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  2. AN AIR WONDER.

    Energy in ex[?] might that laughs at space, and proclaims itself in a thunderous whirr, audible for miles, lies concentrated in three splendid engines, which, like great ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 958 words
  3. BOYD MASSACRE.

    I now come to the climax of the "tragedy" of Wangaroa, and shall narrate how I avenged the massacre. During the three days the chiefs were kept in irons Metanagha ...

    Article : 1,682 words
  4. EAST AND WEST.

    One of the chief advantages of travelling by a special train on a little-used line is that you can stop practically anywhere you like. Our euginedriver knew the district well, and ...

    Article : 1,074 words
  5. AUSTRALIANS AT GENEVA.

    Reading from left to right.—Sitting: Sir Joseph Cook, Mr. J. G. Latham, Mr. A. G. Manning. Standing: Sir Arthur Rickard, Miss M. C. Ward (typist), Major Fuhrman (secretary to the delegation), Mr. M. C. Bonnievill (secretary to Mr. Latham), Miss Freda Bage. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 63 words
  6. NORTH AUSTRALIA.

    To my regret I have not been able to visit the pastoral areas of North Australia lying to the west of the Overland Telegraph Line for they include some properties famous the ...

    Article : 1,549 words
  7. ART LIFE IN LONDON.

    Amongst many people of note in London last year none interested me more than Walter Shaw Sparrow, art connoisseur, whilom editor of "The Studio," and author, and his wife. ...

    Article : 1,347 words
  8. SNAKEBITE.

    With the approach of summer, flower gatherers and others who frequent our bush must beware of snakes. The bite of an adult brown or black snake, tiger-snake, or ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 473 words
  9. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    My teacher calls me Margaret When she wants to scold. My Granny calls me Megsy. That's after her, I'm told. ...

    Article : 51 words
  10. BUNS.

    If I had a tail like a ring-tailed possum I'd hang by my tail in a tree. With the squirrels I'd play. And I'd stop there all day. ...

    Article : 86 words
  11. THE GRANDFATHER CLOCK.

    Where is the Grandfather of the Clock, With his tick, tick, tick, tock, tock, tock? I've waited and watched, and walled again, But somehow my watching's all in vain. ...

    Article : 160 words
  12. SCIENCE NOTES.

    Dutch scientists have been measuring, the amount of heat given off by the human body to find why some parts give off more heat than others. Drs. E. S[?]ulter and G. [?] ...

    Article : 636 words
  13. "THE WISHING TREE."

    Almost at the entrance to the Sydney Botanic Gardens stands an old tree. It is very large, and has stood there for a great many years. This old tree, which is known as ...

    Article : 896 words
  14. A MONKEY LABORATORY.

    Mankind's eventual safeguard against tuberculosis may have its origin in a monkey laboratory on the coast of Africa (writes the Paris correspondent of "Science Service"). ...

    Article : 407 words
  15. TO THE IRONBARK.

    We'll sing a song for the Ironbark, The tree of the land we love. His skin is tough, but his heart is true, Winter and summer the whole year through, ...

    Article : 320 words
  16. KOOKABURRAS.

    Without realising in the least the [?]arm that they are doing, many people seek to keep young kookaburras in captivity by clipping the wing. In the first place this practice is ...

    Article : 309 words
  17. WINNING THROUGH.

    Give me space on the hills, or the sweep of the plain, Where an axe learns to sing, when a home is the gain ...

    Article : 175 words
  18. MY FISHERMAN.

    I asked "What did you on the lake which is called Yesterday?" He said: "I [?]shed with a crooked [?] For leviathan calld To-morrow ...

    Article : 58 words
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