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  2. THE PEOPLE OPPOSITE.

    I hope I shall not be thought eccentric, or even merely insincere, if I confess that I had a certain amount of respect for the People Opposite. And I am neither mistaken ...

    Article : 1,326 words
  3. MUSIC IN THE AIR.

    We have recently had in London accounts of the first wireless concert given in Sydney Town Hall. This step forward in the process of expanding the value of wireless in ...

    Article : 876 words
  4. SYDNEY IN 1858.

    [The following is a transcript of the interesting document by Professor William Stanley Jevons. dealing with the conditions of life in Sydney 70 years ago, which was given in the introductory article by ...

    Article : 922 words
  5. "OVERDOING THINGS."

    You never know where you may find a pearl of wisdom. The other day one fell from the lips of a New South Wales politician and a Cabinet Minister at that. Mr. Drummond said ...

    Article : 1,227 words
  6. THE VICTORIA CROSS.

    The dinner to be given by H.R. Highness the Prince of Wales to winners of the justly celebrated Victoria Cross on Armistice Day, November 11, has reawakened public interest ...

    Article : 791 words
  7. TOP OF TABLE MOUNTAIN.

    This unique photograph shows the two stations of the Table Mountain aerial cableway, which was opened by the Mayor of Capetown last month. Visitors by mail steamer will be conveyed to the top of the mountain, allowed to stay three hours, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 56 words
  8. OLD COLONY DAYS.

    A century ago it was usual to bring, if possible, letters of introduction, though we might imagine it would not take long to become acquainted with the small number of ...

    Article : 1,754 words
  9. VAUCLUSE HOUSE.

    Many false impressions exist as to the history of this interesting place and the beautiful land surrounding it. Every year, at the Wentworth celebration, speakers make statements ...

    Article : 711 words
  10. OUR BIRD FRIENDS.

    Though we live within a hundred yards of one of the stations on the North Shore line, our garden is frequently visited by birds. For years a family of blue wrens has lived there. ...

    Article : 452 words
  11. FOR THE CHILDREN. ONE TALENT.

    Martha and Ruth are better than Grace At lessons and most other things. That's why she longs for swimming days, When something inside her sings and sings, ...

    Article : 47 words
  12. AN ENGLISH HOME.

    An Australian lady now resident in England writes an interesting account of a visit paid to a historical English home. The lady is the wife of a minister of one of the Free ...

    Article : 641 words
  13. THE DRAWING CLASS.

    I took his little drawing— The lines were all awry; What should have been a pathway Rushed off to meet the sky. ...

    Article : 70 words
  14. PETER THE WHALER.

    It was whilst rabbiting on Currango Station, near Yarrangobilly, last year that I met him. I had just finished pegging out the skins and my mate was busy with the camp oven and the ...

    Article : 659 words
  15. IF ONLY.

    If motor-boats had fins and tails, And fishes had propellers; If sardines were as big as whales, And whales were little "fellers." ...

    Article : 76 words
  16. SIVRY.

    The morning of November 11, 1918, broke drab and cold over the sector in which our regiment lay. Rumours of an armistice had been circulating for many days, but were ...

    Article : 428 words
  17. COW-COW HAS A CALF.

    The wattle trees are purest gold, and clearest blue the sky. The bunnies wear their summer coats, and where the stream runs by ...

    Article : 144 words
  18. THE WASPS.

    Rose-Mary and daddy were eating their tea In the shade of the garden as happy could be. There was good bread and butter, a plateful of ham, ...

    Article : 234 words
  19. THE SISTERHOOD.

    They lift their funnels proud and high. And straight and stately, too, Where, shadowy, the lost winds cry, The lone sea-watches through; ...

    Article : 185 words
  20. A LITTLE BREEZE.

    I heard the sigh of the she-oaks high Where a warm little breeze was blowing; And I called "Little Breeze, do tell me, please, Just where and why you are going?" ...

    Article : 154 words
  21. THE SEA OF HOPE.

    The hopes that [?]r us fitfully soon die, Or on the last one's wreckage shattered lie. And yet the heart hopes on eternally— Wave after breaking wave stills not the sea. ...

    Article : 113 words
  22. THE TREES.

    The trees have, wise patience, They know that men pass; Their roots hold long memories Underneath the grass. ...

    Article : 67 words
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