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  2. TAVERN NIGHTS.

    Here, in Kornboldt's, refuge of literary lions flying from tame social menageries to the solacing savagery of a pint of London bitter, I met D. H. Lawrence again. He was just ...

    Article : 1,286 words
  3. COMMANDER WILD.

    A special correspondent of the "Natal Mercury," writing on July 15, in the remote village of Gollel in Zululand, says:— Famed throughout the world as the result ...

    Article : 955 words
  4. FIRST WATER SUPPLY.

    Additions are being made to the already immense water supply system of Sydney, to provide for the growing necessities of its million inhabitants. The advent of summer, ...

    Article : 1,203 words
  5. THE MOUNTAINS IN 1822.

    This is the second part of a letter written in 1822 by Mrs. Hawkins, one of the first white women to cross the Blue Mountains. The family settle at Bathurst. The first part appeared in the ...

    Article : 1,564 words
  6. THE OLD TANK STREAM.

    THIS PICTURE IS FROM A PHOTOGRAPH OF SKINNER PROUT'S PAINTING WHICH WAS BASED UPON ANOTHER WORK MUCH OLDER. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 22 words
  7. FOR THE CHILDREN. THE TRAIN.

    Down goes the signall All aboard the puff-puff! Janga-langa-janga-langa-lang! goes the bell, and ...

    Article : 66 words
  8. OLD BILL.

    Like his well-known namesake of wartime fame, Old Bill is a battle-worn veteran. His battle fronts have been as varied, with as many skirmishes fought and won, but the foes which ...

    Article : 751 words
  9. WHALING.

    The promotion of two new companies for the exploitation of the whaling industry in the southern seas Is likely to revive an industry which was once a thriving one in ...

    Article : 1,121 words
  10. NIGHT SCENE.

    Memories of places can be likened to a gallery of pictures, hanging immortal in their frames, with the colours of some fading a trifle with the years, mellowing, dimming, and ...

    Article : 779 words
  11. A CUP OF TEA.

    Upon the day that the leaves were transferred from their hessian beds, the "Doraisamis" were agog with the delight of pushing them down "the hole," a shoot which carried ...

    Article : 646 words
  12. CRUELTY IN SPORT.

    "It says in the paper," said Heddle, "that owing to the growth of football in Spain bullfighting is losing its popularity." "That'll kill the tourist thraffic," replied ...

    Article : 543 words
  13. A DISPUTE.

    Rabbie McPherson and Dugal McRae Are baith o' them sensible men, But they canna agree on the length o' the brae ...

    Article : 128 words
  14. TRIOLET.

    On everything, both great and small, I want to write a triolet— On pickled beans and llium's fall, On everything, both great and small. ...

    Article : 52 words
  15. THE HEATHER OF BEN A'AN.

    Ben A'An, he is the youngest son, The slimmest and the shortest one— Tho' most of them to stature run— Of all the Grampian band. ...

    Article : 270 words
  16. WHALING IN TWOFOLD BAY.

    This is from an engraving by J. Carmichael, after a picture by Mr. (afterwards Sir Oswald) Brierly. Carmichael was deaf and dumb, and did most of the engraving work in N.S.W. at that period. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 38 words
  17. CLOUDS.

    Where sunset hues have thinly spilled Above the silver of the sea, The snowy clouds dissolving, build O'er terraces of lambent gold, ...

    Article : 185 words
  18. SPRING.

    In blue and gold she comes again, And all the world must sing A thousand new-found melodies, To welcome joyous spring. ...

    Article : 100 words
  19. RED CAMELLIA.

    You lack the scent of the sweet, red rose, And the violet that humbly grows, But these lose heart when the cold wind blows, And pine for the sun's warm rays. ...

    Article : 86 words
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