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  2. ELIZABETH FRY.

    Two hitherto unpublished letters from Elizabeth Fry, the famous prison reformer, to the Rev. Samuel Marsden indicate the interest she took in the transportation of women ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,526 words
  3. LORD CHELMSFORD.

    Of all the Governors I have known in New South Wales Lord Chelmsford, too early deceased, impressed me the most. He was so thoroughly a map of the world, so astute ...

    Article : 1,056 words
  4. CIRCULAR QUAY IN 1871: THE SOBRAON MOORED ON THE WESTERN SIDE.

    "The beauty and mystery of the ships, and the magic of the sea." —Longfellow. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 26 words
  5. RIVERVIEW.

    The solar radiation station at Riverview was thought at one time, to be the most important branch of its scientific work. As indeed it still would be if the advancement of this ...

    Article : 1,445 words
  6. CIRCULAR QUAY.

    The accompanying interesting picture by the Government Printer gives a good idea of what the western side of the Quay looked like in 1871. The Sobraon, later the Tingira, is ...

    Article : 1,414 words
  7. BROADCASTING.

    To-night I am to give my first "talk" over the air. All day I have been assuring myself that I am not nervous, but for some reason or other I do not seem to be able to settle ...

    Article : 596 words
  8. HECTOR GOES TO CHURCH.

    I once knew a clergyman who had a dog named Hector, a big animal, and very intelligent. He could not be coaxed inside a house under any pretext whatever; and even ...

    Article : 301 words
  9. ST. JAMES', PICCADILLY.

    The prestige attaching to the organship of St. James's Church, Piccadilly, is so great that the appointment to it of Sydney's onetime Town Hall organist will certainly "flutter ...

    Article : 559 words
  10. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    An unpretentious batsman I, Who never makes a mammoth score At times, maybe it is as high As forty, very seldom more. ...

    Article : 177 words
  11. TO DAVID.

    When are you coming home again? The place is far too still. There's not a sound about the house. It fairly makes me ill. ...

    Article : 103 words
  12. WAGTAILS.

    Mr. and Mrs. William Wagtail were house-hunting. They decided on a red rose vine that trailed around my window, and there they built their tiny home. In a very short ...

    Article : 247 words
  13. RECOLLECTIONS OF INTEREST.

    Good fortune granted me the first interview given to any Australian woman writer when both Lady Chelmsford and Lord Chelmsford arrived first in Sydney in 1905. They spent ...

    Article : 459 words
  14. THE ANIMALS.

    I have two shillings saved away In my new moneybox; I think I'll open it to-day, To buy some animal blocks. ...

    Article : 77 words
  15. "BILLY AND FLORRIE."

    Side by side in cosy coops dwelt two mother hens, one with a family of red chicks the other of black. One day a venturesome red chick entered the home next door, and a ...

    Article : 205 words
  16. RIVERVIEW COLLEGE OBSERVATORY.

    The photographic telescope presented to Riverview by the Lembang Observatory, Java. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 15 words
  17. LITTLE PROBLEMS OF HISTORY.

    ("A new portrait of Napoleon has been discovered in a French village. It is said to be the work of Jacques Louis David the Republican artist who was subsequently appointed ...

    Article : 347 words
  18. THE ERL-KING'S DAUGHTER.

    Oh, the Erl-King's daughter wears stars in her hair— The stars that are netted in black forests where ...

    Article : 169 words
  19. THE ANGEL OF ELSTOW.

    In Bedford Gaol, where Bunyan lay and dreamed His dream immortal, choiring angels sang, And through his cell sweet bells of Beulah rang, ...

    Article : 120 words
  20. TO MY ANCESTORS.

    To all of you, my forebears, here I give Thanks while there yet remains the time for giving— Thanks for the fact that through you I now ...

    Article : 45 words
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