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  2. MAJOR JOHN WHITNEY.

    New Zealand lost an outstanding citizen in the death recently, at the age of 66, of Major John Whitney, the founder and chairman of directors of the Colonial Ammunition ...

    Article : 811 words
  3. LONDON'S RIVER.

    Londoners are learning that they have a river. Not only a watercourse spanned by bridges on which to while away an idle hour, and for the convenience of traffic, nor ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,309 words
  4. PUNTA ARENAS, PATAGONIA: THE WORLD'S MOST SOUTHERLY TOWN.

    The picture shows the "civic centre" of Punta Arenas, with Magellan's statue as its chief feature. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 24 words
  5. PATAGONIA.

    To the average Australian, Patagonia is little more than a mere name, yet there are at least two very good reasons why he should exhibit greater interest in this little-known ...

    Article : 1,188 words
  6. "PRINCE ALFRED."

    For exactly 50 years the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital—"P.A." to those who have been associated with it—has beer, inseparably linked with the alleviation of the sick and suffering ...

    Article : 1,268 words
  7. WESSEX

    Although we are accustomed to look upon any building which has seen the passage of a hundred years or more as very old, few such buildings in New South Wales, whether houses ...

    Article : 497 words
  8. GILBERT PARKER.

    The death of Sir Gilbert Parker has called forth a number of letters of appreciation of a brilliant writer, whose service to Australia in the late eighties deserves to be ...

    Article : 932 words
  9. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    The man next door gave Timothy A lovely Persian cat, A purry thing, all slaty blue, And soft and warm and fat. ...

    Article : 175 words
  10. A TRIP TO KOSCIUSKO.

    Ohi What excitement there was months before our trip to Kosciusko. All we spoke of was our projected trip to a place that many people long to visit; a Jand which in the ...

    Article : 649 words
  11. HOME LESSONS.

    When I find my Caesar hard Daddy follows him through Gaul; Counting metres by the yard Does not puzzle him at all; ...

    Article : 101 words
  12. TOMMY'S LAMENT.

    My name is Tommy Tompkins, I'm such a winsome boy; In fact, I'm such a darling, They call me "Mother's joy." ...

    Article : 109 words
  13. DOROTHEA SPINNEY.

    Dame Sybil Thorndike's impressive interpretation of "The Medea" of Euripides at the Theatre Royal recalls the arrival here in 1914 of Dorothea Spinney. This artist, also with ...

    Article : 556 words
  14. PANSIES AND BULBULS

    I had gone there to see the pansies. I expected to find them with names, and a gardener directed me towards the labelled ones. They were close to the big pond which the ...

    Article : 516 words
  15. THE LATE SIR GILBERT PARKER WHEN A MEMBER OF THE "HERALD" STAFF.

    Parker (seated on the left) is with the Royal Commission on Water Conservation. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 25 words
  16. CONVERSATION LOLLIES.

    Shortly after the charming Valentine of our grandmothers' day had died a natural death, the versatile conversation lollie came into existence. A cheaper, commoner medium of ...

    Article : 289 words
  17. BIRDS IN THE RAIN.

    [?]rolonged wet weather affects man and wild creatmes alike. One morning recently, when descending a tree-clad hill to the ferry wharf during a shower of rain, I was ...

    Article : 151 words
  18. MOODS AND MEASURES.

    Iambic metre, so to me it seems, Suits solemn, stately, slowly moving themes. As when some grand procession marches by With rhythmic tread, and banners floating ...

    Article : 190 words
  19. PICCANINNY MINNIE.

    I would like to be a-going Where the piccaninnies hide. With a bomerang for throwing And a kangaroo to ride. ...

    Article : 89 words
  20. MY DREAM.

    Let me go out into the pathway of the sun; Be upborne by the sweet incense of far hills And the haunting melodies of wind in the trees; ...

    Article : 178 words
  21. "SARGE" FOR SHORT.

    My marter is an ex-private of the A.I.F., and just because I am noisy and ugly he named me "Sergeant Major," On cold nights he and a few old pals sit round the fire and ...

    Article : 102 words
  22. TO THE AUSTERE.

    Let us not raze the barrier, Though souls be rigidly confined I would not know what secrets stir Within the precincts of your mind. ...

    Article : 117 words
  23. BIRD SONG.

    Sparrow in tree; A song in his heart; A wind-swept lawn, The blue of the sea; ...

    Article : 83 words
  24. THE FITTEST.

    A pair of eagle hawks their nest had built On a flat ledge of cliff and rear'd three young. The father flew past flrdgings slow, with food; One nestling overbold, an instant hung ...

    Article : 109 words
  25. STARS.

    I often think that stars must be The flowers of Eternity... Were it not Joy, if one should pass, To find a star amid the grass? ...

    Article : 84 words
  26. "BABY ANNETTE."

    Baby Annette is just like a rose, So soft and so pink and so wee, From the crown of her head to her dear little toes. ...

    Article : 66 words
  27. CHIMNEYS.

    I saw a line of chimneys As I went riding by, A line of ancient chimneys Against an orange sky. ...

    Article : 46 words
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