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  2. TIME PAYMENT

    The time-payment system, whether for better or worse has been adopted very widely throughout most civilised countries to-day, and probably there is some similar economic ...

    Article : 622 words
  3. SINGAPORE.

    Situated some six hundred miles north-east of Batavia, a shade over one degree north of the equator and at the very tip of the Malay Peninsula, Singapore, the "Lion City" founded ...

    Article : 1,712 words
  4. CANBERRA.

    The laying of the foundation-stones of the Commonwealth National Library at Canberra is such an important event in the life of the nation that I think it may be of interest to ...

    Article : 1,488 words
  5. AMERICAN POETRY.

    What do they know of America who only Chicago and Hollywood know? It would probably be a liberal education for Australians to browse on "The Book of American Poetry," ...

    Article : 1,169 words
  6. ROCK TOMBS NEAR MENSHIYEH, ON THE NILE.

    Menshiyeh is thought to be the site of Ptolemais, the old Greek capital of Upper Egypt. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 24 words
  7. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    The crocodile was crying, his salty tears were flowing. And closed for reconstruction was his comprehensive smile. ...

    Article : 170 words
  8. A DAY IN MY LIFE.

    An essay competition, conducted for the students of all Sacred Heart Convents in Australia and New Zealand, was won by Miss Mimi Petersen daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Petersen, Godoowee, ...

    Article : 783 words
  9. TRAVEL SKETCHES.

    To me there is no enjoyment like that of travel, especially foreign travel, and I look back upon the years 1905 and 1930 as two of the most enjoyable of my life, for in the former, ...

    Article : 1,049 words
  10. POPULAR DELUSIONS.

    "Well. John," said the old woman, "and what wonderful things did you meet with in your travels?" "O. mother, I saw many strange things." "Tell me all about them, for I ...

    Article : 880 words
  11. DURAL.

    This quaint little old church lies to the left of the main road from Sydney through Dural, and is a curious example of the non-descript style of architecture sometimes ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 208 words
  12. THE REALM OF CLOUDS.

    Oft. when I'm sitting by myself And looking at the sky. I see the pictures in the clouds As they pass slowly by. ...

    Article : 145 words
  13. SUMMER STORM.

    As the bubbling, babbling water Rushes swiftly down the street. Making puddles, creeks, and hollows For the eager, splashing feet. ...

    Article : 95 words
  14. HILLS OF HOME.

    Thus sang a Gloucestershire poet, F. W. Harvey, in Flanders during the war. To those hills Dr. John Masefield will soon return, for his home at Pinbury is set in a curve of the ...

    Article : 323 words
  15. THE FAIRIES' EVENING.

    Dancing on me meadows, Playing on the green, In their dainty dresses Fairies may be seen. ...

    Article : 59 words
  16. THE "OLD PILGR1M."

    Standing at the top of Lapstone Hill near the Blaxland Railway Station is one of the oldest surviving links in New South Wales, with the early years of the last century—the ...

    Article : 282 words
  17. "JACKOS."

    "Mum, here are your Jackos." This, a continual cry in our house, always has the effect of a rush for the meat-safe. Then follows a sight well worth watching. The ...

    Article : 130 words
  18. AMBITION.

    I'd like lo be a Grenadier, I'd like to have a drum. I'd like a coat so bright and red, I'd like a bearskin on my head. ...

    Article : 51 words
  19. A WATERFRONT SCENE AT SINGAPORE.

    The harbour if crowded with an amazing variety of native craft. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 17 words
  20. ON BEING KIND.

    God make us kind! It costs but little here Some broken heart to bind, Or wand'ring child to find, ...

    Article : 103 words
  21. EVENTIDE.

    The curved road's red has stirred to dust, And cattle slouching home have lent Their bells to tinkle in the air; In drowsy trees the mopokes call. ...

    Article : 113 words
  22. INVASION.

    At Lindfield, past the station lights, When dusk carne down o' winter nights, Bloom-dark as grapes, o'er-skyed with grey, The little hills towards Deewhy lay. ...

    Article : 99 words
  23. THE INVALID.

    Perhaps when I am old I shall not care, Nor feel the longing that I feel to-day Because the thousand spirits of the air Are calling me to join them in their play. ...

    Article : 106 words
  24. WINE AND JAR.

    The jar is not the wine, though richly carved, The dress is not the soul, though stitched with gold, The violin is not the minuet, ...

    Article : 68 words
  25. SIESTA.

    A ribbon of silver sand, And palms that droop o'er the sea That girdles the drowsy land With lapis lazuli. ...

    Article : 55 words
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