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  2. Laugh This One Off

    I SAW a kookaburra one day fly on to a big gum stump with a green snake that he had just killed. He started to swallow it from the head, ...

    Article : 177 words
  3. SO THEY SAY.

    MULGA MICK was a sleep-walker, but he told me how he cured himSelf. "I used to tie a piece of rope round my waist before I got into bed ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 219 words
  4. Fisherman's Paradise

    AREMARKABLE method of catching sharks is that employed by the natives of the Papuan and New Guinea coasts. The sharks really catch and ...

    Article : 216 words
  5. Double Header

    JOE had been about the various methods of keeping maneating sharks away from the surfing beaches, particularly about Sydney. He ...

    Article : 148 words
  6. Armed, or Not!

    THE interest in swordfish, due to the visit of Mr. Zane Grey, recalls the remarkable cases that have been recorded of swordfish piercing the ...

    Article : 226 words
  7. Cornish "Hops"

    "ORIENT'S" recent par. on this page on toads and lizards in rock impels me to ask how long a toad can live in cider? Cornish cider is ...

    Article : 110 words
  8. Malay Vestas

    THAT European who was forced to signal a passing boat for matches ("Modern Crusoes") couldn't have had much experience of his tropic island. ...

    Article : 192 words
  9. Coughing Plants

    THE animal kingdom has to share with the vegetable the distinction of coughing and of getting red in the face in the effort to throw out foreign ...

    Article : 156 words
  10. Thieves' Clue

    NEVER enclose bank-notes in letters (unless registered), it's too risky; particularly: in these days when women carry powder-puffs in their ...

    Article : 133 words
  11. Sea Pearls

    A ONCE popular hobby that has died out is shell collecting. In the early days it was even more popular than stamp collecting, and big prices were paid for rare shells. The rarest shell ...

    Article : 215 words
  12. Abo. Cookery

    ICAUGHT a three-foot eel in a freshwater creek, and was about to skin it ready for frying in the frying-pan, when the abo., who was with me, ...

    Article : 149 words
  13. Classified Advertising

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    Advertising : 504 words
  14. Like Their Drop

    I CANNOT agree with "Observer" when he says that koalas and whiptails do not drink water. I have had a number of pet koalas, and they all ...

    Article : 55 words
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