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  2. A SEAMAN DIARIST

    A hundred years ago next June there sailed from the Thames a ship, the Kains, which carried 120 women convicts to the penal settlement at Sydney. The Kains, 353 tons ...

    Article : 1,558 words
  3. HIGHLAND FOLK.

    The signing of the Three-Power Naval Agreement at Eastertide, 1930, gives Mr. Ramsay MacDonald reason for claiming that there must have been something prophetic in ...

    Article : 1,251 words
  4. THE YARRAYIN TRIBE OF MACQUARIE RIVER BLACKS.

    OF THIS GROUP, PHOTOGRAPHED OVER THIRTY YEARS AGO, ONLY ONE MEMBER SURVIVES. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 20 words
  5. PACIFIC ROYALTY.

    The "Herald's" arresting article on "Pacific Royalty" (April 26th), gives interesting details of the two Hawaiian kings whose bicentennial and centennial are to be kept in ...

    Article : 1,266 words
  6. "THE YARRAYINS."

    A little over thirty years ago the large photograph which appears on this page was taken of the 'Yarrayin" or Macquarie River tribe of blacks, of whom to the best of my ...

    Article : 578 words
  7. MAY MORNING.

    May Day has lately become chiefly associated with the ebullitions of Labour extremists in a manner that scarcely coheres with our more picturesque traditions. Where youth ...

    Article : 1,189 words
  8. MACLEAY PIONEERING.

    In 1836 a man had been sent by my father to manage his cedar interests on the Macleay River; and, later on, hearing such glowing reports of the country, he decided to invest ...

    Article : 873 words
  9. SUNBEAM'S BIRTHDAY.

    A great to-do in Fairyland! It was Sunbeam's birthday—she was three years old, and only three inches tall. Sunbeam's mother and father had invited ...

    Article : 365 words
  10. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    The postman will bring letters For everyone 'cept me; Pretty ones for mummy That ask her out to tea; ...

    Article : 86 words
  11. MY PET.

    Bonnie is a big black hen. With feggers on [?]er legs; But, oh, I do wish you could see 'Er lovely snow-white eggs. ...

    Article : 75 words
  12. COUNTRY INNS.

    After a six or seven course dinner at one of our more sumptuous country hotels, such as that at Robertson, Lapstone, Kurrajong, or Canberra (though I suppose one can hardly ...

    Article : 925 words
  13. MUMMIE'S REST.

    We live in a far-off, tin-roofed town. In the hot and dusty West, Poor mummie looks so tired and worn, But when she tries to rest, ...

    Article : 83 words
  14. THE SPIRIT CHILDREN.

    "Why are you all so quiet?" "We are waiting for the little children, mother." The question was asked by the mother of five children. 2, 3, 5, 7, and 9 years of age. ...

    Article : 288 words
  15. ESME AND HEATHER.

    I know two wee maidens Who live in our street; They always look smiling, And tidy, and neat. ...

    Article : 109 words
  16. MAGDALEN TOWER OXFORD.

    Every year at dawn on May morning the college choir sings a Latin hymn on the top of this tower in honour of the coming of Spring. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 32 words
  17. THE GOOD SEASON.

    The old mother talks, and her eyes will be dimming and dimming; It is the good season that comes up, and, "Oh!" she will say, ...

    Article : 297 words
  18. THE BEST GOODS.

    If we had to choose the things we love the best of all We would take the tiny ones, very neat and small; ...

    Article : 176 words
  19. THE TRAMP.

    I come in the mists of morning to the harbour dark and grey. Belching the thick, black clouds of smoke over the flying spray; ...

    Article : 156 words
  20. HARBOUR MAGIC.

    On these autumnal mornings, when the bay Lies somnolent, as if the world were kissed Into a magic maze of amethyst, Waiting for beauty of the coming day. ...

    Article : 104 words
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