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  2. OUT OF DOORS COMMENTS ON NATURE

    Upon the question whether snakes can leap or spring any distance clear of the ground, a Winehelsea reader had an experience (writes Donald Macdonald, in The ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 231 words
  3. FAIRY PAGEANT OF HISTORY.

    No pageant could be lovelier than "The Ceremonial of His Majesty's Proceeding to Parliament." Its beauty made the did grey skies and tamers of ...

    Article : 692 words
  4. AROUND THE CITY

    Days passed pleasantly at Victor Harbour, but my husband at last declared that be could not stay one day longer (writes "G. M."). He said lie must really ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,649 words
  5. MAGPIES AS IMITATORS.

    Magpies can inritate almost anything, from the human voice to a cross-cut saw (writes "U.P.") We had one that need to faithfully reproduce the striking of a ...

    Article : 174 words
  6. PRAYING MANTIS IN CHAINS.

    Many, insects have habitat which are distressing to the human conscience, and among the worst an the praying mantis, the large, green, grasshopper-like ...

    Article : 220 words
  7. SKITTISH MRS. SWALLOW.

    Their home building on the back verandah was a source of interest to the household. Back and forth from the big clay dam they flew, pattirig and placing the ...

    Article : 209 words
  8. THE KANGAROO.

    There are still many people who believe that kangaroos when in motion use their tails to aid in their spring. If one is standing behind or in front of a ...

    Article : 650 words
  9. CROWS AND LAMBS.

    On the topic of the destruction of lambs by crows- the following is by a correspondent to The Australasian:—"At the beginning of May last my stud ewes commenced ...

    Article : 221 words
  10. A SAFE TRAMCAR.

    There is something almost romantic about the new tramcar which is shortly to be placed on one of the London routes. j Mechanical devices hare been employed in ...

    Article : 289 words
  11. The OLD TREE.

    East from the township of Nuriootpa, on the main road to Freeling, stands an ancient gum tree, tall and shapely (writes "Agapetus"). This venerable relic of the ...

    Article : 297 words
  12. STEEPLEJACK'S FIGHT FOR LIFE.

    Claude Smith, 27, a steeplejack, with another steeplejack, was working on the coping at the top of a chimney at the Leeds Fireclay Company's works at New ...

    Article : 109 words
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