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  2. THE MURRAY VALLEY

    Leaving Tintaldra early nett morning we went farther towards the sources of the Murray to get to the spot from which Piguenit painted his picture. About fifteen miles ...

    Article : 1,486 words
  3. THE HUME RESERVOIR.

    THIS RESERVOIR WILL HOLD 2,000,000 ACHE FEET-NEARLY THREE TIMES BARREN JACK'S CAPACITY WHEN FULL. THE RIVER MURRAY IS IN THE MIDDLE DISTANCE. NEW SOUTH WALES ENGINEERS ARE CARRYING OUT THE WORK THIS SIDE OF THE RIVER, AND VICTORIAN ENGINEERS ON THE OTHER SIDE—BEYOND THE TOWER. ALTHOUGH THE WORK IS SO DIVIDED. MR. E. M. DE BURGH, THE N.S.W. ENGINEER, AND MR. J. S. DETHRIDGE, THE VICTORIAN ENGINEER. WORK IN CLOSE COLLABORATION; AND THE MURRAY RIVER COMMISSION IS THE SUPREME AUTHORITY. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 84 words
  4. PAGE LETTERS.

    From the close of the year 1917 Mr. Page's letters to the President were written at long intervals. There could be no more fitting conclusion to this series than the following ...

    Article : 1,464 words
  5. ST. THOMAS' NORTH SYDNEY.

    Considerable interest has of late centred in St. Thomas' Church, partly because it was recently consecrated with due ceremony, and partly because Edmund T. Blacket was its ...

    Article : 879 words
  6. ROBERT BURNS.

    It is doubtful whether any poet in the whole history of literature has evoked so personal and be passionate a devotion as the inspired ploughman who was born in a humble Scottish ...

    Article : 900 words
  7. ANNIVERSARY DAY.

    To all Australians the acquisition of Lieutenant William Bradley's (H.M.S. Sirius, 1788) journal for the Mitchell Library should be a matter of congratulation. ...

    Article : 1,013 words
  8. SHAKESPEARE.

    Most English commentary on Shakespeare is had, because the commentators are too close to the subject, or are oppressed by the weight of tradition. Besides all the other things, ...

    Article : 1,115 words
  9. QUEEN VICTORIA.

    Queen Victoria died at half-past 6 o'clock on the evening of Tuesday, January 22, 1901. Almost her last official act at the close of her long reign was to send, three weeks ...

    Article : 1,315 words
  10. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    I wish my name was Gwendoline, Or Rose, or Violet-Pearl, I wish I was a princess, And not a littte girl. ...

    Article : 97 words
  11. BE GAY WHILST YOU MAY.

    Little men and maids be gay, Time is ticking life away, Labour counts the busy half, Childhood is the time to laugh, ...

    Article : 149 words
  12. THE UMPTIPOPS.

    The Uraptlpops of Timber-street Are norful nice nnd drefful sweet; They're only chickabiddy size, But lots of them are old and wise, ...

    Article : 250 words
  13. THE LADY SYDNEY.

    They come from the spaces further out From the brown hills swept by the fire and drought, From fertile valley, and open plain ...

    Article : 129 words
  14. BLUFFING THE BIRDS.

    Mayhap you are cherishing just one nectarine tree in your limited back yard. Possibly you are a more prosperous suburban dweller with an assorted group of fast-ripening fruit ...

    Article : 273 words
  15. "INJUSTICE."

    A tiny little baby boy has come to live with us, And ever since he came there's been the most annoying fuss; ...

    Article : 187 words
  16. LONGING.

    Had I wings—I'd fly—to an old land, To a cold land, To a bold land; To the popples a-glow ...

    Article : 113 words
  17. DISILLUSTIONED.

    The moonlight slept, the slow warm night Was filled with wonder and delight. The soft winds murmured as they went Laden with gathered hours well spent. ...

    Article : 116 words
  18. THE SHEEP.

    They live quiet lives in solitude, The sun-scorch's grass their only food, They crop the paddocks close and neat. Leaving a track of cloven feet. ...

    Article : 105 words
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