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  2. For the BOYS AND GIRLS

    Senior.—Catherine Virtue, Grace-street Kangaroo Point. Subject: Whatever is —is Right. Junior, First Prise—Mervyn J. Read ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 67 words
  3. HARD NUTS

    Spectacles. CONCEALED ANIMALS. Dog, Hen, Rat, Camel. WHO CAN TELL ...

    Article : 57 words
  4. OUR OWN COUNTRY

    Nearly three years elapsed after the departure of Phillip before Captain John Hunter arrived to take up his duties as Governor. He was not a ...

    Article : 437 words
  5. NOTABLE EVENTS

    Joseph Addison was a great writer of English prose. He was born on May 1, 1672, and went to school at the Charterhouse, leaving that in 1687, for ...

    Article : 419 words
  6. TRICKS AND GAMES

    Put one hand where the other cannot touch it.—This is done by merely holding the right elbow with the left hand. Leave the room with two legs and ...

    Article : 290 words
  7. Sir Samuel Griffith

    The Bight Hon. Sir Sammel Walker Griffith, P.C., G.C.M.G., L.L.D, was born at Merthyr Tydvil in Wales on June 21, 1845. His father, the Rev E ...

    Article : 719 words
  8. SENIOR—FIRST PRIZE.

    [?] are the uses of adveralty— Which like the load ugly and venomous Wears you a precious jewel in his head. And this our life exempt from public haunt ...

    Article : 432 words
  9. Frog Race

    All players line up for this race by squatting down so that they sit on their heels, with hands on their hips. At the signal they taunt endeavour to reach ...

    Article : 60 words
  10. MORE TO CRACK

    My first is in Prussia, but not in France; My second is in leaping, and also in prance ...

    Article : 172 words
  11. Numbered Cross

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 81 words
  12. Obstacle Dance

    Those who have not played this game before are shown some cushions, books, and other objects on the floor in different parts of the room. They are ...

    Article : 113 words
  13. JUNIOR—FIRST PRIZE.

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    Article : 446 words
  14. Blowing Out the Candle

    Not only youngsters, but adults, will derive a good deal of fan from this less little game. The floor is partially cleared, and a lighted candle is placed ...

    Article : 127 words
  15. PUZZLE PICTURES

    There was no doubt about the popularity of the puzzle pictures competition. The entrants numbered 614—a striking testimony of the interest taken in The ...

    Article : 107 words
  16. PICTURE STORY: CAN YOU TELL IT ?

    Chilly nights make most people melancholy; but that mood will not last if you cheer yourself up with The Sunday Hail Picture Story. Forward solutions to "Picture Story," Martin Hambleton The Sunday Mail, so that they arrive not later than Saturday. June 23. The letters ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 90 words
  17. Battle of Waterloo

    The historic battlefield is within easy reach of Brussels, and even in these days, with records of battles on a far greater scale than Waterloo, it is still ...

    Article : 479 words
  18. Sir Robert Philp

    Sir Robert Philp was born at Glasgow on December 28, 1851, and received his early education at Anderston United Presbyterian Church ...

    Article : 361 words
  19. WEEKLY ESSAYS

    This competition (for which book prizes will be awarded) will be continued. Senior and junior competitors to select their own subjects. The ...

    Article : 92 words
  20. Henry Archibald Lawson

    Henry Archibald Lawson, poet and novelist, was born on his father's farm at Grenfell, New. South Wales. His boyhood days were spent in the bush, and ...

    Article : 589 words
  21. JUNIOR—SECOND PRIZE.

    Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see: That mercy I to other show, That mercy show to me ...

    Article : 456 words
  22. WONDERS OF KEW

    When Captain Cook made the voyage to New Zealand, which was to result in adding the great unknown continent of Australia to the British Empire, he ...

    Article : 139 words
  23. The Zoo Dance

    A splendid idea if there is going to be dancing at the party is to have the "zoo system" for finding partners. As the guests arrive each boy is given the ...

    Article : 113 words
  24. St. Paul's Cathedral

    No visitor to London would dream of leaving that great city without going to St. Paul's Cathedral, the foundation stone of which was laid ...

    Article : 296 words
  25. The Mahdi

    The Sudanese rebellion that led to the siege of Khartoum and the tragic death of General Gordon, was fomented by Mahommed Abdullah, better ...

    Article : 189 words
  26. James Brunton Stephens

    James Bruaton Stephens, the poet, was born at Borrowstowness, Linlithgow, Scotland, on June 17, 1835. He was educated at Edinburgh University. On ...

    Article : 247 words
  27. PRINCE OF WALES

    His Royal Highness Edward, Prince of Wales was born on June 23, 1894. Perhaps never has a Prince been such a favourite with his people, and ...

    Article : 290 words
  28. DR. BARNARDO'S HOMES

    At the annual general business meeting of Dr. Barnardo's Homes, National Incorporated Association, the report showed that up to December 31 last ...

    Article : 224 words
  29. James I.

    During the reign of James I England and Scotland became united into one kingdom after many years of border fighting. James bad a clever ...

    Article : 199 words
  30. CHURCH BUILT OF SNOW

    A missionary to the Arctic regions recently found the world's queerest church. This stands on Blacklead Island, Cumberland Sound, and is constructed ...

    Article : 59 words
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