Scarcely affected by political upheavals, the social habits of the natives display but little change. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 24 wordsIn the excitement following the record-breaking flight of Miss Jean Batten across the Tasman Sea the New Zealand Postmaster-General (Mr. Jones), doubtless carried away ...
Article : 1,239 wordsIn 1934, one was privileged to see something of Toc H at work in England. One had gone there as a member of Toc H New South Wales. Since, however, Toc H, in each State ...
Article : 1,586 wordsThe expression "Ossianic poetry" requires [?]me definition. It refers in its immediate [?]se to the poetical works of James Mac[?]erson (1736-1796), who published in the ...
Article : 1,290 wordsAfter the Roman occupation of Northern Africa had come to an end the whole country relapsed, with little exception, into a state of-barbarism; a series of independent States, ...
Article : 1,217 wordsI was at Burrawong Station, standing just outside my door. When along came a little maiden—I'd say her age was four[?] ...
Article : 193 wordsTwo gleaming white sailor suits, inside which were two little boys, sat stiffly on the edge of a couch. The owners ot the sailor suits were paying a call upon an elderly aunt, ...
Article : 449 wordsLondon is always essentially the same, yet she is always changing, One heare laments over the manner in which Regent-street has been rebuilt, or at the pulling down of famous ...
Article : 896 wordsIt seems that amongst pnnatelists the phrase "first postage stamp" is understood to apply to the first practical application of the suggestion for postal reform submitted to ...
Article : 728 wordsCaptain Noah was eagerly scanning the sky From the bridge of the Ark, while excitement ran high, For the seene was beyond any pen to depict, ...
Article : 161 wordsCosily tucked in their brown cradle, Jacaranda's seed babies slept soundly. Only one cradle hung from the bare branches, so mother tree guarded it with loving care. ...
Article : 186 wordsThe baker clatters down the street, And I sit near him, on the seat, And all the boys are envying me; I'm proud, you needn't doubt it. ...
Article : 141 wordsWhen Mr. Zane Grey was in Australia, I had the pleasure of receiving several letters from him. He is very interested in young people who are trying to become authors, ...
Article : 216 wordsI was at Lucerne—that Swiss city by the lake, with the mountains rising about it like sheer, dramatic walls. But in a more real and actual sense I was in the land of Hans ...
Article : 405 wordsA thousands years ago dawn's smile was here, Here on the green, while the children at play Wove in their laughter the threads of a year Beyond their lives' sweet and ancient decay; ...
Article : 117 wordsI love the knobs within my room, I love them more than sailing ships, And more than Jock, the doll that skip. Or guns I have that bang and boom. ...
Article : 98 wordsI looked sorrowfully at the cypress pine— dear old friendly thing! This was to be the last glimpse I would have of it standing in my garden as it was to be rooted out and ...
Article : 299 words"Life is eternal-Death but a passing wind!" Ah, surely we have met before, But when and there? In quiet Engoish vales. ...
Article : 211 wordsFrom a hitherto unpublished sketch in the possession of a grandson of Lieutenant Woore. Several of the islands have since been removed to create New Plymouth's breakwater. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 39 wordsI found you on the sandy shore, Fluted and delicate and thin. And knew that lately you had been Lapped by the tide that, rushing in, ...
Article : 117 wordsGod's day Is ended, Sinks the sun Into the Golden West. Pray that our God ...
Article : 34 wordsTrue pride (a virtue seldom understood— Too oft adjudicated mere conceit), Though dressed in rags, can treat with scorn or wit ...
Article : 42 wordsPlease choose from the following download options:
Share this item on:
Print page as...
Testing
The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 31 Oct 1936, Page 13
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
With your Trove account you can: