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  2. THE BISHOPS TEAPOT.

    It has been truly observed that wherever the Englishman goes he takes his teapot with him John Coleridge Patteson. the first Bishop of Melanesia, was no exception to that ...

    Article : 1,325 words
  3. THE "HERALD."

    My first acquaintance with the "Herald" was made under somewhat painful circumstances, when a small boy many years ago. All hands being busy mustering cattle, I was ...

    Article : 718 words
  4. KIOLOA.

    As we emerged from the dense scrub of honeysuckle, tea tree, wattle, and gum saplings the glorious panorama of Island Beach, this rather inaccessible spot, revealed itself. ...

    Article : 477 words
  5. WHO DISCOVERED AUSTRALIA?

    The time is unusually opportune for a brief survey of the above question, made by Henry N. Stevens, M.A., F.R.G.S., F.A.G.S., etc., etc., editor of his recently published ...

    Article : 1,323 words
  6. ISLAND BEACH, KIOLOA.

    ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES ON OUR SOUTH COAST. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. OUR FIRST COINAGE.

    Among the miscellaneous documents preserved at the Supreme Court are a draft of assignment, and a draft form of oath to be subscribed to by the mortgagor. These ...

    Article : 1,348 words
  8. SOMEBODY'S MOTHER.

    Into an old-fashioned garden, bathed in summer sunshine, I strayed. Birds chattered and preened themselves amongst the trees, some splashing in a bird-bath set amidst the ...

    Article : 258 words
  9. FOR THE CHILDREN. A GOBLIN.

    A goblin has a pointed cap, Upon his tiny head; He wears a jacket like an elf, of blue or green or red. ...

    Article : 52 words
  10. OUR CRESCENT.

    Fifty years or more ago a syndicate purchased land in Burwood and laid it out in building allotments, excising a semi-circular grass plot between the main road and the inner ...

    Article : 644 words
  11. "THE UNI-CORN."

    I've searched till night from early morn To find myself a Unicorn. They say he has a twisty horn, The Unicorn, the Unicorn. ...

    Article : 67 words
  12. LA PEROUSE.

    There is in the possession of Mr. Robert Harris, Ashfield, a medal struck by the Government of France, to commemorate the departure of the La Perouse expedition to the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 66 words
  13. CHASINGS.

    All the little bad thoughts, Wrong thoughts, naughty thoughts, All the little bad thoughts, Are running through my head. ...

    Article : 40 words
  14. MOON THOUGHTS.

    I looked at the moon and wondered. The moon is like that, it makes you wonder. 1 wondered many things—stupid things, perhaps; but then, I couldn't help wondering ...

    Article : 291 words
  15. A SEASIDE SKIRMISH.

    Have you ever built a castle From grains of golden sand, And thought it stood quite high and dry Upon the solid land? ...

    Article : 117 words
  16. WILD BIRD LIFE.

    The brush turkey (Alectura lathami) is the best known and probably also the most widely distributed of our three mound-building birds. I can remember the time when it was very ...

    Article : 627 words
  17. FAIRIES.

    Do you hear the tinkling of the yellow foxglove bell That's a-ringing and a-singing to the little people's dell? ...

    Article : 100 words
  18. PARLIAMENT.

    Mr. Winston Churchill, in his Rectorial address at Edinburgh University, declared that the House of Commons had steadily declined in public repute, and showed itself increasingly ...

    Article : 296 words
  19. CATS.

    Such witchy things cats are—things to be associated with broomsticks, and crooked hags with tall, pointy hats—with transformations of handsome princes into toads and bears, ...

    Article : 350 words
  20. ANGLICAN MISSION MUSEUM, NEAR AUCKLAND.

    The former headquarters of Bishop Patteson, the martyred Bishop of Melanesia, at Kohimarama, near Auckland, now restored by the Anglican Church and used as a museum. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 32 words
  21. A PEEP AT THE PAST.

    "In your youth," says the fortune-teller, "you were faced with hardship and difficulties, nevertheless, you will succeed, marry well, and travel widely..." and mankind, ...

    Article : 523 words
  22. WOULD WE BUT.

    Would we but gauge ourselves as others gauge us, And be more just where others are concerned: Would we but break the selfish bars that cage ...

    Article : 263 words
  23. NURSERY FRIENDS.

    Oh, I have a horse, and a spanking good horse. And he's dappled with yellow and bay, He's steady and smart, and he never gets cross, But is always the same every day. ...

    Article : 73 words
  24. LONGING.

    To-day, my heart's an aching pain For England and its gentle peace. I even want the smoke and rain, The dull lit fires that never cease. ...

    Article : 79 words
  25. THE CURE.

    I must turn away from the harbour. And go to the hills again. I must fix my eyes on trees and sky, And smell the earth damp with rain. ...

    Article : 132 words
  26. OVER TO SYDNEY.

    I watch the boats passing while I am at play, Over the water they're going all day; Manly and Mosman and Lavender Bay. Taking the people to Sydney. ...

    Article : 127 words
  27. GYPSY THOUGHTS.

    These things I love: The slumber-song of a summer breeze: Shock-head shrubs dark stems of forest trees That cradle twining vines. And bsrry bramble ...

    Article : 88 words
  28. THE MUTE LOVER.

    How shall I tell my love, or late or soon? All day and night the sea, Unendingly, Tells in its waves its passion for the moon ...

    Article : 56 words
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