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  2. SHANGHAI IN TERROR.

    Soldiering on the Indian Frontier accustomed me to murder and sudden death, but Shanghai, nowadays, is far more dangerous. Chinese patriotic ...

    Article : 1,345 words
  3. H. M. BATEMAN.

    One sunny morning in February, 1887, the unpretentious village of Sutton Forest, Moss Vale, presented the world with one of the greatest humorists ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,063 words
  4. AN ARCADE OF TUDOR TIMES.

    The Cross, Chester, one of the most beautiful examples of surviving Tudor architecture in England, is described in an accompanying article. This picture is a reproduction of an original sketch by Mr. C. W. Beck, of Sydney. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 42 words
  5. SUBMARINE IN WARFARE.

    Admiral J. E. Sommerville, Commander-in-Chief, of the Mediterranean Fleet, expressed himself at the Naval Conference of 1936, thus: "No branch of ...

    Article : 908 words
  6. "BANJO" PATERSON ENDS HIS STORY. POLITICAL GIANTS AND "PILGRIM FATHERS."

    In this casual chronicle it is impossible to give more than a sort of thumbnail sketch of some celebrities who strutted their hour upon the stage. Plutarch, in his "Lives," did not disdain personal details; in fact, it was the details which made the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 2,858 words
  7. EMMA'S WELL

    Mr. C. E. Lee, in a recent article, wrote on the subject of "Emma's Well," a spring of water on the New South Head Road. On the basis of conclusive ...

    Article : 719 words
  8. Chester—The Cross.

    Chester remains the only complete example of a "walled town." One can still drive round the town on the broad top of the circumvallation, wide enough ...

    Article : 500 words
  9. OUTLAW'S VICTIM.

    A granite monument and the worn stump of a tree, enclosed by iron railings, stand close to the road at Collector, 25 miles out of Goulburn. Motorists ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 678 words
  10. OUR TROUBLES.

    If a fellow exhibits a horse or a cow, Or donates a plum cake to a parson's bazaar, He'd look mighty troubled and wear a sad brow And consider the journal is giving "a jar" ...

    Article : 192 words
  11. Gov. Macquarie's First Mountain Camp.

    On Saturday last members of the Royal Australian Historical Society visited Springwood at the invitation of the Blue Mountain Shire Council and ...

    Article : 324 words
  12. CORINNE.

    I've seen the saffron-tinted clouds Afloat in turquoise skies, The glitter of the golden sheen On black-winged butterflies, ...

    Article : 44 words
  13. IN CENTRAL AUSTRALIA.

    The camel has proved its worth in the dry wastes of Australia. In this picture, the second animal carries metal water canteens, each of which holds 27 gallons. Usually a docile camel is selected as a water-carrier for it is less likely to take fright and run away, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 60 words
  14. Shorthand Was An Ancient Art.

    Modern stenography, the bread and butter of so many of our "bright young things," is really quite an ancient art. Way back in early Grecian days, at the ...

    Article : 212 words
  15. THURSDAY ISLAND

    Thursday Island is the only municipality in Australia that obtains its water supply free. The oversea shipping companies, which regard Thursday Island as the first port of ...

    Article : 215 words
  16. ON SENTRY-GO.

    Even more dramatic than the "Changing the Guard" is the relieving of the sentries at St. James' Palace and Buckingham Palace. A file of guards in charge of a sergeant ...

    Article : 192 words
  17. AT NIGHT.

    Footsteps. The deserted street Yields the numbered, ghostly boat Of echoed sound. Involute, bound ...

    Article : 79 words
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