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  2. ISLAND OF RUBBER, TIN, AND GUNS.

    Sir Stamford Raffles could not have seen his England at bay to totalitarianism when he founded Singapore 121 years ago, but he saw two elements vital to the British scheme—trade and strategy—so vital that in the past few years the British taxpayer ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. AERIEL COMBAT.

    Occasionally? when we get an hour or so off duty, we pick up a magazine containing a story about air combat in the last war. With all due respect to the pioneers of those days, it all seems very slow-motion and courtly. I am ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,068 words
  4. "TRANSITION."

    This pencil sketch by Norman Carter shows an area behind Vickery Chambers, Pitt Street, during a transition period when old buildings were giving place to new. Sydney artists are finding increasing scope for "subjects" in the changing architecture of the city. (See accompanying article.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 45 words
  5. GENTLE ART OF THE CRITIC.

    The music critic is always asked, "Do you play any instrument?" Usually the implication is that the piano is the one and only ...

    Article : 1,245 words
  6. STREETS IN PAINT.

    Courage is required by any artist setting up casel and stool on the pavements of Sydney. Before a subject can be focussed, canvas ...

    Article : 691 words
  7. FAREWELL TO GRETNA GREEN.

    Whatever tears may be shed by sentimentalists at the news that Gretna Green marriages are no longer legal, mine at least will not be among them. Unhappily for my illusions, I visited the place a few years ago while motoring back from ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. "NUMBER 10."

    No. 10 Downing Street, which Mr. Winston Churchill has just made his official home, is familiar enough to him, for he has been ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 528 words
  9. TURTLE WITHOUT A STOMACH.

    Most Japanese divers working the shell-beds round the Nor'-west coast of Western Australia are very superstitious. When they start out ...

    Article : 404 words
  10. IT SHALL PASS.

    Grey skies! And it seems that all light Is lost, when dark winds of the world Unleashed, from their secret eyrie of hate Sweep down, with their fury unfurled. ...

    Article : 120 words
  11. "THE LAND'S WILD PLENTY."

    There are haunts among the Illawarra and Blue Mountain lands that take on in retrospect an almost sacred significance, standing as symbols for the wild music of our mountain country and the joy of revelling in its beauty. That, at least, is how I ...

    Article : 1,018 words
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  13. AIR FORCE HYMN.

    Lord, guard and guide the men who fly Through the great spaces of the sky, Thou of the tempered winds be near That having Thee they have no fear ...

    Article : 165 words
  14. DRUMS ACROSS AFRICA.

    "Across the great soundingboard of Africa comes a barbaric rhythm that has been heard forcenturies, a restless throbbing in ...

    Article : 170 words
  15. A DUD MEDAL.

    Napoleon, like Hitler at the present time, planned a Blitzkrieg invasion of England. He had a large army of veterans concentrated ...

    Article : 153 words
  16. CHICAGO MISSION.

    It is announced that the Bible has been successfully translated into the language of Chicago. That should facilitate the work of the ...

    Article : 54 words
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