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  2. SISTER MEDCALF.

    There must be hundreds of old members of the nursing and general staff of the Coast Hospital, and thousands of former patients, who will learn with deep sorrow and regret of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 464 words
  3. GENESIS OF JUSTICE.

    The ensuing articles are founded upon authentic records, many of which are in the handwriting, of the Judge Advocate, Captain David'Collins, dealing with the genesis of ...

    Article : 1,526 words
  4. A CORNER OF ENGLAND

    There is probably no more important corner of land round which ships are in the habit of passing than that little extreme south-eastern corner of England ...

    Article : 1,488 words
  5. A LINK WITH THE PAST.

    The following interesting letter, written in 1821 by one of the first Arctic explorers, Sir W. E. Parry, aboard the Fury (on which ship he was stationed till 1823), to Captain Henry ...

    Article : 902 words
  6. LORD BADEN-POWELL.

    Soon after the redoubtable Cronje took command of the Boer forces, he forwarded a demand for surrender, to avoid further bloodshed, to which the reply was, "When will the ...

    Article : 1,621 words
  7. BROADSTAIRS, A PLACE WITH LITERARY ASSOCIATIONS.

    ONCE A FISHING PORT. BROADSTAIRS IS NOW BEST KNOWN FOR ITS LONG CONNECTION WITH DICKENS. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 21 words
  8. "MISTER."

    "Mister Stephen Gusta," to give him his full title, has been our family pet for nearly 14 years, and he is the loveliest and most faithful old pussy-cat you'd find anywhere. His mother ...

    Article : 707 words
  9. FOR THE CHILDREN. MOTHER MOON.

    I love to see the silvery moon, Watching O'er the dying noon, Poising like a great white dove, Shining, smiling up above. ...

    Article : 85 words
  10. WATER DIVINING.

    There are on the market machines which have much in common with the divining rod, and which are sold for use in selecting sites for wells and boreholes. Two such ...

    Article : 1,193 words
  11. EVENING.

    When evening comes across the sky With her starry train, And night lays her dark mantle o'er the world again, ...

    Article : 99 words
  12. AN ALPHABETICAL ARGUMENT

    Beginning with A and ending with Z, The Alphabet letters, so it is said, Once had a quarrel concerning who Got the most work, or the least, to do. ...

    Article : 152 words
  13. A HIGHLAND SINGER.

    To those who, like myself, have long been lovers of the work of Neil Munro, the article which appeared in the "Herald" on a recent Saturday was full of interest, though ...

    Article : 495 words
  14. SPRINGBROOK.

    A few years ago the Springbrook plateau, a part of the great Mcpherson Range which separates New South Wales and Queensland, was inaccessible to the motorist. If one ...

    Article : 778 words
  15. ON THE SPRINGBROOK PLATEAU.

    View from the narrow mountain road. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 10 words
  16. DOLLIES' PRAYERS.

    I crept into my tiny bed, And switched off every light, With thoughts and dreams awaiting me, Wrapped in the still, dark night. ...

    Article : 147 words
  17. THE FOREST KING.

    There's a tang and bite in the morning air. That tells of the coming spring, And life is sweet and the world is fair, As into the saddle I swing. ...

    Article : 278 words
  18. AN EPISODE OF THE BUSH.

    It was a white, still night of suffocating heat; a nightjar chanted monotonously, joining his cry with the curlew's eery scream. A lithe, black form moved noiselessly among ...

    Article : 264 words
  19. OLD FAVOURITES.

    Reins of silver and gilded traces, Horses aching for aid of wings; Shining shoulders and eager faces, Charioteers with the pride of Kings ...

    Article : 157 words
  20. TRIOLET.

    The creek is back on the job again, See him hurrying down the hill; 'Cause he got a message from Mister Rain. The creek is back on the job again, ...

    Article : 65 words
  21. AFTERMATH.

    If life would only grant me this— To find love answered in a kiss— And not to hold the aching thought That something holier might be wrought, ...

    Article : 129 words
  22. TO SHIRLY.

    Like a beautiful pearl in the depth of the sea, Hid away where it cannot be found, The voice of my Shirly is hidden from me, She knows not the meaning of sound. ...

    Article : 81 words
  23. CLASSICAL MUSIC.

    Drowsily dreaming, atop of his tree, An old kookaburra once heard The strains of a distant planofort-ee, He listened, while not a leaf stirred. ...

    Article : 59 words
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