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  2. SHAKESPEARE.

    Probably the most important event in England next year—aside from political and economic considerations—will be the opening of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at ...

    Article : 654 words
  3. FINNISH LAPLAND

    Having returned to Finland, my native country, after a few years' stay in Australia. I desired to see something "different." Petsamo, the new Arctic territory, which Finland ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 719 words
  4. WHALING DAYS.

    During my last visit to Tasmania, in June, 1928, I had opportunities of again obtaining instructive particulars of that charming and interesting island, as well as some relating to ...

    Article : 998 words
  5. A LONELY LADY.

    Modern society ladies, whose comfort and [?]ell-being have been catered for by all the [?]sources of art, medical, hygienic, and [?]echanical skill for a century past[?] will ...

    Article : 1,321 words
  6. CANADA'S NOBLE GATEWAY OPENING ON THE PACIFIC.

    A general view of the business centre of Vancouver, British Columbia. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 18 words
  7. VANCOUVER.

    One of the present great ex[?]gencies of Australia is the finding of new and permanent markets. The old axiom that "Trade follows the flag." is not pertinent these days, and we ...

    Article : 502 words
  8. WHAT CLARE SAW ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.

    "If you really want to see fairies," brother Jack said to Clare, "they are always to be seen at midnight on New year's Eve, but you are a coward, and are afraid of the dark." ...

    Article : 570 words
  9. JOHN BATMAN.

    The recent identification of the little old cottage in Parramatta, where John Batman spent his early years, is of interest to Victorians. As will be seen in the ...

    Article : 707 words
  10. FOR THE CHILDREN. 1931-1932.

    Good-bye, gloomy [?]Thirty-one, Shall we dirge you at the last, As you trail, your journey done, Through the portals of the Past? ...

    Article : 72 words
  11. NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS.

    It is great fun to make New Year resolutions—wholehearted and joyous fun, even though you know that before January is out you will probably have forgotten all about ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 328 words
  12. EARLY FEDERATION

    One thing that strikes the student is the change in form of the communications from the Prime Minister to the Governor-General. In those days all correspondence between the ...

    Article : 829 words
  13. BULL-FIGHTING.

    A brilliant Sunday morning heralded our approach to Malaga, Southern Spain. As we slowly steamed to the port, the town had a charming appearance with its commanding ...

    Article : 748 words
  14. OUR FIRST PLAYHOUSE.

    Although the theatre, as we know it with all its ramifications, was not definitely established in Sydney until 1832, it must not be supposed that this was the result of an initial ...

    Article : 497 words
  15. THE PAVEMENT ARTIST.

    I came upon him one sunny day in a quiet corner of the city. He was kneeling on the large paving stones, in the shade of one of our finest buildings, engaged in copying ...

    Article : 316 words
  16. KOOKABURRA TO THE RESCUE.

    The other day I had the pleasure of witnessing as pretty a piece of by-play as I have seen for many a long day. A fair-sized goanna was slowly but deliberately making its way up ...

    Article : 197 words
  17. OUR GUM TREE.

    Of all the plants we cherish, we love the gum tree best. We love it for its form and colour, for the delicacy of its drooping foliage, and, at the present time, for its wealth of ...

    Article : 380 words
  18. THE BUBBLE MAN.

    There's a little teeny man a sitting on the boulders, Two weeny wings like bubbles are agrowing from his shoulders, ...

    Article : 150 words
  19. FISHING.

    Jimmy and David and Peter are three Of the dearest young imps that y[?]u'd ever see. They chatter like happy young birds all day, Filling the hours with laughter and play. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 109 words
  20. THE KING'S SCHOOL.

    (The school's motto is "Fortlter et Fideliter.") Grant us, Lord, that these old walls— Ancient, strong, and loved so well, Where our fathers had their day, ...

    Article : 167 words
  21. WIND SONG.

    love a windy day— With the air like tingling wine; [?]d over the hills and far away The notes of the trumpets, clear and fine, ...

    Article : 127 words
  22. THE WESTERN PLAINS.

    O'er league-long plains, elusive, yet Elysian, I gaze, enraptured, at the fairy vision; Down sunlit paths, through shadowy aisles of green, ...

    Article : 118 words
  23. THE HILLS OF HOME.

    I wonder if the [?]chil Hills Are white wi[?] snaw to-day, And creakin', dreepin' water-mills Gang round on Alva brae; ...

    Article : 96 words
  24. WARATAHS.

    Red waratahs, to you I send, With New Year's greeting, distant friend, Where blue skies arch o'er spaces wide. They flame on many a brown hillside; ...

    Article : 57 words
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