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  2. for the Boys and Girls

    Senior Award.—Andrew R. Wallace, Samford-road, Alderley. Subject: The Old Whim Horse. Junior.—First Prize: Freda Weatherley, Bennett-street, Allora. Subject: Wind Music. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 55 words
  3. FACTS AND FANCIES

    No. 10 Downing-street, the English Prime Minister's official residence, was originally designed by Sir Christopher Wren, although since much altered. ...

    Article : 679 words
  4. CHILD FILM STARS

    Is your child a potential Mary Pickford or Jackie Coogan! You can test this for yourself with as cine-camera on a set built in the garden. Children ...

    Article : 505 words
  5. OUR OWN COUNTRY

    It may truly bs said that when the convict system was abolished the real pioneer work of the Moreton Bay district began. Up to the year 1840 the graziers and stockholders in the districts of Moreton Bay, Wide Bay, and Burnett River. These men were suffering great inconvenience and loss ...

    Article : 905 words
  6. NOTABLE DAYS IN A NOTABLE WEEK

    General Grant, the victorious anti-slavery leader in the American Civil War, was elected President in 1868. Lady Butler, the celebrated artist ...

    Article : 335 words
  7. SENIOR AWARD.

    Perhaps one of the most touching poems in the present-day Queensland school Readers is The Old Whim Horse, by Edward Dyson. In the opening lines ...

    Article : 781 words
  8. PUZZLING ADDRESS COMPETITION

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 101 words
  9. PUZZLES

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 62 words
  10. JUNIOR FIRST PRIZE

    The clouds are broken in the sky And through the mountain trails A rolling organ harmony Swells up, and shakes and falls. ...

    Article : 361 words
  11. WEEKLY ESSAYS

    This competition (for which book praises will be awarded) will be continued. Senior and junior competitors to select their own subjects. The competition ...

    Article : 123 words
  12. MORE TO CRACK

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 165 words
  13. CONUNDRUMS.

    (1) Why is Victoria Bridge like merit! (2) When is the best time to study nature! ...

    Article : 863 words
  14. Little Stories, Bright and Gay, Serve to Pass the Time Away

    She (fishing for compliments): "How old do you think I am!" He (the diplomat): "You don't look it." Prospective Maid: "Thirteen ...

    Article : 51 words
  15. A GOOD JOB.

    In an out-of-the-way station a British staff-officer met a native soldier wearing on his arm. an enormous brassard, on which were painted in large ...

    Article : 137 words
  16. NOT THAT.

    "This is a good restaurant, isn't it?" said the customer to the waiter who had brought his order. "Yes," replied the waitor. "If you ...

    Article : 75 words
  17. COULDN'T SAY IT.

    A clubman who was inclined to be slightly convivial was being reproved by his wife. "When you've had a few whiskies ...

    Article : 72 words
  18. STARTING EARLY.

    Clubman: "I've struck a perfectly priceless idea. I've arranged to give a man £2000 on condition that he relieves me of all my worries." ...

    Article : 46 words
  19. TEXT WELL LEARNT.

    At church, Joyce listened to a sermon on "Let your light so shine———" The only part she remembered was the text, but she didn't understand ...

    Article : 66 words
  20. MONEY WINS.

    Evelyn: "I have looked the matter over from all sides. Jack offers me a fortune, and Charley has nothing but his brains." ...

    Article : 68 words
  21. Advertising

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    Advertising : 191 words
  22. Advertising

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    Advertising : 154 words
  23. WHERE HE SCORED

    "Here, boy! Can you tell me the way to the Grand Hotel!" called the visitor. He had been exploring a new part of the front and was not quite sure ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 327 words
  24. THOUGHT HE'D FORGOTTEN

    On arriving home, father found a franc in his small change, so he went out to do a little shopping, taking Herbert, aged five, with him. ...

    Article : 175 words
  25. NOTHING SERIOUS.

    The members of a cricket team were seated in a train on their way to an away match. Ten of them were reading, when ...

    Article : 173 words
  26. THE OPTIMIST.

    Old Bill Pox was sitting on the roof of his house during a flood, watching the water flow past, when a neighbour who owned a boat rowed across to him. ...

    Article : 165 words
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