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  2. THE EARLY DAYS

    It is 50 years since the high school system was introduced in New South Wales, and it is fitting that Sydney High School, the premier State high school, is the oldest of all ...

    Article : 1,429 words
  3. SUBMARINE WARFARE

    Since a comparatively early period active mechanical brains have endeavoured to find some method of destroying an enemy vessel by secret or submarine methods, either in ...

    Article : 1,239 words
  4. FAMOUS AVENUE OF ENGLISH OAKS, OVER A MILE LONG.

    This avenue, which is near Worthing, Sussex, is to be preserved for the nation for all time. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 26 words
  5. AUSTRALIAN CUCKOOS.

    In Australia we have a wonderful variety of birds, totalling over 700 distinct species, including about twelve recognised species of cuckoos. These latter range from the giant ...

    Article : 1,459 words
  6. SIR WILLIAM ORPEN

    The decision of the trustees of the National Art Gallery to purchase an Orpen drawing in England will be welcomed by all admirers of the "Italian Major," one of the finest ...

    Article : 1,175 words
  7. SHAKESPEARE.

    As a member of the family owning the "Barlow" portrait of Shakespeare, I am always interested in reading criticisms of the above portrait. The old painting has had many ...

    Article : 643 words
  8. ANDREW CARNEGIE.

    Although Andrew Carnegie wrote his autobiography, many aspects of his life remained to be told, aspects only recently presented in two attractive volumes by Burton J. Hendrick. ...

    Article : 895 words
  9. FOR THE CHILDREN. TREE SONGS.

    The clouds are low and the hills are grey And the sunlight pale and thin, Hungry and cold is the bush to-day; Said one little bird: "Pray, where do you ...

    Article : 136 words
  10. LION AND TIGER.

    No! Lion and Tiger are really not so ferocious as they sound, nor do they live in the jungle. They are not even inhabitants of Taronga Park; they are merely two cats who ...

    Article : 371 words
  11. OPEN SEASON FOR SPRING ODES.

    Every year, have you noticed, about this time, Poets get their annual urge to rhyme. They can never let poor old Spring go by Without raising a terrible hue and cry. ...

    Article : 204 words
  12. FISH.

    Have you ever studied the fish and their little ways of living? They are wonderfully interesting little creatures. We have a large reservoir, with two beautiful golden carp, and ...

    Article : 196 words
  13. QUESTION AND ANSWER

    O' butterfly, gorgeously tawny and red, Who gave you those colours so rich; That each little minute you brighten with Joy, And sweet-scented flowers bewitch? ...

    Article : 62 words
  14. LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES.

    Recently an English newspaper organised a competition on the most objectionable children in Action, and the result was exactly what one would expect. They were all there, ...

    Article : 380 words
  15. AN ORPEN CARICATURE OF HIMSELF.

    This pen and ink impression of the late Sir William Orpen, R.A., was drawn on the fly-leaf of a copy of "An Onlooker in France," and given to his friend, the late Mr. E. Murray Fuller. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 41 words
  16. WINGS OF THE MORNING.

    Whirr-irr-lrr! Whirr-lrr-irr [?] Instinctively I look at my watch. Yes! Seven minutes past eight "to the tick," as the first faint sound comes to my ears, growing ever ...

    Article : 286 words
  17. GORDON'S CENTENARY.

    The approaching centenary of Adam Lindsay Gordon's birth—the poet was bom on October 19, 1833—recalls to me that in the first collected edition of his verses, published ...

    Article : 373 words
  18. VALLEYS OF THE SOUL.

    High amongst the mountains, A hundred fairy fountains Are born, and flow in silver streamlets down the mountainsides. ...

    Article : 124 words
  19. SOMEHOW GOOD.

    O hearts too sensitive why fix your eyes On earth's dark welter, sin and misery, Till maimed and blighted all mankind you see, And vainly o'er this wastage agonise? ...

    Article : 105 words
  20. ULYSSES.

    I[?] fevered with the sunset, And restless with the day; For "The Red Gods Call," and I hear the bells In the temples of Cathay. ...

    Article : 61 words
  21. THE PRINCE OF PURITANS.

    Milton, great poet of the single eye! The harmony of Heaven hath filled thine ears. Murmurs thy mouth with music of the spheres. Deep in thy heart doth God's sweet secret lie, ...

    Article : 114 words
  22. STRICKEN FIELD.

    The war of roses white and [?] That o'er thy face in rich array Its pageantry of colour shed, Charge and recoil as veins might play, ...

    Article : 87 words
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