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  2. 93 YEARS AGO.

    Mr. R. L. Scrutton, of Wahroonga, has lived to the great age of 93 years. He was born in Cumberland-street, Sydney, on December 18, 1842, and is still active enough to play a ...

    Article : 1,480 words
  3. THE MAKING OF BOOKS.

    I don't know how many different ways there are of writing a book. Doubtless, one of these days, yet another form of book production will be introduced, when some ...

    Article : 1,137 words
  4. TRAVEL SKETCHES.

    By the end of July, 1905, the time was at hand for my projected visit to the Continent, not solely for pleasure, but combining therewith an inspection of consumptive sanatoria ...

    Article : 1,565 words
  5. RIVERSIDE BEAUTY IN A LONDON PARK.

    This picture of the canal which runs alongside Regent's Park was taken within a few miles of busy Oxford Circus. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 26 words
  6. LINK WITH THE TWEED.

    There are no old identities who can remember the schooner Ebenezer. The romance of early Australian shipping, particularly of the freed River, weaves some of its golden ...

    Article : 967 words
  7. RISKS OF RASHNESS.

    It is not everyone who cares to confess to foolhardy actions—to things done on the spur of the moment, which, on reflection, would be condemned by the doer as the utmost ...

    Article : 1,193 words
  8. FOR THE CHILDREN. THE GUM-NUT BABY'S MESSAGE TO THE LITTLE FOLK.

    I'm a little Gum-Nut Baby, And I live amongst the trees, High up beside the gum tops, Which quiver in the breeze. ...

    Article : 242 words
  9. WINGHAM "BRUSH."

    In the prosperous dairying district of which Wingham is the business and social centre, little remains of the thick bush or brush which once covered these fertile lands. But in the ...

    Article : 780 words
  10. A HOLIDAY IN THE BUSH.

    It was late on a spring afternoon when ww pitched our camp on the edge of the bush which looked very dark and forbidding in the fading light. ...

    Article : 476 words
  11. WENDY.

    When Wendy wakes at morning She climbs upon my bed, And waves her little paws to me And wags her little head. ...

    Article : 70 words
  12. PURE ENGLISH.

    The recent correspondence in the "Herald" [?] that we have stalwart champions in [?] cause of pure English, despite the onward [?] of the moderns, who, for want of a ...

    Article : 534 words
  13. THE CHICKEN'S RESCUE.

    Once, a little while ago, [?]ere was a great commotion in the kitchen of a house I was visiting. A cat had brought in a week-old chicken, which was protesting wildly. After ...

    Article : 219 words
  14. LAUGHING CROW.

    "Caw," said the crow as he started to fly, "Caw," said the crow from way up in the sky, "Caw," said the crow, "it's quite easy to see That young man there would so like to be me." ...

    Article : 77 words
  15. NASTURTIUMS.

    Nasturtiums their nectar hold In fragile chalices of gold; In serried mass the tender leaves Try to protect them from the thieves; ...

    Article : 67 words
  16. THE NOISY NIPPER.

    What is a nipper, anyway? The nipper is a small marine creature allied to the prawn or shrimp species. No doubt it has a long scientific name, which keen naturalists roll ...

    Article : 342 words
  17. THE CASTLE OF CHILLON, LAKE OF GENEVA.

    "Lake Leman lies by Chillon's Walls." —Byron The [?] Chillon." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 19 words
  18. STOP! GO!

    Sydney possesses many wonderful features, amongst them being the coloured traffic signals at the intersection of Market and Kent streets, which flash out the words, "Stop! Go!" and ...

    Article : 249 words
  19. THE SUNSET HILL.

    I knew a road where I could walk Shoe-deep in wattle-drift, Where summer birds were mad for song, And each tree God's own gift: ...

    Article : 142 words
  20. AVENUE.

    Two lovers came this way an nour ago, Bright-eyed and glad with love's discoverings. And ever since it seems a faint halo Covers these trees, subdues their whisperings; ...

    Article : 111 words
  21. MINUET.

    Crinolines and mincing steps, Smiles demure and eyes a 'glow... Glimpses gay of bygone years, Regal maids and old-time beaux. ...

    Article : 51 words
  22. SUMMER.

    The earth grew young with the summer, And laughed like a pixie-thing, Like a smooth-cheeked impish pixie When he rides on a swallow's wing; ...

    Article : 38 words
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