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  2. THE PEARL.

    As there appears to be a certain amount of misunderstanding existing, with regard to where, and from what shellfish, the handsome pearls are obtained, the following ...

    Article : 1,073 words
  3. MRS. BROWN POTTER.

    Cora Urquhart Brown Potter has written a happy letted to me from her new home at Beau-lieu sur Mer, A.M., France, dated September 5', which opens reassuringly with the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 878 words
  4. THE JUDGE ADVOCATES

    It is surprising, and the fact reflects the indifferent attitude of English authority towards the Australian settlement in the beginning, that it was not until the arrival ...

    Article : 901 words
  5. A VALLEY THICK WITH MIGHTY BLUE GUMS.

    Where Govett's Leap Creek joins the Grose, in the shadow of Mt. King George. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 21 words
  6. WESTWARD HO IN '93.

    Melbourne in '93!—The bursting of the land boom, and the subsequent closing of the doors of many of the banks, poverty, hunger, and despair (hare-shooting drives being organised ...

    Article : 1,600 words
  7. SPAIN.

    Looked at as a whole, history presents itself as a series of great movements, which in essence consist of the successive adaptations of groups of human beings to their ...

    Article : 1,182 words
  8. BLUE GUM FOREST.

    In the heart of the Grose Valley, in the shadow of Mt. King George, where Govett's Leap Creek joins the Grose, there is a wondrous forest of tall trees, cathedral-like in ...

    Article : 239 words
  9. TROUT FISHING.

    Anglers who can get away for a week or two and are not hindered by the "arrows of outrageous fortune" from taking their usual holiday on the rivers, will find conditions very ...

    Article : 708 words
  10. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    There's a picture on my porridge plate— Dick Whittington, dressed in brown; There's a milestone, too, with the figure 8, That's the distance to London town. ...

    Article : 169 words
  11. THE BUTTERFLY.

    The butterfly Is but a fly, That makes the fairies' butter; Yet when she's finished dairy-work ...

    Article : 49 words
  12. SYDNEY'S FIRST ZOO.

    The history of Hyde Park can be traced back to the year 1810, when it was used as a racecourse, the first meeting having been held there on October 15. But its racing associations ...

    Article : 474 words
  13. A DAY'S OUTING.

    This incident happened in the Sydney Botanic Gardens some years ago, but it has always lived in the memories of those concerned as being something uniquely amusing. ...

    Article : 319 words
  14. IF.

    Oh, if I were a Willy Wag, How jolly it would be; I'd pack my little dilly-bag, And fly across the sea. ...

    Article : 98 words
  15. NO. 87.

    The very word "theory" has a hazy sound these hard-pressed, practical days, but the discovery of the missing element, No. 87, by America's Cornell University, shows again how ...

    Article : 311 words
  16. THE CALL OF IRELAND.

    (The writer has obtained his theme from a poem that appeared in the "S.M.H." on April 23rd, 1930, by Wakter D. White, entitled "The Call of England.") I stand upon a lonely hill and watch the ...

    Article : 487 words
  17. THOMAS EDISON.

    The greatest citizen the United States has produced? If it were sought, that would be the popular verdict on Thomas Alva Edison, scientist and inventor, whose death has been ...

    Article : 378 words
  18. BY AND BYE.

    There's a little mischief-making Elfin, who is ever nigh, Thwarting every undertaking, And his name is "By-and-Bye." ...

    Article : 89 words
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    Playing a trout on the Thredbo River. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  20. HIGH COUNTRY.

    Ever the crag and heather Were carpet to our feet; How should I love the lowland airs, Or the clamour of the street? ...

    Article : 115 words
  21. REVERIE.

    Tarrying in the kirk one summer morn, Ere yet the preacher's message kissed the air, And while the golden sun yet newly born, Shed through the Gothic windows radiance ...

    Article : 108 words
  22. TOWN AND COUNTRY MEET.

    A sickly City Child, health to regain, Stay'd at a country homestead for brief rest. In freshness of the early morn, address'd The Farm Child, feeding feather'd flocks with ...

    Article : 102 words
  23. MEMORY.

    To-day I saw a rainbow fair Fill with its foot a grim ravine, And clothe with grace a mountain where A space before, dread storm had been. ...

    Article : 55 words
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