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  2. RUM.

    Rum is a drink which defies time. It is as strong and abiding as the Bank of England, and as essentially English. When the spirit of adventure dies, and wind-bitten sailors ...

    Article : 973 words
  3. ROYAL TREES.

    Kings and queens dukes and duchesses princes and princesses all find time to plant trees. Some of the royal personages do the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,042 words
  4. PACIFIC COUSINS.

    Not the least interesting of the ceremonies at Waitangi this month was the occasion when the Governor-General of New Zealand (Lord Bledisloe) invested Makea Ariki-nut ...

    Article : 1,492 words
  5. RUINS OF THE OLD CHURCH AT BOYDTOWN.

    This ambitious structure, a striking relic of Boydtown'a brief story, was built of red bricks manufactured on the spot. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 26 words
  6. IN THE STROUD VALLEY

    When I went down to Gloucestershire in the late summer of 1918, Stroud and its neighbourhood soemed peaceful in comparison with London. The east wind blowing across ...

    Article : 1,209 words
  7. GREENY THE FROG.

    "Ouch! Ouch!" was the beginning of my short acquaintance with Greeny. Sitting on the verandah of my home one wet night, listening to the ceaseless croaking of frogs, ...

    Article : 477 words
  8. BOYDTOWN.

    Picturesquely situated on the south-west portion of Twofold Bay, the most southern port of New South Wales, stand the relics of the once-prosperous Boydtown, second only in ...

    Article : 466 words
  9. VANDALISM.

    Once again American tourists have visited Sydney in hundreds, and once again they have been sent by our Tourist Department for a day's outing to Bulli Pass, one of our ...

    Article : 874 words
  10. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    Our Johnny bullt a great big house upon the firm wet sand. He built it high with sloping roof, and ran a narrow band. ...

    Article : 224 words
  11. IT ISN'T EASY—

    It isn't easy being good, And doing all Nurse thinks you should, Like washing hands and brushing hair. And knowing not to frown or stare; ...

    Article : 72 words
  12. ARCADIA.

    Arcadia. Who has not had his heart entangled with the magic of that name; who has not longed to wander through its enchanted places and down its mazy paths, and who has ...

    Article : 494 words
  13. MA LLAMA.

    Go warily when at the Zoo, Lost you alarm Ma Lllama. Peanuts she may quite gently chew, Till suddenly she spits at you! ...

    Article : 67 words
  14. DIOGENES.

    He was called Diogenes because he lived in a tub. The tub was a more appropriate home for him than for the gentleman after whom he was named, for he was a dog. ...

    Article : 346 words
  15. A DOOR IN PARIS.

    Evening after evening, that summer in Paris, we watched from our restaurant the same small scene, a vista complete, mysterious, and unforgettable. We sat always at the one ...

    Article : 397 words
  16. ASPARAGUS.

    To-day Dad brought some 'sparagus from a man what's on the land, And Mummy let me taste some, and I held it in my hand, ...

    Article : 182 words
  17. THE MARGATE "GROTTO."

    Described by Marie Corelll as "one of the wonders of the world," the curious subterranean chamber known as "The Grotto," or Margate Catacomb, challenges either "A ...

    Article : 358 words
  18. THE PANSY THIEF.

    Last season I was distressed to discover that the heads of my purple pansies were mysteriously disappearing. The thief left no clue regarding his identity, and in vain 1 ...

    Article : 139 words
  19. RAROTONGAN GIRLS BRING GIFTS TO KOROKI.

    Koroki, king of Waikato, is seated before the carved meetinghouse at Ngaruawahia. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 27 words
  20. GIFTS OF GOD!

    The awe-inspiring Miracle of Life! Cool dawns, the dew-drenched grass, sunlit days: The singing trades, from palm-girt, surf-swept ...

    Article : 156 words
  21. IN MEMORIAM.

    All through his life, he served his country well. 'Midst the Great War, at Straits of Dardanelle. ...

    Article : 151 words
  22. ALBERT THE GREAT.

    Put sables on the crown. The richest sheaf The reaper grim has garner'd in for years Now prostrate lies. A gallant nation's tears Form fitting climax to a world-wide grief ...

    Article : 129 words
  23. WAKE NOT THE SLEEPER.

    "... And then there comes an ago when one no longer wishes for the things one most longed for in youth..." Wake not the sleeper, lest ...

    Article : 111 words
  24. THE MAIDEN LADY.

    Her eyes are lit with tender beams Of sympathy and friendliness; Reflections of resplendent dreams, She knew when Love first come to bless. ...

    Article : 105 words
  25. PARTING.

    A wind in the poplars stirred: Do not go, dear heart! A chirp from a drowsy bird (A wind in the poplars stirred) ...

    Article : 52 words
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