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  2. WAR LESSONS.

    Since my return from China and Japan. I have heard on all sides the question. "And what is the opinion of the Japanese people about the war?" ...

    Article : 1,254 words
  3. THE SPIDER WORLD.

    THE world of the spiders is one of unparalleled strangeness. By human standards it is a nightmare land where the creatures behave in a manner ...

    Article : 1,325 words
  4. ENCHANTING BEAUTY OF OXFORD.

    When the Australian cricketers visited Oxford recently they probably gazed upon this lovely backwater of the Thames, where, during the summer, punting is a joyous recreation. As in cricket, the skilled exponent is comparatively rare, for the pole, like the bat, can be treacherous. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 48 words
  5. FASCIST DICTATOR WHO FIGHTS FASCISTS.

    A RECENT attempt by local Fascists to seize President Vargas in his palace at Rio de Janeiro was courageously foiled by the Persident himself, who, darting from window to window and firing his revolver. Kept his assailants at bay until the military police organised a rescue. ...

    Article : 1,163 words
  6. PEACE IN BALI.

    The controleur asked how long I would be in Bali. When I told him it would be only 24 hours he said that was not long enough. Everybody who ...

    Article : 999 words
  7. WRECKS OF OLD.

    The Deputy Director of Navigation and Lighthouses in Queensland, Captain I. J. Burch, has described as "unique in the history of Australian navigation," ...

    Article : 585 words
  8. For the Children.

    Bobby John is small and fat. And loves to wear a soldier's hat. He wields a little wooden sword. Slung round his middle on a cord; ...

    Article : 158 words
  9. DIVINING-ROD.

    Should the divining-rod be accepted as a reliable test in searching for underground streams of water? Scientific men hesitate to give their ...

    Article : 506 words
  10. FORTUNE-TELLING.

    Two, four, six, eight, Count the plum-stones on your plate. One gives you a tinker-man, Ho! for horse and caravan. ...

    Article : 60 words
  11. A ROCKY ESCARPMENT.

    Abutting on the footpath line of a portion of Abattoir Road and of Bowman Street just near to the Pyrmont end of the muchtraversed Glebe Island Bridge, there stands ...

    Article : 331 words
  12. THE JABIRU.

    I knew the Jabiru, or black-necked [?]ork, when it, was fairly, common in [?]rth-eastern New South Wales, but it has long since disappeared from that ...

    Article : 670 words
  13. BLACKBIRDER BOYD.

    One side of the activities of Benjamin Boyd, of Boydtown, Twofold Bay, which has escaped most writers, was his connection with blackbirding, or ...

    Article : 247 words
  14. PACITA.

    Spirit of eager life and ardent joy. With tireless, little dancing feet awhirl. Her hands outstretched to make the world her toy. ...

    Article : 131 words
  15. GOLDFIELD'S LUCK.

    It is the dream of every prospector to come upon a lump of gold large enough to make him independent for life. There is always something fascinating about the ...

    Article : 321 words
  16. Rumania's Crown Prince.

    A teacher who had charge of Michael from his early grammar school days reported that the Crown Prince was a sociable and gregarious youngster, and that probably he ...

    Article : 175 words
  17. BALINESE DANCER AND ORCHESTRA.

    A gorgeously-dressed male dancer performing one of the strange dances which charm the tourists who are visiting the island of Bali in increasing numberas Behind him is the native orchestra of percussion instruments. (See article.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 39 words
  18. HALLOWED MEMORY.

    In the Jewel Room at the Tower of London is a bow-window which for most, of the year attracts little attention, except for an unobtrusive inscription in Old English, framed and ...

    Article : 174 words
  19. OMNIA VINCIT AMOR.

    None is there to resolve the riddle. Nor king nor clown, Of how to keep the "golden middle," Nor up nor down? ...

    Article : 143 words
  20. THE WILDS OF DONEGAL.

    It is not so easy to enter Donegal, which is the maritime county of the Irish Free State, for on crossing the border, everything is examined, and a special car-driving licence has ...

    Article : 225 words
  21. WORDS.

    On other lips they are but words— On thine they sing More silverly than sweet-voiced birds In shining spring; ...

    Article : 57 words
  22. THE MOTHER.

    I shall go to him. but he will not return to me. I shall follow, follow, follow after, though the stars fade And the sun itself die out: ihough earth pass, ...

    Article : 93 words
  23. DUSK.

    A strip of gold that broadens in the sky, A ghestly row of chimneys reaching high; Tac landscape dims and blurs, the air grows chill ...

    Article : 31 words
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