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  2. THE YOUNG QUEENSLANDERS

    FOR this trick you need two cupfuls of water and a cork. Ask your friends: "Can you make this cork float under water?" ...

    Article : 93 words
  3. Nature's Treasure House

    Accustomed as one becomes to trees, one does not realise their beauty, value, and splendor. For, what would earth be without trees? ...

    Article : 522 words
  4. Model Planes Hints for Young Model Builders

    This week, Mr. Francis N. Royal, State Commissioner of the Model Aeroplane Association of Australia (Queensland section), gives us a number of special hints for young model aeroplane builders and fliers. Perhaps his hints will appeal ...

    Article : 1,678 words
  5. FROM OUR MAIL BAG.

    BERENICE WICKBOLD, of Sarina, writes:- I have been very interested in your pages for some time, and should like ...

    Article : 1,199 words
  6. MUMPS

    I've got the mumps! I'm down in the dumps; And no one to cheer me, Oh me, ah me, dear me! ...

    Article : 101 words
  7. UNFIXING YOUR FINGERS.

    HERE is a simple trick that everybody enjoys: Put the tips of your, forefingers together and then ask your friend if he can separate your ...

    Article : 71 words
  8. THE MAGIC STICK.

    IF this [?] is well done it is very puzzling, and it will cause much astonishment if you do it at a party. What you do is to make a stick, ...

    Article : 248 words
  9. WRONG WAS RIGHT.

    Smart: "What is the simple English word of five, letters that is never pronounced right, even by the most learned scholars?" ...

    Article : 38 words
  10. WATTLE

    Among the foliage of the trees Where a great grey mountain towers, A scent is wafted on the breeze— ...

    Article : 96 words
  11. AN IMPOSSIBLE JUMP.

    Say to one of your chums: "You could not jump out of a circle I could draw." Your chum will very likely say: "Oh, ...

    Article : 62 words
  12. Our Tropical Island

    Barbara loves tropical islands—so do [?] That is why we isolated ourselves, on one for a (light, during our thrilling stay at Honolulu. It was rather a lonely, sandy little isle, cut off ...

    Article : 365 words
  13. A MATCH CATCH.

    Put three matches in the form of a triangle. Now put it small piece of match inside the triangle. Say to your friends: ...

    Article : 80 words
  14. GREY

    Grey to many a lovely thing: A foggy night, a,curved pull's wing, A kitten, and a squirrel's coat; Shadows, and-a pigeon's throat; ...

    Article : 65 words
  15. SOMETHING SPECIAL.

    Here's something special for our' readers! Mr. Francis H. Royal, State Commissioner of Model Aeroplane Association of ...

    Article : 151 words
  16. A BOTTLE TRICK.

    THIS little stick will puzzle your chums. Get an ordinary bottle making sure that its opening its quite clean ...

    Article : 191 words
  17. A COIN CATCH.

    How many threepenny-pieces can you lay on a two-shilling-piece without part of the threepenny-bits sticking over the edge of the larser coin? ...

    Article : 50 words
  18. AN OLD MAN'S DREAM.

    The old man In the picture on the wall sits thinking, and I wonder what he thinks. He is very old, and his weather-beaten face ...

    Article : 193 words
  19. A FALSE ALARM

    "Hullo, hullo. Is that the Fire Brigade?" called a very excited girl on the telephone. "Well, come quickly. There's a fire next door to our place!" ...

    Article : 340 words
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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 14 words
  21. Bunny's Autobiography

    A furry coat, two large brown eyes, two long ears; and a white stumpy tail. What am I? A rabbit! Yes! I was born in a nice, warm nest in a sandy burrow a long way out in the bush. ...

    Article : 413 words
  22. A TALL STORY.

    Two laborers were working on a very tall block of Hals. Suddenly the man at the top of the ladder called to his ...

    Article : 126 words
  23. Shakespeare "On the Brain"

    "I tell you, Malvolio was quite within his rights. He was a courageous, reliable, and conscientious servant. Yes, undoubtedly, he was within his rights." ...

    Article : 346 words
  24. SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

    A YOUNG woman objected to the absorption of two friends in a game of dominoes. She therefore removed one of the pieces and ...

    Article : 256 words
  25. THE FOUNDATION OF AUSTRALIA'S WEALTH

    Our country readers will be interested in this special stud ram from Boonoke North, which was sold-in Sydney this week, for 800 guineas. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 28 words
  26. EARTH MOVEMENT.

    I THINK that there are many of [?] who at one time or another have wondered why we cannot feel the earth going round; the reason is ...

    Article : 163 words
  27. IMAGINARY BOOKS.

    "BLACK AS Night," by Ima Grow. "A Ripping Time," by Iva Tear. "What's the Time?" by L Strike. "The Nolsy Deg," by Will Bark. ...

    Article : 45 words
  28. HAVE A SMILE.

    Jones: I don't need a speedometer on my car. I can easily tell the speed. Brown: How do you do It? ...

    Article : 85 words
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