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  2. BURIED IN 1767.

    Early in April a cable message from Vancouver appeared in the "Herald" announcing the arrival of a British expedition headed by Professor Edgar Sanders on its way to ...

    Article : 1,400 words
  3. PIDGIN-ENGLISH.

    The wildest bush native, after three months' service as a plantation labourer in Mandated New Guinea—three months of inarticulate wonderment in a modern Babel—finds that the ...

    Article : 897 words
  4. DINING IN CANBERRA.

    An adventure a day keeps the cobwebs away; and in Canberra the daily adventure is always to be had, provided one is staying at a hotel. Each hotel acts as a filter through which ...

    Article : 1,199 words
  5. NODOSA.

    For a humback whale, Nodosa was very large, being over 50 feet in length. His head, which sloped down from his sharply curving back, took up fully one-third of his body. And ...

    Article : 1,301 words
  6. IN THE "THIRTIES."

    Early in December, 1832, two men set out on horseback to hunt for kangaroos. They were the overseer from Been Station and Dr. Bennett, surgeon from the ship Brothers, ...

    Article : 1,006 words
  7. BUGONG MOUNTAIN.

    Blowrin Plain, mentioned in our article on kangaroo hunting in the 'thirties, is shown, in the forefront. This picture is taken from a steel engraving published in 1832. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 30 words
  8. TIN.

    I found Tin on the doormat one very wet night. There was a wisp of string attached to his collar. He looked tired, hungry, and utterly dejected, and begged in his doggy way ...

    Article : 667 words
  9. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    I wish I'd lived In ancient days, And shared the rude barbarian's Joys, When boys (to use a back[?]eyed phrase) Were boys. ...

    Article : 96 words
  10. GIANT POPLARS.

    Town beautification now occupies a more prominent place in the minds of country people than at any previous time, and town councillors, as a general rule, are constantly ...

    Article : 400 words
  11. THAT BABY.

    A baby came to our house Last night, just after tea. It squeaked just like a little mouse— But it don't belong to me! ...

    Article : 102 words
  12. MOTHERS.

    When Gracie plays, she's not much fun, She won't play any game but one. Because she's fat, and puffs a bit, She likes a game where she can sit. ...

    Article : 189 words
  13. THE NEW FRANCE.

    He is a little fat, almost round Frenchman, who keeps n hotel in the small town in France where I am now staying. As it is he "qui fait la cuisine,", he always appears in the ...

    Article : 402 words
  14. THE VISITOR.

    Last night a little 'possum came An' winked its eyes at me; It was so round, a[?]' soft an' fat! Upon my bed-foot rail it sat, ...

    Article : 102 words
  15. TUMUT'S GIANT POPLARS.

    The poplars, 100 feet high, are growing on the banks of the Tumut River, and form one of the show places of the town. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 29 words
  16. THE MOON PENNY.

    Once upon a time—this is a fairy story, so I must begin like that, you know—well, once upon a time there was a very inquisitive goblin named Pip. He lived in a tiny house right in ...

    Article : 639 words
  17. EGYPTIAN ROMANCE.

    The Strange story of S[?]mut, an Egyptian architect who wanted a kingly burial, is pieced together following the latest excavations at Thebes made by the Metropolitan Museum's ...

    Article : 519 words
  18. TELEVISION SIMPLIFIED.

    A small crystal of quartz, less than [?] thick, has now simplified television by taking the place of a complete telephone line or radio transmitting and receiving equipment. ...

    Article : 438 words
  19. ABRAHAM'S OAK.

    Excavations at the site of Abraham's Oak, near Hebron, in Palestino, have brought to light foundations of buildings linking early modern times with the beginning of the ...

    Article : 265 words
  20. VILLANELLE.

    There came an idle thought of you, Ghost-like from dead rebellious years, To dull this day of gold and blue I thought the years lind led tinto ...

    Article : 135 words
  21. SALVIA.

    Red trumpets of the burning noon! The sky. Gladdens through all his azure at your [?] Tossed in a quivering jubilance a[?]oat, A dazzlemont of colour and melody. ...

    Article : 108 words
  22. ABSENCE IN AUTUMN.

    Now are there mists about the mountain's crown; Torn drifting veils that eddy by and sink Like s[?] that clothe the valley's ...

    Article : 104 words
  23. THE MESSAGE OF THE FLOWERS.

    Pansles for the peaceful, Roses for the rare; Mignonette for the sweet coquette With diamonds in her hair[?] ...

    Article : 46 words
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