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FIRST EDITIONS.
In a tramcar the other day a friend of mine found a book on modern first editions, and, having stared the girl on the opposite seat out of countenance and wearied of the ...
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WHALING.
In the forties the activities of Benjamin Boyd played a big part in New South Wales, and he is at least entitled to credit for having attempted a huge developmental scheme. ...
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SALAMOA, PORT AND TOWNSHIP.
THIS PICTURESQUE SPOT IN THE MANDATED TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA IS A VERY IMPORTANT CENTRE, AND HAS BEEN DECLARED A PORT OF ENTRY FOR OVERSEA SHIPPING. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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GIVE HIM A CHANCE!
Do you, who read this, know a boy? Is there one in whom you are interested? Then let me paint his picture. He is an upstanding little man, merry-faced, well-fed, ...
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THE MOUNTAINS IN 1822.
This is the third part of a letter written in 1822 by Mrs. Sarah Hawkins, one of the first white women to cross the Mountains. She describes her adventurous journey to Bathurst, where the ...
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BARNEY.
When Barney was quite young he was given to us. He was not Irish, as you would infer from his name; he was an Australian of good Scottish descent, as his mother was imported ...
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MAITLAND.
Dating from that period in our history when the development of the country was so much in the process of enactment, it is hardly surprising that there are at present almost ...
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FOR THE CHILDREN. GRANDMA.
Why do we call her "Nanna?" Oh, because it is easy to say; 'Tis just little children's prattle, Said in their own childish way. ...
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A NEW CENTRE.
Salamoa, or Salamaua, as it is sometimes called, was but little known prior to the gold finds in 1924, and the big "strike" in 1926; but is now regarded by the Administration as ...
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SCATTERBRAIN.
Just her mummy's flight of stairs, Just a nice clean wall, Just a little scatterbrain's Fingers: that is all. ...
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THE RED LEAVES.
"I'm absolutely tired of being shut up in this dark and stuffy old place," sighed one little green leaf to the others, "and it can't still be too cold for us out in the world; ...
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ENGLISH SPEECH.
The Vicar of St. Katharine's, Bournemouth, England (the Rev. E. J. G. Forse), provides some novel "notes" in his parish magazine for August. He writes as follows, says the ...
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TO A SPARROW.
The name that you bear is— O, Passer vul-garis— A shame upon you and your house. Your scoldings, and railings ...
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WINDING THE SPRING.
Little Black Crickets under the ground, I have heard you turning the wheels around, The soft-whirring wheels that wind the Spring For the plants to grow and the birds to sing. ...
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WHALING IN TWOFOLD BAY.
This is taken from a picture by Sir Oswald Brierley in the National Art Gallery, which has been lent to the trustees of Vaucluse Park. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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MAGIC IN THE MORNING.
Heart, there is magic abroad in the morning, Magic that stirs in the fluttering leaves, And dances, between the bright freckles of sunlight, ...
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A GOLDEN DAY.
Ah, wondrous morning! High in the illimitable blue The lark pours down his liquid song, and laughing sunbeams woo ...
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DRUITT-STREET.
Swish-and a long arm swings away! The cutting is deep and the earth is brown. Crane and its platform bump and sway, The rope pays out and the jaws come down: ...
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THE SNOWSTORM.
Softly the snow began, silently, daintily Stepping on tip-toe down from the sky; Soon it came faster and thicker and heavier, Racing the wind, as the wind hurried by. ...
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