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  2. WHYS AND WHEREFORES

    N.B.—Applicants for advice must pay attention to repeated requests:- (1) Full name and address must be given, for this column is only for the use of ...

    Article : 164 words
  3. THE BEE GARDENS

    Enigma, Mangain: I have a great variety of vegetables planted; they are growing well and there ought to be no lack this year. Spinster Bee, Narraburra: The garden looks ...

    Article : 319 words
  4. THE LAND WE LOVE

    Orpheus is silent with his lyre, Pan has laid his Feeble pipes away, But here is music still, of purer fire Than trembled in the far-off Doric ...

    Article : 202 words
  5. Powers of an Executrix

    Mrs. M. asks: Can a [?] executrix get an order from the [?] to raise a mortgage on an estate in which she has a life interest? And what would ...

    Article : 167 words
  6. Better English

    Discussing the word "nice" in a recent issue led to a recommendation that we should select precise words instead of words with a mere general ...

    Article : 299 words
  7. Miss Johnson's Receipts

    Delungra asks how much money Amy Johnson will receive from the Government of Australia and from other people. ...

    Article : 169 words
  8. GENERAL

    Tottenham asks where she can obtain genuine Hudson strain utility Black Orpingtons. Answer: You had better correspond ...

    Article : 32 words
  9. EXCELLENT GERMINATION.

    Stoopid, Matong: My Bee seeds are nearly all up, I think, and the sweet peas are growing like a wet week. All the sweet pea seeds, excepting two came up, so that was good, ...

    Article : 64 words
  10. Departmental Addresses

    Inverell: The address of the Board of Health, Sydney, is Macquarie Street, and the Minister, as probably you know, is Dr. Arthur. It is customary ...

    Article : 81 words
  11. Historic "Shorts"

    Alsophila excelsa—a native of Norfolk Island—is stated by Captain King to grow to a height of eighty feet. "The branches (fronds), which resemble ...

    Article : 348 words
  12. OH, SUCH A GARDEN!

    Jessie Richards, Singleton: My favorite hobby is gardening. Mother and I have a large flower garden. We have 150 rose bushes. I think the rose is the prettiest of all flowers. ...

    Article : 153 words
  13. The Literary Scrap-Book

    The tiny trickling' tumbling fallsAre frozen twixt their rocky walls That, grey and brown, look silent down ...

    Article : 34 words
  14. Ballads of the Bush

    I've shore, at Burrabogie, and I've shore at Toganmain; I've shore at big Willandra, and upon the old Coleraine; ...

    Article : 226 words
  15. Watch for Jack Frost

    When you set out your "wild garden" seeds, or any other seeds, at the present time, protect them at night with kerosene tin sheets set at a slant, or with brown ...

    Article : 110 words
  16. Taronga Park

    Autumn at Taronga and the white gulls below. Where, like a drift of petals, the little yachts blow. ...

    Article : 78 words
  17. The Kids from the City

    When Betty came out from the city, She thought our farm animals pretty; But a black dairy cow Set her wondering how ...

    Article : 69 words
  18. FOR DRY AREA YOUNG FOLK

    Excellent gardening advice conies from Used to Bee, Gilgandra, who evidently knows what gardening in the inland calls for:- Make your beds a little lower than the ...

    Article : 149 words
  19. A Challenge!

    Scotchie, (Wagga): One of my hobbies is gardening. I love it, and since the rain I have had plenty of time to indulge in that pleasure. In the last three weeks we have ...

    Article : 499 words
  20. The Autograph Book

    Queen's "auto" book is like a garden patch, Where every busy Bee will want to scratch. ...

    Article : 21 words
  21. Historic Events

    Agricultural Society of N.S.W. founded, 1822. Crown lands first leased in Tasmania, 1828. Discovery of gold at Anderson's Creek reported, 1851. ...

    Article : 386 words
  22. GROW TINNED TOMATOES

    The Picaroon, Harden: In common with many Bees, I've spent most of my time in the garden since the rain. I have planted stocks, Iceland and Californian poppies, ...

    Article : 210 words
  23. TWO PROVERBS

    Pot Plant sent a few similes and these two "proverbs"—are they original:- A little brook may start a big river. An ugly sheep is better than no mutton. ...

    Article : 23 words
  24. SCOUT CRAFT AND BUSH LORE

    Scout and other boys in the bush often want to measure distance by sound. It sometimes has a practical use, and oftener it is of interest ...

    Article : 252 words
  25. NOT THE BROAD ARROW.

    For many people the bad old penal days appear to possess a special fascination. It is really deplorable to find people continually attaching the ...

    Article : 589 words
  26. SCOUTING NOTES.

    Great interest has centred in the Scout football competitions, and consequently when it was announced that the Granville team—the star team of Central Cumberland district—was ...

    Article : 415 words
  27. The Words We Use

    A serial presentation of words and phrases used in Australia, and more particularly those pertaining to country pursuits, bush life, and rural products. ...

    Article : 263 words
  28. THIS WEEK'S SLOGAN. SEASON BUSINESS WITH SENTIMENT

    "Business is business" is a good slogan as long as it means "Business is straight dealing"; but when it means, as it so often does, "Business is roguery," it is time to adopt another slogan. When trading transactions are crooked, the trader is a crook—whether he keeps out of gaol or not. Do not look upon the making of a living, or the acquiring of wealth, from the standpoint of the ...

    Article : 211 words
  29. THE HIGHER SCOUT-CRAFT

    In an address to a Boy Scout gatherins, broadcast by radio, President Herbert Hoover, of the United States, cited responsibility to the community ...

    Article : 100 words
  30. Notes and Queries

    The word "badger" is being taken up by Queen Bee's young friends as a name for a person wearing a Bee badge. They recognise in it a subtle suggestion of the verb "badger" ...

    Article : 151 words
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