The Commonwealth home

Call Number
Nf 711.40994 COM
Created/Published
Sydney : The Commonwealth Home, 1925-1930
Issue
Vol. 37 No. 992 (1 March 1930)
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52
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Contents

THE COMMONWEALTH HOME 1
SNOW SCENE, KOSCIUSKO, NEW SOUTH WALES 1 , 2
The Commonwealth Home THE SOLDIERLY SPIRIT And the War Books. 3
THE TARIFF AND EMPLOYMENT 3
PRISON LABOUR. Some Prejudices. 3
THE BLUE MOUNTAINS. A Half-Developed Asset. 3
Many Merry Matters of the Month PROLOGUE 4
ONE OF MANY 4
The Dull Things of Life 4
MEED 4
The Up -to – the – minute Kitchen DO WE KNOW WHAT WE WANT? 5
THE TAJ MAHAL 6
Bell Notes 6
Spears and Wommerahs THE PRINCIPAL ABORIGINAL WEAPON. 7
WORLD’S LARGEST FRUIT EXCHANGE 7
Modernism is not New 8 , 9
The Bulletin’s Jubilee Number 10
GOING TO “COURT” THRONE-ROOM GLORIES 11 , 12
ART AND THE AVERAGE MAN 12
FIFTY YEARS OF AUSTRALIAN ART 13
FLOWERS TO THE HOSPITALS 13
IN MACQUARIE PLACE 13
THE LAUNCHING OF THE “GEORGE PEAT” 14 , 15
TWO AND SIXPENCE FOR A BIRTHDAY CALL 15
FIFTY FANCY FOSTERING FACTS 15
BEAUTY IN THE SCHOOL A TUCKSHOP IN SPANISH. 16 , 17
BRINGING THE GARDEN INTO THE HOME. 17
Work 17
Social and Personal Snapshots LADY STREET ENTERTAINED 18
FETE AT TREGO YD 18
NAVY LEAGUE BALL 18
THE KRETSCHMANN CLUB 18
THE WOMEN WRITERS 18
ONE OF THE SEASON’S FIRST GARDEN PARTIES 19
A SUCCESSFUL BRIDGE PARTY 19
DATE OF BALL CHANGED 19
MRS. MACARTHUR ONSLOW ENTERTAINED 19
LYCEUM CLUB 19
HOSPITAL NEEDS LINEN 19
FAREWELL PARTY. 19
Wedding Bells HORN-BAVIN 20
CULLEN-LITTLEJOHN 20
OSWALD-GABALDONI 20
COZENS-AKHURST 20
PULVER-SANGSTER 20
BARBOUR-PARKER 20
THE ARTS CLUB 21
RESULTS OF ARTS CLUB BRIDGE TOURNAMENT 21
YOUNGER SET MEETING 21
THE 117th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES 21
NELSON-ALEXANDER 21
JAUNTING DAYS A SYDNEY VISITOR 22
A FAREWELL PARTY 22 , 23
THE TOURIST IN AUSTRALIA. Stilling Stimulates Travel. 23
MRS. FOTHERINGHAME TESTIMONIAL FUND. 23
Lily's Letter to London on Episodes of the Month 24 , 25 , 26 , 27
AN AUSTRALIAN CINE-CLUB. 27
COMPREHENSIVE INSURANCE 27
Smoke Abatement in 1847 27
SYDNEY —THE COMMERCIAL CAPITAL OF AUSTRALIA, ON [?]D YEARS AGO.-(Printed by Courtesy of Sir Arthur Rickard) 26 , 27
TOWN PLANNING TOWN PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 28 , 29
Advertising 29
Our Musical Page CONSERVATORIUM ORCHESTRA 30
BARRIE BRETONNER’S RECITAL. 30
MR. COLIN FERRITT’S RECITAL 30
MRS. NORMAN THOMAS 30
MR. ISIDOR GOODMAN 30
MUSIC TEACHER’S CONFERENCE 30
THE LATE MADAME KIRKBY-LUNN 30
CAMEOS OF FAMOUS ARTISTS 31
MID-DAY ORGAN RECITALS. 31
AFRICAN EXPLORATION IN A MOTOR BUS 31
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE REAL ESTATE INSTITUTE OF N.S.W. 31
Advertising 31 , 32
FURNITURE SECTION QUESTIONS OF FURNITURE. Modern Ideas of Beauty. 33
LIGHT AND FURNITURE A Problem and its Solution 33
Advertising 33
WAS AN OLD TIME HOME SATISFACTORY? How Fashions Have Changed 33
“BE KIND TO ANIMALS” WEEK 33
Do You Know Your City...? 34
DISJOINTED FACTS FEW PEOPLE APPRECIATE. 34
GREAT MEN OF OUR COUNTRY. 34
MILE OF PENNIES. 34
The H ome Table RECIPES FOR THE COOK 35
Advertising 35
Advertising 36
THE ECONOMICAL ASPECT OF REGIONAL PLANNING. Sydney’s Problems Have Their Parallel in America. 36
NEWS OF THE MOTOR WORLD 36
The Fashions. 37
THE PATTERN 37
VALENTINES 37
FRESH AIR AND PERSONAL COMFORT. Fresh-Air Fiends. 38
FLATS OR OTHERWISE. 38
UGLY CEILINGS SPOIL GOOD WALLPAPER. 38
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR AND LADY DE CHAIR AT PALM BEACH 38
Own a bit of the Land You Love 39
Advertising 40
HOW TO MAKE A RESTAURANT ATTRACTIVE. 40
“DROPPING THE PILOT." "Punch’s” Memorable Cartoon. 40
Advertising 40
The Real Estate Institute of N.S.W. 41 , 42 , 43 , 44
Advertising 42 , 43
HEALTH NOTES 44
FAREWELL TO THE GREASY PROFESSOR 44
PRISON REFORM Overcrowding Induces Outbreaks 44
FLOODS EFFECT TRANSFORMATION 44
Did you know this? 45
Advertising 46
WHAT TO DO WITH OUR SPARE TIME. The Result of Changed Customs. 46
Advertising 46
THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Lecture on New Guinea. 47
AN OLD-TIME ROMANCE. A City 7,000ft. Above Sea Level. 47
AN ELECTRIC HOME How Our Ancestors Would Have Stared 47
Advertising 47
THE WAILING WALL. 48
THE RENAMING OF OLD CITIES. How Some Modern Reformers Act. 48
No title 48
THE PROPOSED NEW CALENDAR How to Calculate Quickly. 48
ENGINEERING WONDER VANISHES 48
ZONING TO OVERCOME CONGESTION 49
THE VALUE OF CO-OPERATION IN INDUSTRY 49
Advertising 49
AN OLD ARCHITECT TALKS TO HIMSELF 50
Advertising 50
THE INFLUENCE OF NUMBERS Something We Owe to the Arabs 50 , 51
Advertising 52

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