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  2. Absent-Mindedness

    ONLY last Saturday at Randwick a man went up to the tote window and asked for a second single to Bankstown. But that's not all. The same man asked the booking clerk for "Two on number ten," adding: ...

    Article : 504 words
  3. In Lighter Vein

    MRS. CLAYBYK was an outsize woman, whose elephantine proportions were distressful to her in more ways than one. A minute's brisk walking made her puff like a knocked-up sheep, whilst her weedy husband, ...

    Article : 778 words
  4. O Tranquil Night

    IT was a tranquil night in May; Summer had stolen back to town All mischievous and girlish-gay, Tricked out in sister Autumn's gown. ...

    Article : 158 words
  5. Horrors

    Some dreadful sights I've viewed, I ween— A nobleman attack a nobler; A small child in a field I've seen, And I have seen a turkey gobbler. ...

    Article : 87 words
  6. Amorous Atoms

    A GIRL ought to be able to tell the young man's intentions by the ring in his voice. After all, it doesn't, matter what sort of a pill he is if his chocolates are worth a guinea a box. ...

    Article : 182 words
  7. A Real Catch

    STATED in a divorce case that a woman who thought she was marrying a man with £15,000 p.a. found he was nearly bankrupt. That shows that he had been rightly regarded as the catch of the season. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 113 words
  8. Worth the Five Bob

    THE two commercial travellers wrangled during the whole journey, the man from Melbourne decrying Sydney, and the Sydney man expressing sarcasms about the place that he admitted might be well laid out ...

    Article : 89 words
  9. The Homing Instinct

    "HABITUAL criminals" are said to be increasing, as they find it is more comfortable in gaol these times than out of it. "You are old, Father William, and surely it's odd, ...

    Article : 124 words
  10. The Last Hint

    FATHER disapproved, but did not like to speak too plainly. He went out on the verandah. "Will you have far to walk if you miss that last tram?" he asked. "Oh, I'm all right," said the young man; "I've got ...

    Article : 138 words
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