Articles from page 7: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. BY CONVOY TO THE CAPE.

    Thirty-nine ships huddled together over a square mile of ocean, staying together day in, day out, through darkness and fog for six weeks; that is a brief description of the convoy that carried me (and some thousands of others) from Devonport to Capetown in 1917, ...

    Article : 1,299 words
  3. THE SACRED OAK.

    Although in Australia Christmas-bush usually takes the place of holly, ivy and the other plants abovementioned, the custom of decking houses with greenery at Christmas-time is a very old one. In his "Survey of London," written in the reign ...

    Article : 1,418 words
  4. MADONNA AND THE HOLY CHILD.

    His day again—the little Child, Whose joy will never [?]ase— His cradle smile still lights a world, With whisperings of peace. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 101 words
  5. PENN'ORTH OF GUIDANCE.

    It had been a best seller in its day, but I bought my copy of the fifty-seventh edition for one penny in a second-hand shop. It wasn't its ...

    Article : 896 words
  6. CHRISTMAS.

    Christmas is the highest of all the festival peaks which rise over the grey level of life and bear witness to the eternal glory. Its customs vary in ...

    Article : 1,023 words
  7. WHERE ARE THE PANTOMIMES OF YESTERYEAR?

    The pantomime is passing. Even in London the season is limited to a few stock pantomimes—Cinderella, Dick Whittington, Aladdin, Babes in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 764 words
  8. CHRIST IN ART.

    In telling of the birth of Christ, the Gospel of St. Luke attuributes to the shepherds the words: "Let us now go even unto Bethlehem and see this thing ...

    Article : 865 words
  9. KING COAL.

    One of the most unusual monuments in Australia is that in parnell Place, Newcastle, erected to commemorate the civic jubilee of the city in 1909. On ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 210 words
  10. ON THE SUNSET TRAIL.

    On what men on the eastern side call the sunset trail, the long track that wanders from the river bends at Bourke or Old Menindie, and ribbons ...

    Article : 660 words
  11. THE COURTYARD.

    Man's lot is still to break all earthly ties And stand aside from life, as in the days When many songs and happy, human cries First [?]ed round these walls. His ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 70 words
  12. GOSSIP.

    I am not one for whom gossip By the fire in winter holds much charm: For my only neighbours are dauntless huntsmen ...

    Article : 115 words
  13. THE MODERN ART EXHIBITION.

    I've been seeing things... A fair many Natures, very Mortes; with Christian Caillard's blue diamond "La Fontaine a Saint Philibert," sleepily blinking ...

    Article : 309 words
  14. ONIONS BETTER THAN MISTLETOE.

    Peasant girls on the Continent declare without a blush that onions are far more effective for the purposes for which mistletoe is hung up at ...

    Article : 156 words
  15. FIRST CHRISTMAS CARDS.

    Though the universal custom of sending Christmas cards to friends and acquaintances shows no sign of diminishing, opinion seems divided as to who ...

    Article : 157 words
  16. "ACE" OF AIR STAMPS.

    The mint Newfoundland 1927 sixty cents air mail stamp, recently reported auctioned in London for £300, was considered by seasoned ...

    Article : 192 words
  17. "BOX" HUMANA.

    Early this year in Philadelphia, a woman, seated at a table provided with two sets of small black and white keys, eleven in all, made a machine talk. ...

    Article : 124 words
  18. GARDENER'S THOUGHTS.

    All that I have, may have, and shall have had, Lies buried here in this my garden plot. God has not granted me the gifts of wealth. Life. through the breath of flowers, has ...

    Article : 41 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$