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  2. QUARANTINE.

    Dr. A. J. Metcalfe, the chief quarantine [?]r, organises and directs from the head race, in the Customs-house building, and a [?]cnt staff of 10 reside at the station, ...

    Article : 1,114 words
  3. ENGLAND'S EAST COAST

    The East Coast of England, which embraces parts of seven couties, stretches from Berwick-on-Twed to the mouth of the Thames, a distance of just over 300 miles. ...

    Article : 1,626 words
  4. CONCERNING HAIRPINS.

    The[?]other day I came across a newspaper paragraph to the effect that the last hairpin factory in France had just[?]gone bankrup[?]— or that its proprietors had. which amounts to ...

    Article : 1,595 words
  5. OUR MOTHER TONGUE.

    In a previous article I referred briefly to the Oxford English Dictionary and its Supplement and tried to indicate its real importance. It may be interesting to take a ...

    Article : 1,338 words
  6. TYNEMOUTH CASTLE AND PRIORY, NORTHUMBERLAND.

    An engraving, dated about 1770, ot a scene which, so [?] as the headland itself is concerned, has altered little. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 27 words
  7. A LEADER OF YOUTH.

    "The brightest spot on the educational map of England" was the description of Abbotsholme school by Professor Stanley Hall, president of Clark University and distinguished ...

    Article : 1,050 words
  8. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    The Delicate Owl had to stay [?]n bed, With eucalyptus on throat and head; The specialists said that he must not speak For they feared a bone in his chest or beak. ...

    Article : 196 words
  9. WHITE TAIL.

    Once upon a time (which is how all true stories begin) on the banks of a sleepy old stream, there lived a large family of rabbits. Mrs. Rabbit, who had been the prettiest and ...

    Article : 597 words
  10. AUSTRALIAN TOBACCO.

    William Wield Armstrong was born at Dumfries, Scotland, in 1804, and in his 20th year joined Sir Edward Parry's third voyage to the Arctic for the discovery of a north-west ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 590 words
  11. THE LADY MOON.

    Sailing high In the midnight sky, The Moon in her beauty rides, And a land of dreams, ...

    Article : 85 words
  12. THE HAVEN.

    When the strain of school is over—and no grind of homework looms, I travel down to Athol, where dreams evolve— and blooms, ...

    Article : 89 words
  13. SPELLING.

    If "beau" is called "bow," Why is "bough" pronounced "bow?" I simply must no, And I'll find out somehough. ...

    Article : 43 words
  14. A SPIDER DRINKING.

    One day while taking refuge from a storm in a tumbled-down bark-roofed hut, I had [?] unique experience, for while the storm was at its height the rain water began to leak ...

    Article : 207 words
  15. AUTUMN.

    The little leave, are stirring Round tree trunks tall and gaunt: For the whistling wind is telling A tale of a fairies' haunt. ...

    Article : 77 words
  16. A MEMORY.

    How many young men and women in Sydney recalled a few davs ago, on the occasion of the Prince of Wales' 40th birthday, the day when, as care-free youngsters, fourteen long ...

    Article : 383 words
  17. BLUE AND GOLD.

    Recently the "Herald" [?]ublished interesting sketches of things visible from a "city" and "other city windows." Here is yet" another. This time the scene is [?] at Cronulla, one of ...

    Article : 352 words
  18. RECEIPT SIGNED BY PARKES IN 1846.

    Now in the possession of the Armstrong [?]amily. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 19 words
  19. A HILLSIDE AT HOME.

    They are such little matte[?] That bind my thoughts to you[?] The crooked creek that chatters Through lily-stems askew. ...

    Article : 212 words
  20. GIFT OF A ROSE.

    Kind hands had set a sweet red rose Within a fair green bowl. Where charm of loveliness and pose Might challenge or console ...

    Article : 102 words
  21. PROMISE.

    [?] yesterday, [?] coming home, when skips werp cold and grey. [?] the Cootamundra wattle's [?]ough. ...

    Article : 84 words
  22. NOW YOU ARE GONE.

    Now you are gone, and all the world is old, Day after day creeps slowly, tired and wan, Lost are the colours, the crimson and the gold. Now you are gone. ...

    Article : 67 words
  23. MINIATURES.

    A rose once seen, a note once [?]eard. Constant companions are. The flirting wing of [?]ome bright bird. The aura of some star. ...

    Article : 51 words
  24. HARVESTER DAWN.

    Dawn, the harvester, comes reaping, Garnering the gathered yields, All the sunbeams wake from sleeping, Bright the daylight mounts up, leaping ...

    Article : 32 words
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