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  2. THE PLACID WATERS OF THE UPPER TWEED.

    Hatton's Bluff, Mount Uki and its twin sister, reflect their heights in the unruffled reach of the Tweed River at Byangum, a few miles from Murwillumbah, northern N.S.W. (A study from the "Sydney Morning Herald" Gallery.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  3. POLYNESIAN ROMANCE.

    The career of Professor Peter Buck, the cabled announcement of whose appointment[?] to the directorship of the Bernice Pauah[?] Bishop Museum, of Honolulu, has just been ...

    Article : 1,343 words
  4. VANISHED BIRDS.

    A collector recently paid 300 guineas for the egg of a bird at a sale at Stevens's auction rooms, London. This is probably the highest figure ever paid for a single egg. It ...

    Article : 1,169 words
  5. DOGS SAVE LOST CHILD

    Four-year-old Bobby Dahling, enveloped in rapidly descending fog, and wandering for 47 hours in the depths of the great fir forest surrounding the little community of Essondale, ...

    Article : 1,508 words
  6. NATIVE TELEPATHY.

    For a month we had lived on wild pig and pigeons, then two months on beef and manioc. We were hungry for flour. A slice of damper, lathered with jam was a luscious dream at ...

    Article : 1,469 words
  7. TIMOTHY.

    Tim, for short, is our fox terrier. He is more a person than a dog, for he has a good heart, a sensitive conscience, and has never done anything really wrong in his life. He ...

    Article : 271 words
  8. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    If you want to take a trip, Neither sailing on a ship, Nor spending any money on your fare, Take a leisure hour and look ...

    Article : 197 words
  9. CANBERRA.

    After a brief three days spent on a first visit, via the South Coast, to the Federal Capital Territory, one returns to Sydney mind-enriched by innumerable pleasing impressions ...

    Article : 888 words
  10. THE YEARS OF PERIL.

    Fate or chance played a scurvy trick on Samuel Pepys. It brought about the discovery, decoding, and publication of his private, intimate Diary, concealed in old ...

    Article : 1,123 words
  11. STARLINGS IN A "DOG-FIGHT" WITH MOTHS.

    Walking amongst the fruit trees in the dusk the other evening, I noticed some birds flying about catching the moths. At first I thought they were swallows, but on closer ...

    Article : 194 words
  12. PET TIGER.

    Tabby is a tiger; Stealthily she'll pass, Stalking through the jungle— High, green barley grass. ...

    Article : 87 words
  13. MUMMY SPARROW.

    Walking along the street beneath the trees I noticed something blowing about the path like a dead leaf. At first I thought it was a bird that had been injured, but its strange ...

    Article : 260 words
  14. MEASLES.

    "I've pulled a tooth out on my own," Said Pamela Ann to Valerie Joan. "I don't care if you've pulled out two, 'Cause I've had a lot more things than you: ...

    Article : 100 words
  15. WISHES.

    Our Betty wants a party On her tenth birthday— A cake with coloured candles, And long streamers gay; ...

    Article : 66 words
  16. BERMAGUI

    For over 70 years the little seaport of Bermagui, on the south coast of New South Wales, has slept beneath the shadow of its low, encircling hills, clad darkly with gum ...

    Article : 356 words
  17. BOBBY DAHLING AND THE DOG BRUNO.

    An article on this page describes how canine sagacity saved this Canadian lad. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  18. DERWENTWATER.

    Catherine Grant's dissertation, "Derwentwater," which appeared in the "Herald" of January 11 last, is definitely misleading. Those unable to discriminate between Southey and, ...

    Article : 302 words
  19. CACTUS.

    When the Creator made the earth, He thought: I have made My Garden too breath-takingly beautiful; in the midst of such perfection man will be sad. And so He made ...

    Article : 212 words
  20. THE LADY OF PROVENCE.

    [?] lady of Provence is [?]e, [?] [?]air land of trou[?]dours and song. [?] Named by great Caesar's just decree, When legions marched in mighty throng. ...

    Article : 94 words
  21. EVENING.

    The creamy peace of afternoon Has stilled the locust's drowsy rune, Has hushed the river's whispered croon, Has ushered in a promrose moon, ...

    Article : 82 words
  22. A PASSING THOUGHT.

    Great God gave us laughter To brighten the earth, To lift up the rafter, To fill all with mirth. ...

    Article : 43 words
  23. TREES.

    I love trees. Grey, green trees that clothe the valley Where cloud shadows form and rally, Drifting slowly by ...

    Article : 45 words
  24. GREY DAYS.

    A sullen aspect mars the sea to-day, A carefree song unsung steals sad away, No sunbeams light the distant spires that loom Just visible beyond the sombre gloom. ...

    Article : 44 words
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