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  2. CLIMBING MT. SONDER.

    Just where the great Finke River begins to rise on its lonely watershed, a red and purple mountain mass looms grimly up from tiers of sun-and-wind-scarred ranges. Here ...

    Article : 702 words
  3. DEFENDANTS.

    A man of learning remarked to me that people, all the world over, were taking life too seriously—life and themselves. He is a Cambridge Don, so I suppose his theory must ...

    Article : 699 words
  4. MT. GILEAD WINDMILL.

    A few miles outside Campbelltown, towards Menangle, stands what appears to be a wellbuilt round tower, tapering symmetrically from the base. This is all that remains of ...

    Article : 597 words
  5. ABOARD "THE WOLF."

    Early this year the French steamer Louqsor was sold to Italian ship-breakers, thus finally closing the career of a famous ship. When the Louqsor was taken over by the French ...

    Article : 1,259 words
  6. THE MT. GILEAD WINDMILL, AS IT APPEARED FORTY YEARS AGO.

    The mill was erected by Thomas Rose, who purchased the Mt. Gilead estate in 1829. It was used for grinding all the corn of the district. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 37 words
  7. A PETERSBURG PAPER.

    The name of the late Lord Plumer will always be associated in the minds of the First Australian Bushmen (perhaps better remembered as the Citizen Bushmen), with the ...

    Article : 1,103 words
  8. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    One day I saw a letter box looking through a fence, There was pa[?]ngs all around it, and the gate was just immense. ...

    Article : 153 words
  9. JACKY WINTER'S DISCOVERY.

    When Jacky Winter espied the hawk which dad had shot and placed on a post, the whole household heard his cries. He and his mate fairly shrieked with what we primarily ...

    Article : 260 words
  10. FRANCE'S EAGLET.

    The centenary of the death of that pathetic figure the King of Rome, or as Napoleon's son was known to his proud Imperial Hapsburg relatives, the "Duke of Reichstadt," again ...

    Article : 1,158 words
  11. SUNDAY OPENING IN LONDON

    Marie Burke, the brilliant soprano so popular here in such pieces as "Wild Flower" and "Katja," has recently passed her 500th appearance as the Countess in "Waltzes from ...

    Article : 650 words
  12. MASTERLESS CATS.

    The County of Cumberland is a proclaimed sanctuary for our native birds. Unfortunately, this title is misleading; for until people in the sanctuary realise that the domestic cat ...

    Article : 353 words
  13. RARE BOER WAR RELIC.

    A Transvaal paper transformed for one day. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 13 words
  14. SOMERSET HOUSE.

    The visitor to London has pointed out to him an immense block of buildings, extending from the Strand back towards the Thames, and is told that it is "Somerset House," where ...

    Article : 605 words
  15. FAIRY TALE.

    Down among the tall blue gum-trees, where the creek a-gurgling flows, Where the grasses dance together as the elfin piper blows. ...

    Article : 150 words
  16. THE SNAKE AND THE LEECH.

    Whilst at work, chipping among my banana plants, my men came across a large carpet snake. It would be anything from 12 to 14 feet long, but it had a peculiar feature, which ...

    Article : 174 words
  17. WATTLE DAY.

    I take thy wattle for my badge, And worthily I'll wear it. Its plume of gold no slave shall hold, No coward spirit share it. ...

    Article : 378 words
  18. MARIE LOUISE AND THE KING OF ROME.

    From the painting by Francois Gerard, at Versailles. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  19. VIVID AFTER-GLOWS.

    Never before have I witnessed such a succession of radiant, rose-red, after-glows as we have been favoured with during the last two months or more. Nearly every evening the ...

    Article : 212 words
  20. THE OLD GUM TREE.

    For a long time I have had a friend, an old gum tree in the garden next door. But now it is gone. On bright sunny days when the air is gently ...

    Article : 207 words
  21. TO A HEALER.

    One walked through the streets of Nazareth, And life sprang up where there had been death. The palsied slave, the rich man's son, The servant of the centurion, ...

    Article : 232 words
  22. INDIAN LULLABY.

    (When the Indians see a rainbow in the sky they say. "Sikhal-Ka Shadi Lothal," which means, "It is the wedding day of the jackals.") ...

    Article : 72 words
  23. DUSK CAME SUDDENLY.

    Dusk came suddenly before the world expected it. The sun had scarcely slipped away, the clouds were white and high; ...

    Article : 87 words
  24. WATTLE DAY MUSINGS.

    They say our wealth Iles wasted, Our weal has ceased to be; I doubt it much this morning, Beneath my Wattle Tree! ...

    Article : 67 words
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