? We found a ring, a fairy ring, ...

    Article : 103 words
  12. BETTY B.

    When Betty B. was tiny, Just very small and wee, She used to come around and make Such quaint requests to me. ...

    Article : 71 words
  13. ROVER.

    Rover was a tailless, Danish dog, with a distinguished pedigree. He came to us a tiny puppy, looking exactly like a fluffy, yellow teddy bear. As he grew ...

    Article : 272 words
  14. FOOD POLLUTION.

    It is true that in our enlightened days a great amount of work is being done by Public Health officers, scientists, manufacturers, and tradesmen to supply the public with food that ...

    Article : 587 words
  15. THE MERMAID.

    I wish I were a mermaid, And lived beneath the sea, With all the little fishes; How nice and cool I'd be. ...

    Article : 78 words
  16. THE EARL HAIG MEMORIAL.

    Left: Mr. A. F. Hardiman's first design for the statue, which caused 50 much controversy. Right: The new model by Mr. Hardiman, which has been Inspected by members of Parliament and approved by the assessors of the Office of Works. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 44 words
  17. TREE DESTRUCTION.

    It is curious to read that a beautiful Ironbark tree has been cut down at Pymble in order to make way for a concrete path. Unfortunately, such an action is taken as a ...

    Article : 443 words
  18. THE BIRTHDAY CAKE.

    Once I had a birthday and a lovely birthday cake, Icing on it, candles on it, and my name in pink; ...

    Article : 189 words
  19. AUSTRALIA.

    "Look not at the stains on my robe," she said, "But bare my heart to your eyes, "For only my heart Is loyal, and so weary of Statesmen's lies," ...

    Article : 172 words
  20. A JEWELLED BUTTERFLY.

    Dear readers, have you ever noticed how really beautiful the so-called ordinary black and gold butterfly's wing is? Have you eve[?] likened the composition of it to many ...

    Article : 142 words
  21. PITT-STREET.

    A long street, a grey street, That hurries down the hill, To kiss the harbour's silver feet Near staunch old wharves where wavelets bent ...

    Article : 89 words
  22. SLIME.

    saw it like a lovely purple gem Lying between green glooms of gentle trees— A pool, which, when the little shadowy breeze Swept it, glowed like a fairy diadem. ...

    Article : 111 words
  23. THE GIFT.

    No store of gold have I, no Jewels rare, Or fragrant flowers to bedeck your hair; No precious periumes from across the sea, Nor costly laces, wrought exquisitely. ...

    Article : 67 words
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