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  2. A BACKWATER OF THE WAR.

    Mr. Latham headed this second and concluding article, "A Backwater of the Spanish War," but the fighting has since threatened to overwhelm the little town of Puigeerda ...

    Article : 1,241 words
  3. FAMOUS PEARLS OF BROOME.

    Out of the depths, at the eleventh hour, comes the salvation of little white Broome, in a gift of the sea valued in Paris at £10,000—a mighty atom of ...

    Article : 1,500 words
  4. FREIGHTED WITH HOPE THE PEARLER SAILS.

    A pearl valued in Paris at £10,000 was brought to Sydney this week. It was secured by a native diver of an Australian-owned lugger off Broome. Ernestine Hill writes in the next column about famous Australian pearls, and her picture show, vessels of the pearling fleet off Broome. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 55 words
  5. THE FRIENDLY CREW OF THE BIRDUM TRAIN. Guard Who Never Forgets.

    IF ever a history of the little-known pioneers of the north is written, a chapter should surely be devoted to the gu[?]d of the Northern Territory train. He is the "father of the line," the cares and troubles of the handful of people scattered along either side of the tracks ...

    Article : 1,592 words
  6. WORCESTER.

    "You must have the loveliest cricketground in England," said Don Bradman at the Worcester Guildhall, during the first match of the Australians' ...

    Article : 891 words
  7. OLD COACH TRACKS

    Travellers on the old coach tracks that trend to the north-west corner from the Darling River hear much of the "Kidman Blight" as the cause of the ruins and the long, silent ...

    Article : 700 words
  8. AN UNTRAINED ARCHITECT.

    Edmund Blacket, the architect for St. Andrew's Cathedral, had no architectural training as a youth. He was on his way from London to New ...

    Article : 1,098 words
  9. For the Children.

    She says she goes lo Fairyland, On moonlight nights, Belinda Blue; She lives next door, and I can't think That all the things she says are true: ...

    Article : 172 words
  10. BIRD MIGRANTS.

    Not for several years has a season been so productive of the sight and sound of migratory birds about a city as the autumn which is now drawing ...

    Article : 573 words
  11. MISTLETOE PEST.

    Mistletoe is spreading rapidly among the gum and box trees in the Uralla, Tamworth, and other northern districts, and in some places it has caused the ...

    Article : 548 words
  12. THE DANCE.

    The willow tree Sways in a ruffled dawn all ivory Pale rose and green, and on the blue lake He A thousand lilies, starry-white and cold. ...

    Article : 299 words
  13. GOLD TAKEN FROM GOLD SHIPS.

    With millions of pounds worth of gold bullion being conveyed to England in ships during last century when the roaring days of the Australian ...

    Article : 417 words
  14. SONG FOR LOVERS

    Oh. come—for to-day is ours and Time is flcklc, Though now he lingers. He leans to feel the eager edge of his sickle ...

    Article : 120 words
  15. DESERTED.

    Lonely stands the roof-tree, and the weaving spider Hangs her ghostly cerements about the moulding spars. ...

    Article : 186 words
  16. THEY PILOT A TRAIN THROUGH A LONELY LAND.

    The crew of the Darwin-Birdum train are the cheery friends of settlers in the Northern Territory. Right: Many hopes perished at Batchelor. (See article on this page.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 36 words
  17. ALL-NIGHT RUN.

    For seven hours the red moon raced us, And then the forest, crouched and black, And suddenly the city faced us, Sleeping by the silent water ...

    Article : 59 words
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