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  2. SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

    The death of the late Mr. Jacob Garrard provides food for reflection. Here was a man, a manual worker, one of the first Labour representatives in the New South Wales ...

    Article : 1,105 words
  3. A SOVIET-GOLDMINE.

    Anyone with British blood in his veins must have read with mingled feelings the London cabled report that Mr. Andrew Mellon, Secretary to the United States Treasury, has ...

    Article : 749 words
  4. BUILDING THE BRIDGE: A BUSY SCENE IN THE WORKSHOPS.

    This scene, from Mr. Robert E. Curtis' series of twelve lithographs of the Sydney bridge in course of construction, shows workmen completing four great sections of chord for the joining of the arch. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 44 words
  5. VICTORIA, MATRIARCH.

    Victoria the Matriarch, the grandmother of all Europe, was a role the old Queen dearly loved to play. Even that wily old Bismarck, whom she detested, spoke of her, with respect, ...

    Article : 1,160 words
  6. WHAMPOA MEMORIES.

    An illustration of the old steamer Whampoa, the wonder ship of the 70's, which appeared in a recert issue of the "Herald," brought back to me a flood of memories. The ...

    Article : 855 words
  7. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    There's a little cream Buddha that sits on my shelf, And he's made from an elephant's tusk, And I'm certain he dreams of his little fat ...

    Article : 209 words
  8. TONS OF GOLD.

    Time was, in the "roaring sixties and seventies," when actually tons of gold were trundled through the streets of the mining township of the Thames, Auckland, New Zealand. ...

    Article : 965 words
  9. SYDNEY AMUSEMENTS

    We of the older generation are continually being asked by those of the newer one— "What did you have in the way of amusements before there were any moving picture ...

    Article : 747 words
  10. TIDLEYWINKS.

    For two whole days poor little Tidleywinks had not been seen. For two days he was counted among the lost, stolen, strayed, or worse still—the dead. ...

    Article : 285 words
  11. OLD CUSTOMS.

    At Vittorio Veneto, 27, Rome, there stands the Chiesa e Clmitero dei Cappuccini, which is the Church and Cemetery of the Monks of the Order of Capuchin. ...

    Article : 464 words
  12. THE THRIP.

    For you we grew our roses— Unwittingly, of course— For you we worked with hoses And often had recourse ...

    Article : 156 words
  13. JUDY.

    Judy is our little speckled bantam hen. Such a motherly little thing, and quite quiet. She lays well, and loves to get away in some cosy corner in the yard, under a bush, and ...

    Article : 295 words
  14. COUNTRY COLOUR.

    One hears of the beauty of the jacarandas when the sun is beaming down from a sky of dazzling blue. But I love the jacarandas on cloudy days, for then they brighten the grey ...

    Article : 407 words
  15. GOVERNOR PHILLIP.

    The Rev. Gordon Tidy, formerly an Anglican clergyman in the dioceses of Bathurst and Sydney, and now rector of Stanton, St. Quintin, Chippenham, Wilts, sends some particulars of ...

    Article : 564 words
  16. LAZY 'POSSUM.

    Oh, hurry up, Opossum, dol We're having tea with Mrs. Roo. Young Mr. Wagtail will be there, And so will Mrs. Native Bear. ...

    Article : 97 words
  17. BALMY.

    About a year ago, we had a sheep given to us. We put it in the orchard at first, thinking it would eat the grass, but it seemed to prefer the leaves of the fruit trees, so it had to be ...

    Article : 194 words
  18. THE LITTLE LAMPS.

    The stars shine out like little lamps Hung high, as if to say, "When you set out for Land of Dreams You cannot lose your way. ...

    Article : 105 words
  19. LUGARNO.

    Nowadays the road over the bridge at Tom Ugly's Point is the chief one to Sutherland and beyond, but time was when the beautiful little settlement at Lugarno was on the main ...

    Article : 354 words
  20. THE VALLEY.

    As I look down the valley, these sleepy summer days, Its bowl is overbrimming with a fine blue haze, And through the sunshot dimness the parrots ...

    Article : 202 words
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    Queen Victoria's family group, 1870. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 6 words
  22. TROPIC ENCHANTMENT.

    The trees and the mountains are marching to the north, The morning is a warrior that's armed and going forth; ...

    Article : 171 words
  23. NIGHT AND DAWN.

    Full floats the moon—from on high, soft, caressing. Its silver light lingers on nature at rest; Night reigns supreme, and in fullness of ...

    Article : 131 words
  24. THE WILLOW TREE.

    Ah, drooping willow, voiceless in thy woe, What secret sorrow grieves thy spirit so, That thou dost stand, like Niobe in tears, Thy lovely head bowed down through all thy ...

    Article : 54 words
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