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  2. MEXICO CITY.

    The morning air was delicious, so soft and still, with an almost slivery sunshine, not dazzling to the eyes as is our Australian golden glow. I wanted to see the road along which ...

    Article : 1,387 words
  3. FORT DENISON.

    On the vision of the overseas visitor, as he approaches the heart of the city from up harbour, arises a historic-looking pile lying athwart the stream. He asks what and why it ...

    Article : 1,389 words
  4. MANLY BY THE SEA.

    At the beginning of Manly, "when wild in woods, the noble savage ran," the north embrasure of our fair harbour, was called Boree —a child of Boreas. The fearless curiosity ...

    Article : 940 words
  5. A LONG SURVIVAL.

    "The exigencies of the service" at times have taken one afloat. On one of these occasions a shrewd, humourous American accompanied us to a port in Eastern waters, where ...

    Article : 1,771 words
  6. STREET BEAUTIFICATION---ORIENTAL PLANE TREES AT NORTH SYDNEY.

    Many suburban municipal councils have of recent years carried out much useful work in beautifying the streets, and in many instances local residents are co-operating in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 410 words
  7. LAWRENCE HARGRAVE.

    Flying week. Who among us 20 years ago would not have ridiculed the very idea of a week being devoted to flying? Who among us thought that man would triumph over the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,531 words
  8. KITCHEN-MIDDENS.

    In a recent article on the Richmond River (S.M.H. 27/9/'24) Professor Griffith Taylor referred to the shell middens along North Creek, near Ballina. It is not very generally ...

    Article : 945 words
  9. WILLIAM HILTON HOVELL.

    Of the two explorers who in 1824 undertook and accomplished the expedition to Port Phillip, writers of history have given more time to Hamilton Hume than to William Hilton ...

    Article : 719 words
  10. RADIUM, CURE FOR BLINDNESS.

    Radium treatment for blindess is limited in its usefulness principally to two types of eye disease, Dr. Francis H. Williams, of Boston, the discoverer, said on September 8, ...

    Article : 208 words
  11. NEW ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE

    Electric locomotives that carry their own transformer stations, and "step down" a high-voltage alternating current to a low-voltage direct current, are being installed on the New ...

    Article : 229 words
  12. CHANGE.

    Where highways of the city meet I paused among the myriad feet, Seeking with long accustomed eye The old familiar walls to spy ...

    Article : 141 words
  13. CAMP FIRE SMOKE.

    The shrill cicada's mystic chants die down, His febrile ecastasy is silent now. The bush is tranquil as a slumbering town, The leaves hang tranced upon the forest's ...

    Article : 130 words
  14. SO MUCH TO SEE.

    So much to see in earth and sky Before we sleep, before we die; So much to look for and discern, And learning, love, and loving, learn; ...

    Article : 67 words
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