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  2. EXPLORERS' TREE.

    Many of the tourists and holiday-makers who annually visit the Explorers' Tree, on the main Western-road, outside Katoomba, climb the rough, overgrown road leading to the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 804 words
  3. SCIENCE AND NATURE.

    The problem as to how petroleum has been formed in the earth is one which has not as yet been definitely solved. Scientific men of high standing have stated their opinions as ...

    Article : 904 words
  4. SAMUEL MARSDEN.

    One September night in 1850, three out of four small ships bound for the east coast of New Zealand, weighed anchor, and sailed from Plymouth Sound. Shortly nfterwards, a ...

    Article : 1,101 words
  5. LAURENCE STERNE.

    One of the most curious personalities in the great world of letters, Laurence Sterne, can scarcely find a place that will suit him amongst any type or species of English writers. ...

    Article : 1,267 words
  6. A SCENE FROM STERNE'S "TRISTRAM SHANDY:" THE DAMNATION OF OBADIAH.

    The picture (dated 1773) by F. Bunbury, shows Dr. Slop, seated in the centre, cursing Obadiah, whose retreating coat tails are seen. Between Dr. Slop and Obadiah stands, Mr. Shandy, while on the other side are Uncle Toby and Corporal Trim. Uncle Toby, pointing to the map, is making his well-known remark, "Our armies swore terribly in Flanders." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 69 words
  7. THE WISHING TREE.

    You have all walked around the Wishing Tree in the Botanic Gardens and wished for something you wanted more than anything else in the world. But do you know how the ...

    Article : 652 words
  8. HEBREW SERVICES.

    Early Hebrew services in Sydney were recalled by the 55th anniversary of the consecration of the Great Synagogue in Elizabethstreet, which took place on March 4, 1878. ...

    Article : 914 words
  9. THE BOSPHORUS.

    There is no spot quite like the Bosphorus, not solely by reason of its scenery, of which men have ever been inspired to sing, but also for its grent significance in man's chequered ...

    Article : 811 words
  10. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    If I was wrecked, like Robinson, Upon a desert isle, I'd put my yellow bat: ers on, If I was wrecked, like Robinson, ...

    Article : 190 words
  11. UTOPIAN FANCY.

    It the yellow, fluffy chickens Would always just be chickens, If the roly-poly puppies would each remain a pup— ...

    Article : 132 words
  12. HARES

    Far back in the eignties, when the writer was a bush youth passing days amongst cattle and sheep and 'roos and gumtrees, and "running the mail" on Pilton station, he first saw ...

    Article : 501 words
  13. "GENTLEMEN ADVENTURERS."

    O! Fare you well, dear playmates true. Fare you well for a year and a day; For we're going to a land unknown to you, In the heart of Afric-ay. ...

    Article : 127 words
  14. SAND SPARROWS.

    Poor, scrawny little scavengers they were, hopping hungrily about in search of food scraps left by departed picnickers. There were five of them originally on the ...

    Article : 244 words
  15. HAVENS FOR SHIPS.

    Sydney Harbour, one of the world's greatest waterways and terminals for vessels from overseas, has its own "port of missing ships " I think, if one searches diligently, three "ports' ...

    Article : 276 words
  16. HILLSIDE PICTURES.

    In Mr. Flinders Barr's interesting article on White Horses (S.M.H., 4/3/33) he questions whether two he mentioned are still in existence Most certainly they are. The ...

    Article : 383 words
  17. THE HONEY-MOUSE.

    The Honey-mouse, a funny mouse is very fond of honey. He is a creature rich and rare, To tell the truth, he doesn't care ...

    Article : 67 words
  18. COLOUR-SCHEME OF BLUE.

    "I should like to see a bower bird's playground" is the oft-expressed wish of lovers of nature and the seeker of the unique Rambling along a peaceful bush track in ...

    Article : 160 words
  19. BEAUTY OF LAND AND WATER ON THE BOSPHORUS.

    "The European with the Asian shore, sprinkled with palaces."-Byron. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 18 words
  20. THE FIRST HEAVEN.

    I thougnt I stood in the Lord's first Heaven Where sunrise and peace and the Spring are born: The lowest Eden this, of the seven— ...

    Article : 162 words
  21. THE EVERLASTING.

    Sometimes in summer the angry wind blows, Dimming the fire at the heart of the rose, Ruffling the soft sand, disturbing the seas, Tossing the branches that cron the tall trees. ...

    Article : 148 words
  22. DANTE'S VISION.

    Dante, through deeps infernal thou didst move The self-wrought torments of the damned to sep, Lust, greed sloth, avarice, hypocrisy, ...

    Article : 99 words
  23. WHITE MOTHS IN THE LILAC TREE.

    White moths in the liiac tree When the day's dying, Through Its mauve ecstasy White shadows flying. ...

    Article : 61 words
  24. BRITAIN.

    Empire! Stand! Realm of Equality, Faith Hope, and Charity, Free-flowing amity ...

    Article : 50 words
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