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  2. "HELL'S MOUTH."

    One of the unique islands of the South Pacific is Whakaari, or White Island, the conical summit of an active volcano, which rises abruptly from the deep waters of the ...

    Article : 633 words
  3. VAUXHALL GARDEN.

    For nearly two centuries Vauxhall ministered to the amusement of London. The name was originally Faux Hall, popularly derived from Guy Faux; but the true derivation ...

    Article : 1,049 words
  4. VOLCANOES.

    Man, who has achieved so many conquests over various factors in his environment, is reminded forcibly from time to time of the tremendous force exerted by nature in its ...

    Article : 1,133 words
  5. KOSCIUSKO.

    One morning, early in July, I set out unaccompanied, on skis from the Hotel Kosciusko, my objective being the Chalet at Charlotte Pass. The sun was shining brightly, ...

    Article : 1,082 words
  6. STORM SCENE VIEWED FROM CHARLOTTE PASS, KOSCIUSKO.

    A raging gale drives the snow in billows along the Australian Alps. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 21 words
  7. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    The Ark was adrift, in a terrible storm, On the deep and desolate sea, And things were as muddled, and upside down As things could possibly be. ...

    Article : 210 words
  8. CLASSIC MONUMENT

    Still standing among the ruins of ancient Athens is the, Choragic monument of Lysicrates, a gem of architectural beauty and classic purity. ...

    Article : 1,011 words
  9. THE ICE-CREAM MAN.

    A rattling murmur, gradually increasing in volume, is borne upon the drowsy noontide air. As it approaches, a high-pitched tinkling sound is heard at intervals, and it resolves ...

    Article : 673 words
  10. LAYING A GHOST.

    One of the most revolting murders ever committed by the blacks was that of Baird, on the headwaters of the Batavia River, in 1893. Baird was a prospector, and, like many ...

    Article : 1,091 words
  11. A NEW FLAG.

    A few months ago the British Broadcasting Corporation moved into its magnificent new premises in London, and in honour of the occasion Sir John Relth, the director-general, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 302 words
  12. GROWING UP.

    Years and years and years ago When I was only four, I used to make my engine go On rails upon the floor. ...

    Article : 113 words
  13. WATTLE CARNIVAL.

    The fairies hold a carnival Each spring, so I've been told, For which they decorate the bush With balls of fairy-gold; ...

    Article : 71 words
  14. THE COLLITS FAMILY.

    In a recent "Herald" there appeared a notice of the death of Mary, relict of the late Pierce Collits, at Petersham, aged 91, and on the next day that of Elizabeth, relict ...

    Article : 405 words
  15. MORNING'S AT SEVEN.

    "Jack Frost is in the air," bays the old lady, drawing her shawl up closely around her stooping shoulden. We younger folk also feel something! There's a sting in the air that ...

    Article : 417 words
  16. REPRODUCED IN A SYDNEY GARDEN.

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  17. OUR FIRST SILOS.

    The proposal that portion of the £8,000,000 which New South Wales will have to spend this year on a works programme shall go towards the erection in country centres of silos ...

    Article : 290 words
  18. MEMORIALS.

    Entering the vast and spreading Rookwood Cemetery on Saturday by the Flemington gate, and traversing along miles of orderly rows of sandstone-kerbed graves and through ...

    Article : 250 words
  19. NO GHOST LINGERS.

    Night, and the blackness made by trees. No beam from window shed; No star that parts the clouds and sees Port Arthur's Isle of Dead. ...

    Article : 124 words
  20. THE SILENT MEETING.

    We need say nothing wnen we meet, We that have been apart so long; There are no words, though they were sweet— Though they were sweeter than a song— ...

    Article : 142 words
  21. SLEEP WELL, BRAVE HEARTS.

    Sleep well, brave hearts, with spirit still undaunted, To manhood thrust, though scarce to manhood grown; ...

    Article : 114 words
  22. A POT OF BASIL.

    In Florence old there rame a flower to birth, So sorrow fully tended, yet withal Rooted within that jar of precious earth, Potent as e'er to hold a heait in thrall; ...

    Article : 107 words
  23. THE BUTCHERBIRD.

    The mellow notes of Pan's enchanting flute Sound in thy voice, O chorister of morn; The darkness holds, all night, the forest mute, But with the rosy finsh of day new-born, ...

    Article : 94 words
  24. I FEAR THAT SHE SHOULD LOOK.

    I fear that she should look, She is so young to seeThrough eyes of innocenceThe Jaded me. ...

    Article : 48 words
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