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  2. LAWN TENNIS.

    The original game of tennis is, of course, almost as "royal and ancient" as golf itsejf. Certainly it was played as far back as the thirteenth century in France; and there is ...

    Article : 1,378 words
  3. NORWAY.

    "Comparisons," said Dogberry, "are odorous." And, as a rule, one referendum is very like another. But in some ways the Norwegian referendum of 1905 is unique. ...

    Article : 727 words
  4. EGYPT.

    We have just traversed a most serious crisis, possibly the most serious we have experienced since 1822. The elections to the Chamber of Deputies duly took place; the ...

    Article : 1,182 words
  5. PROHIBITION.

    I hear that Mr. Henry Ford, famous for the Ford cars that go everywhere and the Peace Ship that went nowhere, has been delivering himself of an opinion on prohibition. ...

    Article : 1,090 words
  6. IS IT ALIVE?

    The Bourbon line has of late so died out in all its recent branches (the direct line ended with the death in 1883 of the Comte de Chambord, grandson of Charles X.), that were ...

    Article : 1,474 words
  7. NELSON'S FLAGSHIP—THE VICTORY.

    Centuries of neglect and spasmodic patching have necessitated the complete reconditioning of the historic warship, which is seen in the photograph raised to a high level in dock. Successive appeals made by the Marquis of Milfordhaven, the Lord Mayor of London, and Admiral Sturdeo resulted in sufficient funds being subscribed for the renovation of the ship. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 69 words
  8. BRITAIN'S STRIKE.

    One perforce found the funny side of those uncomfortable ten days known as the general strike. It was not meant to be a picnic, and it certainly was not one, but the pleasant ...

    Article : 899 words
  9. INDIAN SPORTSMEN.

    The Indian hockey players who are to arrive in Sydney shortly have had an extraordinarily successful tour in New Zealand, where they have won 16 out of the 17 matches ...

    Article : 866 words
  10. FOR THE CHILDREN. MAID MARION.

    The windows are opening At the end of our street, The children are hurrying On quick, eager feet, ...

    Article : 114 words
  11. CHALIAPIN.

    Not so long ago the coming of a great artist to Australia was an interest discussed and looked forward to many months ahead, as the event of utmost importance for that ...

    Article : 694 words
  12. THE BUTCHER BIRD

    Oh, Johnnie Butcher, I can see you now Up in the pine tree on the highest bough. I can't help thinking when I see you near Of the ribbon red cap you killed last year. ...

    Article : 106 words
  13. INFLUENZA.

    Teddy Bear was very poorly (Had a little pain), All because his little mistress Left him in the rain. ...

    Article : 83 words
  14. THAT RHODESIAN SKULL.

    A single skull of prehistoric African man, which has puzzled scientists since its discovery in a lead mine of Northern Rhodesia five years ago, is like no known race ...

    Article : 342 words
  15. OUR 'POSSUM.

    The little grey 'possum is doleful and sad. Yet the birdies are singing, the whole world seems glad; But he sits all alone humped up in a tree. ...

    Article : 123 words
  16. A NORTHERN NIGHT.

    The quiet and bush of the hot, dying sun floods the tall treetops and the rough-ribbed rocks that divorce the pleasure of the city from the solitude of the bush. With ghostly ...

    Article : 280 words
  17. THE SOWER.

    In tracking up his rhymes be seems to pace A moony path, indeed. Even as a shadowy sower in a dream Might sow his facry seed: ...

    Article : 69 words
  18. THE WITCH'S SONG.

    "Hotty-toity! Hop-o'-my-thumb! Tweedledee and Tweedledum! All hobgoblins come to me. Over the mountains, over the sea; ...

    Article : 229 words
  19. MASQUERADE.

    I was a king's fair daughter, You were a troubadour gay, Late slung over your shoulder, On your lips a roundelay. ...

    Article : 121 words
  20. WINTER DAWN.

    Not yet the red resplendence on the hoight, Through mist the treetops on the slope appear More dim, more deep. The grassy base is ...

    Article : 133 words
  21. GUMS.

    Against the sky the tall gums stand, Feathery sprays of green, [?]ith here and there a bunch of gold That glitters in between. ...

    Article : 106 words
  22. THE ROUSEABOUT.

    I'm picking up wool in a shearing shed, Lincoln, and Cross, and Merino bred, Then spreading it out as quick as can be, Just for the "tony" Classer to see. ...

    Article : 100 words
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