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  2. THE LONG WAY HOME.

    My first glimpse of Russia was from the deck of an Italian steamer at Batum, a city of wondrous beauty and great commercial importance. The centre of Russia's great oil ...

    Article : 1,430 words
  3. "PELORUS JACK."

    Interest in the mysterious disappearance some years ago of Pelorus Jack, the only fish in the world to form the subject matter for an Act of Parliament, has been revived by the ...

    Article : 1,077 words
  4. "THE MEETING OF THE WATERS"—OLD NAME IN AN AUSTRALIAN SETTING.

    Avoca is one of the most beautiful of the many lakes which intersect the coastline of New South Wales between Sydney and Newcastle. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 33 words
  5. WAR IMPRESSIONS.

    And many a heart shall fall end brow grow pale To hear the tale of peril he has run. Such is the effect on his audience as the soldier home from the wars recounts his ...

    Article : 608 words
  6. CLEANING-UP

    There is a legend that a regular army sergeant-major who, by some remarkable luck, still survived at the end of a war which had sorely vexed his barrack-square soul, exclaimed ...

    Article : 890 words
  7. A REPUTED REYNOLDS.

    For many years it was believed that the portrait, reproduced on this page and reputed to be the work of Sir Joshua Reynolds, was that of a certain Georgian princess. ...

    Article : 599 words
  8. FOR THE CHILDREN. THE SUGAR HOUSE.

    Of fascinating things the house was wrought, The dearest place in all the world, Dot thought; And pressed her nose against the ...

    Article : 195 words
  9. TOBIAS FROG'S ADVENTURE.

    It was one of those still, hot nights, when mosquitoes delight to bite one, and when the air is so stifling that the bed feels as if it is on fire, that Tobias the Frog had an ...

    Article : 764 words
  10. OLD WATCHES

    There have recently been added to the treasures in the Mitchell Library, in Macquarle-street, Sydney, two beautiful gold specimens of the ancient watchmaker's art. which for ...

    Article : 702 words
  11. AUSTRALIAN BLACKS.

    In my article under the heading "Australian Blacks," which appeared in the "Sydney Morning Herald" of September 28, 1932, I said I believed that the blacks of to-day were the ...

    Article : 536 words
  12. HAIRCUTTING.

    On Sunday morning Donald's hair Was long and straggling here and there; No brilliantine would keep it fiat: To church he could not go like that. ...

    Article : 152 words
  13. ARMISTICE DAY.

    Armistice Day—the two minutes' silence— zero hour. What a flood of memories comes rushing back to all of us, during the short solemn interval of silence observed by Britons ...

    Article : 591 words
  14. PERIWINKLE.

    Pray tell me, periwinkle, Who live beside the sea, About the house you live in, And whether it be free. ...

    Article : 99 words
  15. A CANBERRA SMITHY.

    We have heard for many years of the blacksmith "under the spreading Chestnut tree," but in Canberra he strikes his anvil under the wistaria. ...

    Article : 210 words
  16. COLLEGE SYMBOL.

    Of the few sun-dials overlooked by E. G. Boden, in an article, "Sun-dials" ("Herald," October 29 last), there is one around which many tender memories are centred. It is the ...

    Article : 182 words
  17. A PORTRAIT OF THE REYNOLDS SCHOOL.

    This picture, which has been in Australia for more than 80 years, is believed to be at least 160 years old. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 28 words
  18. BLUE AND GOLD.

    To-day is a blue and gold day—another of Sydney's jewels, and as I gaze out of the window I see a smooth green lawn stretching down to an incredibly blue sea. Through two ...

    Article : 251 words
  19. AVOCA.

    Avoca Lake is one of many attractive sheets of water adjacent to the coastline between Broken Bay and Newcastle. These coastal lakes—some of them are content with the ...

    Article : 248 words
  20. THE WIND.

    Over the roof of the world I fly— Snow clouds drifting beneath the sky. The desert dust I blow afar. To realms beneath the Evening Star. ...

    Article : 159 words
  21. THE UNIVERSITY CARILLON.

    When in the throbbing air of eve there sound The liquid notes that in still silence drip Like strange melodious dew drops; on a mound Sits Pan, and from his rushy pipe lets slip ...

    Article : 199 words
  22. ARMISTICE DAY.

    The clocks chime out the hourl In silence stand! What tribute shall we give? What homage pay? ...

    Article : 118 words
  23. BLUE.

    I have loved blue. The blue of children's eyes Ere years have vanquished them in slow defeat And washed them pale. The blue of summer ...

    Article : 104 words
  24. LOST DREAMS.

    While I could dream of loving you, Of hallowed hours when moonlight threw Its spell on glamoured soul and sense Till surged a tide, I know not whence, ...

    Article : 101 words
  25. THE HILLS.

    I had a sorrow; Weary and sad [?] turn to the hills To make me glad. ...

    Article : 36 words
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