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  2. UNIVERSITY WOMEN.

    In 1878 Sir William Windeyer, M.A., L.L.D Senior Australian Graduate and pioneer feminist, put a most outrageous resolution before the Assembly, that of "extending the ...

    Article : 849 words
  3. PETS AND PESTS.

    It does not often occur that animal pets become a pest, but at Sydney's National Park this is so. About 45 years ago, seven imported deer ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 862 words
  4. CANTERBURY.

    One could write a large, and, I think, very interesting, volume on Australian memorials in England. The more one travels about the provinces the more he will find that the ...

    Article : 573 words
  5. SCIENCE AND SOCIETY.

    In the latter part of August of the present year the Association for the Advancement of Science will meet again in Sydney, after an interval of 21 years. The first meeting of the ...

    Article : 1,115 words
  6. INTERIOR OF THE CANADIAN HOUSE OF COMMONS AT OTTAWA.

    In this chamber the plenary sessions of the Ottawa Conference will be held. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    When the toys are growing weary, And the twilight gathers in; When the nursery still re-echoes To the children's merry din— ...

    Article : 98 words
  8. OTTAWA.

    When the Imperial Economic Conference opens its momentous sessions very shortly, Ottawa will become the temporary capital city of the British Empire. It will be a long ...

    Article : 693 words
  9. TREASURES OF AGES.

    The largest and most complete exhibition ever held of religious art from all Provence, that region richest in France in sacred objects, took place recently at Nice. All the ...

    Article : 1,024 words
  10. NATURE STUDY BEGINS AT HOME.

    Charity and Nature Study have this in common, that they both begin in the home. Yet some housewives who exclaim: "Ugh; a spider," do not stop to wonder whether the ...

    Article : 415 words
  11. A LONELY GRAVE.

    Australia's wide places, where the white man's footfall was once heard less frequently than that of the native of the soil, has many a mound that marks the last resting-place of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 199 words
  12. A STREET DIGGER.

    With sharpened pick and noisy drill And carefully kept enclosure, He sets about his daily task Of thoroughfare exposur ...

    Article : 86 words
  13. A V.A.D.'S DIARY, 1917.

    June 14, 1917. King George V. Military Hospital, London.—Yesterday morning there was a raid. Busy dressing a man's leg, I heard the guns, but thought it was only practice till, ...

    Article : 525 words
  14. THE HERRING.

    The herring swims in shoals, or schools, According to one's taste. If he should reach small wayside pools, He swims away in haste ...

    Article : 50 words
  15. POTTERY AND PAVING.

    In one of Melbourne's suburbs was a garden, which was a delightful mixture of old pottery and paving. In one corner, where the flagged stone met the garden wall, and Christmas ...

    Article : 175 words
  16. A TELL TALE.

    "A little bird told me," said cross Aunt Jane (And her hand was, oh, so hard!) I'd crept outside, with never a sound, And nobody heard me, I'll be bound, ...

    Article : 151 words
  17. OLD SYDNEY ROAD.

    Perhaps only few of the present generation know of the older northern road from Sydney, the route by which the explorers who found the rich Hunter Valley plains came from ...

    Article : 353 words
  18. CURZON HALL.

    Curzon Hall, or what was once known as Curzon Hall, stands amongst the hills of Eastwood, and there lies an interesting story behind its mellowed old walls. Built not so very ...

    Article : 299 words
  19. "DIRTY" TREES.

    How often do we hear people referring to deciduous trees as "dirty"! Alas, the falling leaf holds no charm for them. For them the rustle of cry, autumn leaves underfoot causes ...

    Article : 415 words
  20. AN ALTAR SCREEN OF THE XVIth CENTURY.

    A little-known antique from the village church of Greolieres, Provence. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 18 words
  21. SURVIVAL.

    Who of the strong, Which of the frail Lives save by song, Thrives but by tale? ...

    Article : 174 words
  22. THE ISLE OF ILLUSION.

    Let us fly to the Land of Illusion, Fail Isle in the ocean of dreams; Though clever men call it Delusion, Ill-lit by delirious gleams. ...

    Article : 154 words
  23. THE COMING OF TRUTH.

    It comes not after arbitrary rules, Nor by the logic men acquire in schools; But like the sunrise wheie no day had been, That shone upon creations morning scene; ...

    Article : 173 words
  24. NOCTURNE.

    Just as the dusk has kissed Tired day a last goodnight, Just as the velvet mist Enshrouds the plain from sight, ...

    Article : 126 words
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