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  2. SERJEANTS-AT-LAW.

    What has become of those "stout fellows," the serjeants-at-law from whose ranks for over six hundred years the judges of the superior courts of common law in England ...

    Article : 1,189 words
  3. H.M.A.S. TORRENS.

    While employed in the Adriatic, the units of the Australian flotilla were occasionally despatched on outside errands. Oil fuel ships arrived and departed from Brindisi at regu ...

    Article : 1,283 words
  4. ALGERIA.

    This year Algeria will celebrate its centenary as a French possession. In a hundred years the genius of the Gallic race has converted a plague spot of piracy and slavery ...

    Article : 787 words
  5. AVENGER'S SANDALS.

    An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth, is not a law confined only to sacred writ. It obtains throughout Australia where the blacks are not completely demoralised. ...

    Article : 1,131 words
  6. MEMORIAL TO SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES AT SINGAPORE.

    The unveiling of this statue of the great Empire-builder of the East was one of the principal features of the ceremonies celebrating the jubilee of Queen Victoria at Singapore in 1887. Sir Frederick Weld, then Governor, declared: "In Raffles, England had one of her greatest sons." The founder of Singapore and one of the greatest figures in British history in the East, Sir Stamford Raffles did much to check the advance of the Dutch, and during the British occupation of Java was appointed Governor. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 91 words
  7. SOLITUDE.

    Few of us, there are, who, in truth, can laugh at loneliness. With exceptions—few and far between—in each of us is born an inherent love of laughter, life, companionship. ...

    Article : 510 words
  8. A NUMBER OF THINGS.

    I often wonder, if I suddenly found myself in the ranks of the collectors, what particular treasure I would choose from the wide field that would be opened up to me. ...

    Article : 1,057 words
  9. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    Within this narrow city space, Where thousands meet at Eastertide, Is shadowed for a while the grace And beauty of the countryside; ...

    Article : 244 words
  10. VALE, MICK.

    Mick is dead. What is there about a dog that he digs himself so deeply into our affections? Is it soul? I think so. Mick had a fine character. Even his ...

    Article : 472 words
  11. A "BITEY."

    I'm old enough to go to school, But mummy won't let me; She's frikened I might have to sit 'Long side a spelling bee. ...

    Article : 30 words
  12. WAVING.

    My little maid of summers three One morning called me out; "Come quick—and see the aeroplanel Now wave your hand—and shout[?]" ...

    Article : 50 words
  13. AUSTRALIAN PRICES.

    An interesting little peep into the past is afforded by an old letter dated Aprii 24, 1809. It was written by a man in Sydney, New South Wales, to a nephew in England. ...

    Article : 355 words
  14. "DIGGER."

    To read of a most wonderful nature in a dog ("Peter") did not sound at all foolish, for I had a similar experience with a Cat. Digger was a lovely tabby cat, owned by a ...

    Article : 422 words
  15. THE DUCK'S CONSULTATION.

    "Please, Doctor, Duckie's very ill; Do you advise a draught or pill?" "Madam, in spite of all her clatter, There is nothing much the matter; ...

    Article : 43 words
  16. H.M.A.S. TORRENS.

    AS SHE APPEARED ON ACTIVE SERVICE. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 9 words
  17. THE DOLE.

    The two recent interesting articles in the "Sydney Morning Herald" relative to the unemployed prompt one who has had only intermittent work for the past two years and ...

    Article : 505 words
  18. POTTED BIOGRAPHIES.

    Tradition, as a rule, tho' it often plays the fool. With its tales told out of school, is not a flatt'rer; ...

    Article : 344 words
  19. FACTS.

    Though many animals at the Zoo Are not exactly pretty, The camel's face Is the saddest case, ...

    Article : 81 words
  20. WHY STAND IDLE?

    In last Saturday's "Herald" it was pointed out that although dozens of small boardinghouse keepers would gladly engage any respectable man for kitchen work, yet they ...

    Article : 323 words
  21. TWO SYDNEY SONNETS.

    In answer to Ethel Turner, who once wrote in a Sydney paper:—"One feels a little saddened, a little despairing for one's own city sometimes! How can a new nation ever ...

    Article : 272 words
  22. THE INLET.

    At the curve of the shining reaches, Where the seven black swans feed, The waves have covered the beaches With a carpet of coloured weed. ...

    Article : 173 words
  23. THE SWIMMING CARNIVAL.

    From each chattering group of panama hats and navy tunics, a class flag is proudly waved on high; every girl sports the colours of her particular form; some carry mascots—fluffy ...

    Article : 203 words
  24. TRUNDLE.

    The gum-tree down at Trundle When I passed there one day, Held a wealth of scarlet blossom And the world was young and gay, ...

    Article : 74 words
  25. THE BAD CHILD'S DREAM.

    I dreamed I went to Mascot, Where the Gipsy Moths are kept; I dreamed I came to Mascot, When all the pilots slept. ...

    Article : 53 words
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