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  2. BUSHRANGING DAYS.

    When I was a very small boy, my uncle, John Norton (of Elswick Petersham), used to tell me the story of his capture by the bushrangers, and lately I found an account of ...

    Article : 992 words
  3. MY DOGS.

    Four dogs I have loved who have returned that love heaped up and overflowing. Peace to your ashes, and may your spirits find love wherever they may be. You have ...

    Article : 899 words
  4. LOST.

    Not only the casual visitor, but hundreds of thousands of residents of Sydney are perpetually being puzzled how to find the various suburbs. You may travel by tram or motor ...

    Article : 1,192 words
  5. THE SCRAP HEAP.

    The waste of yesterday is the bye product of to-day. In other words, what was formerly the scrap heap is now very frequently a valuable asset to an industry. Years ago this ...

    Article : 840 words
  6. THE WAHABIS.

    Across the almost impenetrable desert of terror and of thirst, inland in the North-caston central Arabia, is a land of romance, beauty, and fertility, a veritable oasis. In this land ...

    Article : 1,349 words
  7. COLOMBO WATER SUPPLY RESERVOIR.

    ELEPHANTS AS MASONS' LABOURERS. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. AN ELEPHANT'S MIND.

    Sir Thomas Henley, to whom we are indebted for the above photograph of Indian elephants at work as masons' labourers, inspected one of the dams connected with the ...

    Article : 168 words
  9. BLACK CRICKETERS.

    It was in the year 1868 that an Aboriginal team of cricketers left these shores for England. The idea originated with a Mr. Hyman, he being financially assisted by Mr. G. W. ...

    Article : 348 words
  10. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    I knew a little sparrow, And I fed him on soap; Of course he didn't like it, But I had a hope, ...

    Article : 143 words
  11. PLACE NAMES.

    A unified spelling and pronunciation of place-names would be of immense value in simplifying intercourse and understanding throughout the world. During the war it ...

    Article : 966 words
  12. POOR BUNNY.

    When I went down to Sydney town They bought for me a coat of brown, With bunnies' for upon the cuff, A bunny collar and a muff. ...

    Article : 90 words
  13. THE SNOOZLE-HOUND.

    My dog is a snoozie dog— He snoozies with his nose; He boozles down the street at me, And woozles as he goes. ...

    Article : 44 words
  14. CHARLES DICKENS.

    Admirers of Charles Dickens gathered at the Midland Grand Hotel recently, for the Dickens Fellowship dinner, in celebration of the 116th anniversary of the novelist's birth. ...

    Article : 323 words
  15. "GUM TIPS."

    A gum tree that grew in the Australian bush once longed to grow so tall that it would reach right up to the sun that shone so brightly in the blue sky. Day and night it ...

    Article : 388 words
  16. BERRY ISLAND.

    Who has heard of Berry Island? Quite a number of people. Where is It? How do you get there? Ah, that is a different story. Few can answer these questions. Yet Berry ...

    Article : 593 words
  17. NELSON'S LAST WORDS.

    Recently some cherished legends in the nautical history of the Anglo-Saxin race have been ruthlessly exposed and destroyed. Strangely enough each of them has been ...

    Article : 673 words
  18. GARIE BEACH.

    It is hidden away securely in an angle of the coast between Stanwell Park and Cronulla, in a district which is little known to most motorists. This part is mostly occupied by the ...

    Article : 481 words
  19. THE CUTTY SARK.

    This picture of the fine old sailing ship is from a painting by Captain J. Grant. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 19 words
  20. THE WILDERNESS.

    Once 'twas a well-trimmed garden, Once it was tidy and neat; And once, on the weeded gravel paths, And among the flowerbeds sweet. ...

    Article : 236 words
  21. "AUNT PEGGIE'S GARDEN."

    An explanation has been made of the apparent appropriation recently by Miss Vivien Kritsch of verses written 12 months before by Miss Nancy Hazelton—an apology for which ...

    Article : 155 words
  22. THE SCARF.

    My Lady Sydney has a scarf. That trails across her gown: She dyes it blue for sunny days, And grey for skies that frown. ...

    Article : 100 words
  23. THE SHAWL.

    I wish I knew who worked my silken shawl, With flowers that smiled responsive to a call, From Eastern gardens breaking into bloom While she transfixed them On a fairy ...

    Article : 117 words
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