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  2. ERA OF TRANSITION.

    We have of late been hearing more than a little as to the problem of finding employment for the boys and girls, their scnool days finished, who are ready to commence their ...

    Article : 1,480 words
  3. HOME OF BIRDS.

    The Admiralty Islands are amongst the most remarkable bird islands of the world. They lie about a quarter of a mile to the north of Lord Howe Island, and are eight in number. ...

    Article : 812 words
  4. CLARK ISLAND.

    The glories of Shark Island twenty years ago, as told by a recent contributor to this page, are quite credible. Two decades, however, must have spelled a complete ...

    Article : 966 words
  5. ABORIGINAL CUSTOMS.

    It has been my contention for years that, anthropologically, the subject of the aboriginal of Australia has been treated too casually In the early days the matter was considered ...

    Article : 1,192 words
  6. NORTH AUSTRALIA.

    At a distance of 60 miles to the east of Darwin is situated the mouth of the Adelaide River, one of the most picturesque but not the longest waterways in Australian tropies. ...

    Article : 1,553 words
  7. ESCAPE CLIFFS SETTLEMENT, NORTHERN TERRITORY, 1866.

    Arrival of John McKinlay and party after their voyage from the Alligator River in a horse-hide boat. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 35 words
  8. THE TOHUNGA.

    Although the "Tohunga" of the Maori probably to-day is as extinct as the moa—that giant bird which, centuries ago roamed the favoured isles of New Zealand—it is ...

    Article : 737 words
  9. DICK THE ACROBAT.

    Dick was our pet canary, one which we had chosen out of a number of other birds for his cleverness and tricks. My brother had built a large aviary, in which ...

    Article : 303 words
  10. FOR THE CHILDREN. WANTED: SYMPATHY.

    For years, to play in the Eleven Had been to me an idle dream, Until I caught a glimpse of heaven, And heard, "Old chap, you're in the team." ...

    Article : 170 words
  11. THE SCOWLY OWL.

    A scowly owl Is in the room! It must have come On a Witch's Broom. ...

    Article : 53 words
  12. THE RIVER.

    Many, many years ago, before the white man came, I was borm (just a little trickling stream) at the mouth of a mighty glacier. As I gilded swiftly along, I gathered more ...

    Article : 176 words
  13. WATERING THE GARDEN

    There is a great satisfaction in watering the garden at the end of the day in this hot weather. It is a real joy to see the flowers lift up their fainting heads under the cool ...

    Article : 675 words
  14. BORROW ONE.

    When I am doing "take aways," Like Nine from None, I say, "you cannot," and I go And borrow One. ...

    Article : 128 words
  15. EVENTIDE

    All day long the rays of the sun have been beating fiercely upon the fields; but, in spite of the heat, the moisture of the earth, which has drunk deeply of the spring rains, and the ...

    Article : 436 words
  16. "TINKIE" AND "WINKIE."

    Nearly every day we have two visitors—but such strange creatures they are, to visit a suburban home. They always come together, and when a thump, thump announces their ...

    Article : 217 words
  17. LEAP-YEAR.

    Looking up the meaning of the word "leap year" in Johnson's dictionary, I found it given as"every fourth year," which though accurate enough, is not very instructive, and in Nuttall ...

    Article : 307 words
  18. BUSINESS IN SYDNEY.

    Among recent additions to the Mitchell Library is a book described in the list received on its arrival as the Diary of an Irish Rebel. True enough, the book contains in its pages ...

    Article : 477 words
  19. THE SONG IN THE SEA-SHELL.

    'Twas once a little sailor's song: "Bold mariner, and free, Was he who sailed this ship of shell Upon the mighty sea; ...

    Article : 75 words
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    Cannets nesting, Admiralty Islands. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  21. I SEEK AND FIND.

    When in the early morning, I arise— Prepared to meet the world, renewed in hope, I seek and find, not guided by surmise, A glowing sign from God, Immense in scope. ...

    Article : 189 words
  22. MY HOUSE OF DREAMS.

    I lave a picture in my mind Of a dream house quaint and small, it is my castle in the air, with its ancient cobbled wall. ...

    Article : 110 words
  23. A LITTLE NEARER.

    I had another birthday yesterday, Which means that one more year has slipped away. And now, instead of gayly, grandly saying, ...

    Article : 63 words
  24. HOPE.

    No matter to what height against the sun I climb, she beckons to me from a height Above me. Yet, when spun By fortune, downwards into darkest night, ...

    Article : 45 words
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