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  2. THE SEA TRADITIONS OF AMERICA.

    Recently, President Roosevelt, who is keenly interested in the sea and ships, ordered two of the oldest vessels afloat, the famous frigates Constellation and Constitution, to be placed on active commission in the U.S. Navy. They are now training ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,019 words
  3. LAW-BREAKERS AT LARGE.

    "The law is a ass—a idiot," said Bumble, and that large mass of the population who is unknowingly "breaking" it every day will ...

    Article : 1,126 words
  4. A TROPIC SUNSET.

    Evening on Palm Island, near Townsville, North Queensland — a favourite haunt of tourists before the war. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 32 words
  5. THEY SHOP IN LONDON, BUT NOT AS USUAL.

    There are still at least five million people left in London's Suburbia—that great expanse of sprawling streets and houses and shops and cinemas, many now in ruins or being "tidied up" just for the time being. What will remain, when this war has long since passed into history, will be the stories of the way grandma — now the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. PROTECTION FROM THE PROFANE.

    Sir George Rich, Acting Chief Justice of Australia, writes: "Many of us were pleased to see in the 'Sydney Morning Herald' a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 236 words
  7. DRIFTERS AID THE FLEET.

    Grey steel battleships, bristling with big guns, compel recognition of the majesty and might of the British Navy. But, in countless ...

    Article : 887 words
  8. THE MILITARY MOUSTACHE.

    The safety razor is mainly responsible. In the last war they gave each soldier a cut-throat that had apparently been forged by a ...

    Article : 620 words
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  10. YOUTH AND AGE.

    Though intolerant age may laugh at the foolish thoughts of youth. The young declare that age has never known the truth. ...

    Article : 26 words
  11. MISAPPLIED ZEAL.

    An American military observer in Great Britain is responsible for the following amusing story, which appeared in the magazine, "Time": ...

    Article : 162 words
  12. Our Australia. MURRAY BIRD-SONG AND GUARDIANS.

    In this secluded valley we awoke each day to the dawn chorus of the wild birds. Swans trumpeted across those morning skies in black arrow-heads of wings; grey shrike-thrushes played their mellow flutes in the neighbouring gums; whistling eagles shrilled their tremulous cries over ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,036 words
  13. CREDULITY.

    Plain truth will influence half a score of men at most in a nation or an age, while mystery will lead millions by the nose. ...

    Article : 31 words
  14. LIGHT HORSEMEN OF OLD.

    One of the foundation units of the famous Australian Light Horse was formed at Tabulam Station in the Upper Clarence, in 1885, by ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 481 words
  15. QUEER ACCIDENTS.

    Fortune indulged in some dizzy didoes in 1940. This gained emphasis recently when Paul Jones, of the National Safety Council, made ...

    Article : 256 words
  16. CITIES BELEAGURED.

    Cities beleagured lie secure no more, Which once put trust in fortress and in fosse. But vulnerable to this more violent war ...

    Article : 112 words
  17. "HIT-AND-RUN" SCHOOL.

    Mr. —'s material and his realistic handling of it puts him among the modernist poets, but his verse has nothing in common with the rhythms or the ...

    Article : 64 words
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