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  2. ON REVISITING LONDON.

    "AND what," one is asked, "are your first impressions, or depressions, of London of 1937? Has the greatest city in the world changed much in the last ...

    Article : 1,281 words
  3. SASSOON OF SHANGHAI.

    The references in the cable messages from Shanghai to the Cathay and Metropole Hotels and the skyscraping Sassoon Emporium draw attention to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 734 words
  4. SLUMS INTO FLATS.

    IT was not with the intention of visiting slums that, one July morning, I walkd down Southampton Road, London, past St. Pancras ...

    Article : 1,217 words
  5. LIGHTSHIP TO MASQUERADE AS BRIG SUPPLY.

    As described by a contributor below, the old lightship Bramble is being converted into a representation of the armed tender Supply, the first vessel of the First Fleet to enter Port Jackson. The pictures show the Bramble at Goat Island, where she is being rebuilt, and the Sirius, Supply, and other vessels at Botany Bay, January 19, 1788.—From a drawing by R. Cleveley in "The Voyage of Governor Phillip." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 75 words
  6. BOOKS FOR THE SCHOOLROOM.

    IT is part of my job, as it si my delight at this season fo the year, to read a number of novels which are suggested as "suitable for the ...

    Article : 1,501 words
  7. For the Children.

    Behind our house a lucerne tree Is white with fragrant bloom, And when I open wide the doors It scents my little room. ...

    Article : 109 words
  8. THE TWIN TOWNS.

    Six hundred miles north of Sydney and 70 miles south' of Brisbane is Tweed Heads (N.S.W.). Seventy miles south of Brisbane and 600 miles north of Sydney ...

    Article : 694 words
  9. OLD SHIP IN A NEW DRESS.

    The Maritime Services Board, in searching for a suitable hull on which to rebuild for the sesqui-centenary celebrations the armed tender Supply, the ...

    Article : 669 words
  10. SAYING IT WITH TREES.

    The scheme which was inaugurated in January, 1936, for the planting of half a million trees, is one of the most interesting and valuable of the many ...

    Article : 426 words
  11. EXPLOITS OF THE BUSHRANGERS.

    Very different from A. B. Paterson's description of Gilbert's grave is the last resting place of another notorious bushranger and leader of the gang, Ben ...

    Article : 952 words
  12. BROKEN CHINA.

    "Broken china mended." How prosaic it sounds! I had passed the notice many times, little realising the romance and tragedy lying behind the words. ...

    Article : 318 words
  13. TREASURE.

    To-day I'm going to the woods To search for precious things, To search for treasure left behind, For golden treasure left behind ...

    Article : 86 words
  14. HE DREAMS OF BIRDS.

    Wings in the night, wild wings flying. The trumpeter swan by moonlight crying, Flying; wings waking wings in his heart. Feathered sprite in the leafy cover, ...

    Article : 123 words
  15. CONSOLATION.

    Heart, there are quiet skies, the hue of lavender Set about pale gold stars and a slender slip of a moon, Heart, there are garden ways, where the bees ...

    Article : 86 words
  16. MODEL FLATS REPLACE SLUMS.

    An example of slum clearance in London. Five-storey flats built by the Westminster City Corporation to the design of Sir Edward Lutyens. Rents range from 4/6 to 16/6. Sydney rebuilding schemes envisage flats of not more than three stories in height. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 47 words
  17. END OF THE "MURDEROUS MORGAN."

    Daniel Morgan, one of the most bloodthirsty of the bushrangers, was shot by a station hand at Pechelba Station (Victoria), which he had bailed up, on April 9, 1865. This old drawing recalls the scene. (See article in preceding column.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 45 words
  18. IT IS THE SINGING.

    It is the singing, not the sound, That makes the singer so rejoice, And music sweeter than the voice In the dumb heart is found. ...

    Article : 178 words
  19. WORDS.

    This to me is wonder, Alone unchanging amid changing things; The power of words To fashion images most fair, ...

    Article : 137 words
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