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  2. For the BOYS AND GIRLS

    Senior First.—Beryl Catherine James, Normanby-terrace, Kelvin Grove. Subject! Beauty. Senior Second—Eileen Gould, c/o ...

    Article : 56 words
  3. NOTABLE EVENTS

    Percy Bysshe Shelley, "the brilliant, wayward, ill-fated youth," was born in Sussex, England. He was educated at Eton, and in 1810 went to Oxford ...

    Article : 223 words
  4. TRICKS AND GAMES

    This game provides good fun, and calls for a certain amount of quick thought. Someone is elected as captain, and the remainder of the party sits round him ...

    Article : 217 words
  5. OUR OWN COUNTRY

    Flinders had been promoted lieutenant and his duties on the Reliance precluded him from accompanying Bass on this occasion. On Sunday; December 3 ...

    Article : 358 words
  6. HARD NUTS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 76 words
  7. Allan Cunningham

    Allan Cunningham (1791-1839), born at Wimbleton, England, July 13, 1791, was employed first in a conveyancer's office, but afterwards be found more ...

    Article : 721 words
  8. SENIOR.—FIRST PRIZE.

    One of the greatest assets of education is the love acquired for beauty, that divine quality which can refine and elevate man to the seventh heaven of ...

    Article : 628 words
  9. Forfeits

    1. Place a poker on the ground so that you cannot jump over it. (It should rest against a wall.) 2. Bite an inch off the poker. ...

    Article : 251 words
  10. MORE TO CRACK

    My first is in bee, but not in hive; My second in 12, but not in 5. My third is in man, but not in men; My fourth is in pencil, and also in ...

    Article : 211 words
  11. Edmund Burke

    Edmund Burke, celebrated statesman and orator, was born in Dublin, probably in 1829, and educated at Dublin University. He went to London in 1750 ...

    Article : 337 words
  12. O'Grady Says

    This game causes endless fun, and results in a rich crop of forfeits. One of the players must take command and call himself O'Grady. Everything ...

    Article : 149 words
  13. "MISTAKES" COMPETITION

    The artist who drew these pictures most have been in a hurry, as thera is a slight mistake in every one of them. Can you name these errors? All that you nave to do is to take a sheet of paper and write the numbers 1 to 12 down the left-hand side; then opposite ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 135 words
  14. Aboard the Norfolk

    Governor Hunter was convinced from the reports of Bass and Flinders that Tasmania was, separated from Australia by the strait described by these young ...

    Article : 207 words
  15. SENIOR—SECOND PRIZE.

    Sibbon said: "I would not change my [?]ble love of reading for all the treasures of India" Well, neither would I. Yesterday I went into my library ...

    Article : 593 words
  16. FAMOUS FABRE

    "While I turned the pages for the handredth time a voice whispered vaguely: 'You, too, shall be a historian of animals." ...

    Article : 950 words
  17. Louis Daguerre

    The name of Louis Daguerre probably not be familiar to most readers, but be should be remembered as the pioneer of photography. His ...

    Article : 136 words
  18. Moreton Bay and Hervey Bay Visited

    In 1798, the year before Governor Hunter was recalled to England, Flinders made one more voyage of exploration in the Norfolk. On this occasion ...

    Article : 182 words
  19. PICTURE STORY

    There were 588 entrants in this competition. Unfortunately for the adjudicator, no competitor succeeded in giving the correct reading, and it ...

    Article : 93 words
  20. JUNIOR—FIRST PRIZE.

    What is the character of this influence, many will ask! Bet me be quite definite as to the meaning and scope of music; then my. estimate of its influence ...

    Article : 761 words
  21. Julius Caesar

    Julius Caesar pronounced the greatest man of antiquity, was by birth and marriage connected with the democratic party. At an early age he provoked the ...

    Article : 273 words
  22. Correct Story

    Cookery, like everything else, as become much easier since grandmother's time. For instance, if it is cakes you want, you can buy packets ...

    Article : 69 words
  23. Forfeits At Auction

    Boys and girls often enjoy the ...

    Article : 168 words
  24. WEEKLY ESSAYS

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

    Article : 118 words
  25. Advertising

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    Advertising : 168 words
  26. The Bastille

    The great and dreaded Bastille prison in Paris fell before the fury of the revolutionary mob in 1789. This extraordinary event took place during the ...

    Article : 274 words
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