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  2. JEREMY BENTHAM

    New South Wales has two grounds special to herself for commemorating the death of Jeremy Bentham on June 6, 1832. It was Bentham, who, in 1803, published, under the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,328 words
  3. MESSINES.

    Messines ridge was one of those mounds on which the Germans, with uncanny skill. hardened their resistance when the struggle on the western front settled down to trench ...

    Article : 919 words
  4. "THE PEACE OF LONELY PLACES."

    A reach of the Wollondilly River, in the upper Burragorang Valley. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  5. ADELAIDE RISTORI.

    The presence of the Italian Operatic Company now appearing at Her Majesty's Theatre will no doubt recall to the minds of the older playgoers the visit of another company ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,207 words
  6. FEDERAL MEMORIES.

    "Uncle Tom's Cabin" had been written a very long time before, but it was a book frequently referred to in the controversies over the establishment of Federation. Scenes from ...

    Article : 1,159 words
  7. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    When the morning comes adorning The hills with golden glare, And the air is sweet with perfume Of the wattle-blossom fair, ...

    Article : 106 words
  8. THE AUTUMN TREE.

    When all the trees in the orchard were barren and bare and had settled down for their winter sleep, one tree remained a sentinel of gold. This was the persimmon tree, loth to ...

    Article : 280 words
  9. TREE-CLIMBING.

    The Australian aborigines, men and women alike, are very wonderful tree climbers, especially with the aid of a vine and tomahawk; though, on occasions, the Australian-born ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 848 words
  10. BURRAGORANG.

    A pleasing achievement lay behind us when, on that last night of our walking tour, we dropped our packs beneath the perfect sheoak of a campers dreams in the wild upper ...

    Article : 653 words
  11. THE BUMBLE BEE.

    The bumble bee, A humble bee, Is not inclined to grumble. He buzzes happily along ...

    Article : 48 words
  12. THE CONSTANT PIPER.

    When the silver moon climbs slowly over the hill, and faint, silvery strains come from the distant woods, I hear a shrill piping at my window. And while I work, the piper ...

    Article : 184 words
  13. MY LITTLE PAPER BOAT.

    I have a trusty little boat That takes me ev'rywhere— A paper boat, in black and white. Eleven inches square ...

    Article : 87 words
  14. JUNE 11.

    On June 11, the day of the general election, the people of New South Wales do more than choose those who shall represent them in the next Parliament. On this day they ...

    Article : 572 words
  15. STRAWBERRY HILL.

    In a recent issue, a "Herald" reviewer, commenting on Stephen Gwynn's latest book Horace Walpole," remarked that "the mansion at Strawberry Hill is no more." I ...

    Article : 334 words
  16. GARIBALDI.

    With reference to a paragraph that appeared recently in the "Herald," anent the approaching commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Giuseppe Garibaldi, I wonder ...

    Article : 317 words
  17. SYDNEY.

    I lure strange sails from distant seas, Rich argosies from allen strands— White clouds of canvas on the breeze— With treasure from the ancient lands. ...

    Article : 177 words
  18. PENTECOST REMEMBERED.

    "A tongue of fire the Pentecostal flame "The Holy Comforter.." and then—you came Words meaningless until I saw youl eyes ...

    Article : 144 words
  19. AT EVENTIDE.

    For all this beauty—for the clear, cold gleam That lingers in the west and hurts the eye With too much splendour: for the dreaming hills ...

    Article : 94 words
  20. RAIN IN THE NIGHT.

    It has rained in the night And the earth, that grew faint, Lies new-washen in light, All forgotten its plaint. ...

    Article : 46 words
  21. PANSIES FOR THOUGHTS.

    Pansies so quaint and sweet, purple and white and gold£ Growing low at my feet, here in a garden old. ...

    Article : 47 words
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