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  2. MIGHTY NANGA PARBAT

    "Most determined attempts have been made by Germans and English on Nanga Parbat... Not one has succeeded in reaching the summit, but many of the finest lives have been lost"—Sir Francis Younghusband. Nanga Parbat ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 60 words
  3. HOW SMALL PARTIES OF THE A.I.F. ESCAPED TO THE SEA

    [In the final part of his narrative a New South Wales infantry sergeant tells how small parties of soldiers, who had been cut off by German tanks, made their perilous way through the mountains to the sea, and crossed by boat to Thermopylac. The Greek peasants guided and helped them as best they could and loaded them with gift[?] of food and water. Many women were in tears.] ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,406 words
  4. MOUNTAIN OF DEATH

    On India's northern frontier, stretching from the plains of Rawalpindi across the eternal snowcaps of the Himalayas to the edge of Chinese Tibet, lies the State of Kashmir, famous in song and story, in tales of love and war, of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 993 words
  5. LOST IN THE BUSH AT MOSMAN!

    In 1789, eighteen months after the founding of Sydney, Midshipman Francis Hill, of H.M.S. Sirius, in an effort to explore the country, landed from his ship, then undergoing repairs in what to-day is Mosman Bay. He lost his way in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 939 words
  6. FREEDOM?

    The ever-moody, restless Sea Complains and sighs, though it is free. As Man, when Vi[?]try frees his mind, May find himself still caged behind ...

    Article : 35 words
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  8. A CENTURY OF "PUNCH"

    "Punch," London's famous magazine of humour and satire, was a hundred years old on Thursday. The first number ...

    Article : 639 words
  9. PROPHETS IN FEATHERS

    Kookaburras are remarkably good weather prophets, and it is pleasing to know that they now predict rain over the catchment ...

    Article : 364 words
  10. THE GENTLE ART OF SAYING "NO"

    Australians, with the insouciance of youth, know how to say "no" and mean it. Evidently they have not yet realised that it is the most unpopular word in any language, and that there are whole nations who shy at it, preferring, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 791 words
  11. PNEUMATIC BUMPERS

    In the near future, motorists may need to blow up their bumpers as well as their tyres before setting out on a trip! ...

    Article : 87 words
  12. BACK TO NERO

    Although the verse example given by "Welsh Bard" on this page suggests that the popular pronunciation of "Boulogne" was ...

    Article : 123 words
  13. RESPITE

    Another day has dawned and set, The cares and troubles that we met Are for a brief space hid from sight, Held captive in the arms of Night. ...

    Article : 33 words
  14. QUATRAIN

    Surely in July's garden gods renew Their life with hope for man, for haply, see The purple iris palpitating to ...

    Article : 31 words
  15. LIFE'S EPOCHS

    Thoughts are the epochs in our lives; all else is but as a journal of the winds that blew while we were here. ...

    Article : 32 words
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