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  2. MAGNA CARTA DAY.

    Increased efforts have been made during the past few years to direct public attention to the annual commemoration of the signing of Magna Carta on June 15. It is regrettable, ...

    Article : 1,171 words
  3. THE ART OF LISTENING.

    There are people who think that the artist has less general intelligence than those who [?]ow other professions. Yet the following [?]ics rather tend to prove otherwise. Ten ...

    Article : 1,262 words
  4. TOWN OF PICTON.

    Whether Major Henry Antill had ever met Sir Thomas Picton is a matter for conjecture, as neither of them, except for two short neriods, were ever in the same country at the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 877 words
  5. PLACE NAMES.

    There are many people who find etymology a fascinating study and who derive great pleasure from tracing the various influences which, for example, turned the "droghte" of ...

    Article : 1,519 words
  6. MIDSUMMER BEAUTY IN ENGLAND'S GARDEN ISLE.

    This quaintly thatched cottage at Shorewell, just outside Newport, Isle of Wight, seems in keeping with its leafy background. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 27 words
  7. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    The moon and stars sink down o'er mount and sea. The woodman rises for the dawn of day. His homely cottage, hidden by a tree, ...

    Article : 126 words
  8. NAPIER REBUILT

    When visiting Napier two years ago its main street was little more than a collection of gutted ruins. That unpleasant scene has been transformed into one of apparent prosperity ...

    Article : 725 words
  9. THE HORSE SPEAKS.

    Flying footsteps came across the yard, and the next minute the stable-door opened and a smiling face looked in at me. "It's a lovely morning, Star," my mistress ...

    Article : 216 words
  10. MUTINY MEMORIES.

    In May, 1857, Indian discontent burst into the flames of insurrection. The Indian Mutiny threatened British supremacy throughout India. On June 26, Cawnpore fell, and ...

    Article : 1,088 words
  11. MAKE-BELIEVE.

    I baked my pancakes in the sun, I turned and browned them one by one. I washed my teacups in the dew, Such things that mortals never do! ...

    Article : 84 words
  12. THE KOALAS' HOLIDAY.

    It was King Koko's birthday, and, so in honour of the great event, Koala-Land was having a holiday. Just imagine the excitement! ...

    Article : 310 words
  13. AT THE BREAKWATER, NAPIER.

    Dredging operations are continuously being pursued. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 10 words
  14. CONTRAST.

    A friend once said, "All churches should be built on the tops of hills." Churches fashioned of old grey stone with the clouds, the dawning days to crown them, ...

    Article : 338 words
  15. THE CATERPILLAR'S TEA.

    The Caterpillar saw some leaves As green as green could be; "Those leaves look nice and ripe!" he mused, "They'll quite agree with me!" ...

    Article : 163 words
  16. AFTER MANY YEARS.

    The coming of Sir Hamilton Harty recalls to me the following incident which occurred in the beautiful old church at Hillsborough, in the North of Ireland, where as a girl I ...

    Article : 209 words
  17. THE DESERTED HUT.

    It was with a feeling of despondency that I passed through the gate to the hut which had been my home for so long. Nothing had changed materially, the cracks in the walls ...

    Article : 204 words
  18. PICTURES IN THE COALS.

    [?] Joyful tongues of flame running over [?]als, catching hands, jumping gleefully [?] the vast blackness of the chimney. They [?] like our hopes, our dreams, those little ...

    Article : 163 words
  19. THE INNER HARBOUR, NAPIER.

    In this area, 7500 acres will be made available for 50-acre farms. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 18 words
  20. SONNET.

    Oh I found happiness, to-day; I found her A captive in a glen, by rocky towers, And rugged mountain peakes; and there were flowers, ...

    Article : 130 words
  21. RAIN AT SEA.

    I am tired of the leaden daylight, of the desolate driving rain! I want the blue on the ocean: I want the sun again! ...

    Article : 114 words
  22. TAHITI.

    The miracle of breathless dawn, With thundering seas upon the bar; The dewdrops on an emerald lawn— The glory of the morning star! ...

    Article : 54 words
  23. TROUBADOUR.

    O Poesy! No epic strain Be mine. Instinctive as the birds I would my soul's delight and pain Distil in singing words. ...

    Article : 53 words
  24. LOVELINESS.

    [?] symmetry of form but its dim grace Within my soul las often subtly wrought The same sweet havoc as when gazing on A face illuminated by holy thought. ...

    Article : 32 words
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