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  2. THE BATTLE OF ARRAS.

    The Battle of Arras, which began on April 9, 1917, is notorious for two reasons. Its genesis was political rather than strategic; it petered out in a blizzard wilder than any April ...

    Article : 1,171 words
  3. TALE OF A TOLL.

    Crossing Sydney Harbour Bridge the other day, southward bound in a taxi, the brief pause at the place where the toll-collectors exact their tribute brought to mind another toll-har which ...

    Article : 1,527 words
  4. PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR IN THE PALMY DAYS OF PRIZE-MONEY.

    The original appeared as an illustration in the "Modern Universal British Traveller," 1779. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 21 words
  5. A ZEPPELIN LOG-BOOK.

    A charred book from a falling, flaming Zeppelin, rich mine of precious secrets! This charred book, yet all quite readable, what an amazing vista of conjecture it raises up! ...

    Article : 891 words
  6. PRIZE-MONEY.

    In early days a seaman's life was miserable beyond any modern realisation, and his great hope when upon the high seas, was to fall in with something in the nature of a prize; ...

    Article : 1,534 words
  7. "AIDA."

    It is interesting to read that Verdi at first refused the commission from Ismail Pasha, the Khedive of Egypt, for the opera "Aida," with which the new season in Sydney is to be ...

    Article : 777 words
  8. FOREST LEAGUE ESSAY.

    Before I begin to tell you how the Kookaburra and Goanna earned their titles, you must first understand that a goanna can never resist an egg, and that they are very ...

    Article : 950 words
  9. FOR THE CHILDREN. BUSH CHILD'S SONG.

    The Rev. S. G. Drummond, of the Far West Children's Scheme, tells the story of a five-year-old boy, invalid from the far west, who lay on his back at Taronga Park during the ...

    Article : 116 words
  10. TRACK TO BATHURST.

    There is no more stirring story in Australian history than that of the grim determination and dogged perseverance of our explorers who persisted in attacking the Blue ...

    Article : 712 words
  11. IS THERE A PLACE?

    Is there a place, a place at all Where people grow just tiny small? I mean a place where people grow An inch above the ground or so. ...

    Article : 151 words
  12. LINDA.

    In the Botanic Gardens Linda lives, And plays her mandolin all through the day; While every flower around its perfume gives. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 116 words
  13. A CHINESE BOAT RACE.

    For sheer excitement, little can compare (not even the annual Oxford-Cambridge contest) with a Chinese boat-race on the Siang, the largest of three rivers which flow into ...

    Article : 380 words
  14. BUSH FLOWER POTS.

    Most town dwellers use half-casks, kegs, and broken drain pipes, besides the usual earthen pots, for their bushhouses. But in the country sections of hollow logs and hollow limbs ...

    Article : 278 words
  15. THE LOG CABIN.

    On one of the many headlands that abound along the coast near Palm Beach stands a log cabin; nestled on the side of a hill, with large gum trees rising behind it in a green ...

    Article : 182 words
  16. BUSHLAND JOYS.

    Come out and take a walk with me Into the bushland fair. There are so many things to see, All nature lures me there. ...

    Article : 122 words
  17. "SYDNEY HARBOUR FROM THE BRIDGE."

    An azure dome—above, a tranquil sea, A curving shore—winding by hill and tree. A frill of crystal waters, tirelessly Caressing fretted sands melodiously; ...

    Article : 253 words
  18. THE LURE OF THE FISHING NETS.

    For all the peace of this lovely terraced place, For all my praise of your sloping garden's grace. The glory, of roses, daphne and mignonette, ...

    Article : 224 words
  19. LAUGHTER.

    If you should come again Across the sea, We would not count the tares Grim Destiny ...

    Article : 80 words
  20. AT SEA.

    In a clear sky, paler than were the stars, The red sun dropped to rest beneath the waves; And gold-tipped, soft clouds gathered round his bed, ...

    Article : 128 words
  21. THE MAN IN THE MOON.

    The man in the moon is a merry old soul, As merry as ever can be, Who sometimes, when ev'nings are cloudy and dull. ...

    Article : 130 words
  22. SET FREE.

    O, love is dead, and I am free; A great thanksgiving wells in me. Long captive with the chains I bore, This heart of me shall ache no more. ...

    Article : 87 words
  23. THE LAGOON.

    A sheet of gold a'gleam beneath a fleckless sky. The hush and quiet of the airless western noon: Now stirs the wind—the startled ibis ...

    Article : 81 words
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