Articles from page 1: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. AMUSING [?]

    Qunadar Station, near Coonambie (N.S.W.). can boast of something out or the ordinary. It was owned by a wan named Walker, who sold out to ...

    Article : 38 words
  3. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 431 words
  4. THE PET

    Long ago in an Eastern country there was a young man who had great possessions, and he wished to take advice upon a certain matter. So he ...

    Article : 700 words
  5. THE GIRL WITH THE SHORT SKIRT.

    Sir Malcolm Morris the other day recalled that for health reasons he once had implored women to shorten their skirts by an inch or two. He ...

    Article : 845 words
  6. FORTY-STONE MAN DEAD.

    Jack Wilson, the fat man of the Dreamland, Circus at Coney Island, whose weight was estimated in the neighborhood of 40 stone, died after ...

    Article : 89 words
  7. FLACTING STORE.

    There is novelty, if not convenience, in riverside shopping on the Darling, where the floating store ties up to the bank for a day or an afternoon to ...

    Article : 128 words
  8. A NEW IDEAL.

    It has been suggested that girls should insist upon their prospective husbands being qualified to undertake all ordinary household repairs. Let ...

    Article : 313 words
  9. A CLAUSE THAT CAME OUT.

    As an inducement to purchasers a Sydney land auctioneer added a life assurance clause to his terms of sale, which provided that in the event of ...

    Article : 175 words
  10. Up-to-Date.

    “I want to be a pirate, Uncle Bob, when I grow up,” said little Tommy, looking up from his copy of “Benjamin, the Bold Buccaneer.” ...

    Article : 58 words
  11. Her Only Favorite.

    “Daughter,” said the father on Sunday morning, “I trust that you will go to the P.S.A. this afternoon. The theme, ‘An hour with Favqrite Hymns,’ should ...

    Article : 68 words
  12. A Scientific Discovery.

    Little Johnny has been investigating the causes of natural phenomena. He was busily engaged in dipping a hairbrush in hot soapy water, to the ...

    Article : 477 words
  13. PROM THE PROVERBS.

    Of Poker: He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand; but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. (Chapter x, verse 4.) ...

    Article : 178 words
  14. Helping Things Along.

    One Monday morning two little girls, aged seven and nine, were on their way to school. Fearing they would be tardy, the seven-year-old said to the ...

    Article : 56 words
  15. A CLEVER ABORIGINAL.

    I have recently been reading some early Western Australian history, and I have been deeply impressed by the splendid success which attended the ...

    Article : 276 words
  16. Not What He Expected.

    “I engaged the rooms for my holiday,” he said, “because the landlady wrote me that they overlooked a superb garden of 200 acres, richly adorned with statuary, ...

    Article : 50 words
  17. A Coming Champion.

    Clergyman: “So, this is your boy, is it, Mrs. Jones?” Mrs. Jones: “Yes, sir. Step up and give the gentleman your right hand, ...

    Article : 54 words
  18. BITS THAT BITE.

    Blind men should marry — that will open their eyes. Most men are hard to catch and no good when caught. ...

    Article : 235 words
  19. An Advantage.

    The elderly millionaire was seeking advice regarding his love affair from a friend at the club. “Would you consider it any harm to ...

    Article : 64 words
  20. THE SAHARA’S NOT DRY.

    It is one of the widest beliefs that the Sahara is perfectly dry. As a matter of fact it rains there, animals and plants live there, and it is ...

    Article : 333 words
  21. The Vice In Advice.

    Kloseman: “Let me give you a piece of advice." Knox: “What’s the matter with it?” “Jack, dear, before our wedding I ...

    Article : 109 words
  22. THE REASON WHY.

    Mr. H. Y. Braddon, Australia’s first Commissioner in America, expressed surprise recently at a New York policeman, who had helped him to ...

    Article : 359 words
  23. Long-Winded.

    A certain statesman was once giving a lecture, and after talking for about three quarters of an hour without ceasing, he took a good drink from the ...

    Article : 103 words
  24. DAD KEPT TO THE POINT.

    Here’s one from Canada:—In the early days of the war an old farmer living way back on the far western prairies was feeling rather out of sorts, ...

    Article : 453 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$