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  2. NEW YEAR.

    The custom of oelebrating the New Year is one that dates back to the remotest ages of antiquity. The time of celebration in different countries varies greatly, however, it being ...

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  3. A SYDNEY FIND.

    A few months ago I picked up for a few pence in a second-hand bookshop in Sydney a little volume which has most interesting historical associations with East Anglia in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,508 words
  4. COMING HOME.

    At no time during the journey of a hospital ship from England was the excitement so intense as it would be when Hearing the Australian Coast. Everything that science and ...

    Article : 1,148 words
  5. RUSHCUTTER BAY SIXTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.

    FROM A PICTURE ORIGINALLY IN THE POSSESSION OF THE LATE JUDGE PRING. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. IN WARSAW.

    "It will be a great fest," said my friend, "but very, very cold." All the day before there had been bustle and preparation. In every street they had erected decorations, ...

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  7. FRANCOIS VILLON.

    The present year marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of Francois Villon, poet and thief, who has been called "the sorriest figure on the rolls of fame," and who was not only ...

    Article : 1,188 words
  8. JOCK.

    My name is Jock, and I came to live at Glebe Point when I was only a wee puppy. I liked the place so well that I have lived here ever since, though my mistress will not ...

    Article : 542 words
  9. HOLY TRINITY CHURCH

    To those who find pleasure in acquainting themselves with the associations of old districts, the locality of Miller's Point offers a great field of advantage, and the Church of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  10. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    From now to next New Year I hope For all my ways to be As good as my old skipping rope That turns around with me! ...

    Article : 61 words
  11. MR. SUN.

    The sun is peeping through the leaves, Smiling his last good-bye, And now a big long sigh he heaves, As darkness draws so nigh. ...

    Article : 52 words
  12. WHY?

    A little Child was born A long time ago. The colour of His eyes You and I don't know. ...

    Article : 70 words
  13. THE DUBLIN SWEEP.

    "This is a perishing country—this is," began Heddle. "For the moment, yes, said Sergeant Murphy. "But wait till me Lord Beaverbrook and his ...

    Article : 735 words
  14. A WISH.

    I'd love to be a little fish Swimming inside the river, Having a peep at whales asleep And jelly fish aquiver; ...

    Article : 78 words
  15. MOTTLEY BUNNIES.

    Long, long ago In fairyland there lived a family of rabbits, of pretty rabbits, known as the "Mottley Bunnies." They were not ordinary rabbits like ours, but some were golden ...

    Article : 845 words
  16. I LOVE MR. KIPLING.

    Mummie loves that Robin boy, Who always says his prayers, And steps on stones about the street, Pretending there is bears; ...

    Article : 192 words
  17. MEN WRITERS.

    Celia Starfleld, questioning in a recent article the ability of the woman writer to draw "real men," goes on to say:—"Men, the largest purveyors of fiction, have from time ...

    Article : 369 words
  18. MATRON McGARVEY.

    "Our matron." What memories the words conjure up! A very quiet little woman was Matron McGarvey, for so many years the guiding spirit of the girls' homes at Glebe ...

    Article : 344 words
  19. TEDDY.

    Teddy was a Russian. I do not really know to what breed he belonged. He was dark brown, and curly, and the size of a small Airedale. He was also a very much travelled ...

    Article : 404 words
  20. THE FIRST FOOT.

    I call to mind one New Year's morn upon a bleak hillside. The swirling of the thickening mists arising like the tide; ...

    Article : 154 words
  21. ECHOES.

    The poets and the painters of all time Upon the mellow landscape of the past, Loom up like granite mountains, rooted fast, In hidden veinings of their race and clime. ...

    Article : 97 words
  22. THE ROVER.

    I am tired of the city's pavements, Its roaring streets ablaze; My heart's athirst for the untrod paths, And the pence of the Sea's highways. ...

    Article : 79 words
  23. EVENING HOUR.

    Reluctantly the burning sun Sinks to the cold embrace of Night. With hurried pace the homing flight Of chattering birds has just begun. ...

    Article : 54 words
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