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  2. LEAP YEAR.

    On referring to a calendar for 1928, we find that there is one day (viz., February 29) provided for which is not included in ordinary years. ...

    Article : 1,485 words
  3. NEW "HOWLERS."

    "Sir Robert Peel was a fine man. He was a minister in nearly every party. He repealed the corn laws, made the renal laws mush easier than usual... He was honest and only accepted a few ...

    Article : 1,526 words
  4. CALLIOPE'S STORY.

    Hundreds and thousands have been thrilled by the oft-told story of the Calliope facing the gale at Apia, Samoa, I have had the whole story from Mr. W. C. Cartwright, of ...

    Article : 1,717 words
  5. SYDNEY—CANBERRA.

    We of to-day are expressing our opinions pretty freely on the building of Canberra, between the several centres of which future population will have room to spread until ...

    Article : 1,242 words
  6. SCIENCE AND DISEASE.

    Recent events have illustrated anew the truth that the progress of medicine is compounded of surprises and disappointments. "Each disease." in the words of a ...

    Article : 1,027 words
  7. SCENERY IN THE COX AND KOWMUNG VALLEYS.

    LOOKING NORTH-EAST OVER THE GORGE FROM THE KONANGAROO WALLS. (See Article on this page, "The Bridie Track.") ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 30 words
  8. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    If I were Lady Flora, the queen of all the posits," So tall—all goddesses are tall—and proud and lily fair. ...

    Article : 140 words
  9. PAINTED FENCES.

    Those who have lived their lifetime in Sydney can remember a time when it was not the colourful, place it is to-day. On calling up a mental picture of our city as it was several ...

    Article : 833 words
  10. "DOWN, AND OUT."

    Humour, and pathos and stark naked tragedy, tales of distress, of hard and oft-times unsuccessful endeavour, make tip the queer potpourri that constitutes the daily, life of a ...

    Article : 918 words
  11. BEDTIME SONG.

    Lullaby, lullaby, Starry lamps are lit in the sky; Sleepy flowers in scented beds Shut their eyes and nod their heads; ...

    Article : 131 words
  12. BIRDIES.

    I wonder how a birdie feels When he is flying high, I wonder if he over fears That he will bump the sky. ...

    Article : 56 words
  13. NIMROD.

    I am a Wallaroo, and my name is Nimrod One morning I was greatly enjoying a ride in my mother's pouch as she moved with long, swift leaps along the bank of the Sovereign ...

    Article : 826 words
  14. THE BRIDLE TRACK.

    Some time ago my bush wanderings covered that huge, almost unknown region known as the Cox and Kowmung watershods. Verily at our back door, yet the plateaux are so ...

    Article : 586 words
  15. A SOLDIER'S SOLDIER.

    Every Australian soldier who served under the late Earl ' Haig 'on the "Western front owes, either consciously or unconsciously, something to him for the noble spirit of ...

    Article : 360 words
  16. AZTEC HISTORY.

    Another page of Mexico's past has just come to light. One of the precious, books of Bornadino do Sahagun, famous colonial historian, who came to Mexico 400 years ago, ...

    Article : 323 words
  17. FERRY FARES.

    Four pennies, worn and brown, Pay your fee into Sydney town: This is the way thro' the Magic gates Where Romance at her mirror waits, ...

    Article : 116 words
  18. THE HOME SIGH.

    For a wind-tossed sea does the soul of me sigh, For a wind-tossed sen and wide; For the' sea-gull's call. For the ships' and all; ...

    Article : 151 words
  19. TWILIGHT.

    Twilight in darkness broke, Its heart with sorrow; The dow wept; And then God spoke: ...

    Article : 32 words
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