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  2. LIGHTS O' LONDON.

    A cottage has sprung up by Piccadilly—a very small white cottage with a red roof and blue curtains, pleasant enough if built at Narrabeen, but here among the towering hotels, ...

    Article : 1,487 words
  3. ISLAND ASTRONOMY.

    For five thousand years of astrology manbelieved that the constellations were the very writing and will of God, the fiery glyphs that, read aright, would reveal the dooms of men ...

    Article : 1,705 words
  4. U.S.A. NAVY.

    "A remarkable thing," said an Australian newspaper man to me, "is the simplicity of men of large affairs and high position." He was speaking of Lord Jellicoe's rccent visit ...

    Article : 1,658 words
  5. THE EMPIRE.

    A post as governess in a one-child family offered opportunities of seeing something of the life of wealthy Anglo-Indians (old style), so the first three months of '19 were spent in ...

    Article : 1,701 words
  6. KREISLER.

    Though Mr. Fritz Kreisier has chosen the violin as his medium of expression he is a many-sided man, who probably would have Rained equal distinction in any other walk of ...

    Article : 1,311 words
  7. THE OLD WINDMILL ON MOUNT GILEAD.

    The remains of the old windmill on Mount Gilead form a prominent landmark. They are visible to travellers on the main Southern railway line, lying on the eastern side of it a few miles on the Sydney side of Menangle. The woodwork has quite disappeared, and the stonework is in a state of disrepair. The exact year when the windmill was erected is unknown; but is is supposed to have been in the region of 1832, since Thomas Rose, the builder, held this land ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 212 words
  8. ART AT WEMBLEY.

    This year invitations to exhibit in the Australian court of the Palace of Arts were extended to Australian artists resident in London. The preference given to Australian ...

    Article : 653 words
  9. PAPEETE.

    We were only two who went on that little pilgrimage of love. One of us a personal friend of Henry Stead, and the other one Just a Journalist. We were 10 days out from San ...

    Article : 709 words
  10. THE DUGONG.

    The curious marine animal known as dugong (halicore dugong), "sea-cow," or sometimes "sea-pig," has a wide range, being found about Mauritius, Ceylon, the Bay of Bengal, ...

    Article : 855 words
  11. PLEASANT PLACES.

    "A sunny wall," said Pussy, "Is whore I love to be; I sit mid watch the little birds I hope to catch for tea; ...

    Article : 172 words
  12. STARRY WATERS.

    Softly by starlight over star-dusted waters We take our thankful way to a place of peace: The engine's muffled throb and the comrade ...

    Article : 143 words
  13. BLESSING.

    May you, who have thero not, have flowers, And time to sit in leafy bowers; To linger by a pleasant stream, And dream your lovely wistful dream; ...

    Article : 96 words
  14. FLATTERY.

    Should I compare To gold of your hair The dust of a star, The wattle's bright fold, ...

    Article : 59 words
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