Articles from page 5: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. IN OLDEN DAYS.

    It is strange how little the fighting ancients seem to have understood or appreciated the modern spirit which gives full protection to a ...

    Article : 251 words
  3. FARM-FED PORK AND VEAL.

    A few weeks ago I paid a special visit of inspection to the auction rooms of Melbourne where dead meat killed by farmers on farms in all ...

    Article : 1,616 words
  4. IS YOUR FACE THE SAME?

    According to a prominent photographer it is a curious fact that the two sides of a human face are seldom, if ever the same, a ...

    Article : 155 words
  5. THE AFTERMATH.

    I sat at tea with her I love last night. Rejoicing in the sweetness of her eyes. ...

    Article : 194 words
  6. LEGAND OF PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR.

    Captain Basil Hall, recording a visit to Abbotsford in 1825, relates a strange story which Sir Walter [?] told to his friends : -- ...

    Article : 476 words
  7. WONDERFUL BOOK FOR CHILDREN.

    The toymaker has conspired to do away with one of the greatest enjoyments of the mother and the nurse. No more will the guardian of the ...

    Article : 171 words
  8. AT THE KIMBERLEY MINES.

    The necessity of preventing the illicit diamond traffic has its baneful effect upon the lives of the honest and sensative. A fair idea of this ...

    Article : 268 words
  9. A CAMEO FROM THE CLASSICS.

    The ice was excessively fissured : we crossed crevasses and crept round slippery ridges, cutting steps in the ice wherever climbing was necessary. ...

    Article : 1,557 words
  10. GOOD STORIES OF TOOLE.

    During one of Toole's Australian tours the Mayor of an up-country township would insist on calling him Mr. Tooley--Mr. Tooley this, and ...

    Article : 416 words
  11. THE FIRST POSTAGE RATES.

    Thomas Witherings, postmaster to Charles I., opened the royal posts to the public. The first postage rates were as ...

    Article : 151 words
  12. DIVING FOR PEARLS.

    The French Government owns a small coral atoll, far out in the Southern Pacific which is a solid ring of coral, and the lagoon inside ...

    Article : 461 words
  13. MIMICRY OF THE SONG THRUSH.

    No other bird that I know is able to imitate so perfectly the notes of other birds as the song thrush, or [?]avis, as he is usually called in ...

    Article : 193 words
  14. EGGS PRESERVED IN CLAY.

    The Chinese have preserved boiled eggs in clay for a long time and some of them are said to be [?]turies old. The eggs are and boiled hard ...

    Article : 169 words
  15. "YOUR SWEETHEART, JESSIE."

    The other day a young lady, daughter of a well-known millionaire, drove up to the door of a jeweler's shop, went in, and selected a ...

    Article : 197 words
  16. A FORGETFUL SERVANT.

    A maidservant employed in a suburban household was very forgetful. The fault was especially annoying at meal-times, when something ...

    Article : 211 words
  17. GENERAL INFORMATION.

    It is said that the Crown Prince is the only one of the kaiser's children who is not left-handed. The deer parks in England [?] ...

    Article : 170 words
  18. SPAIN AND THE SPANIARDS.

    The Spaniard is a noble fellow. He is honest. His word is as good as his bond. He is brave, he is truthful, he is temperate, thrifty, ...

    Article : 397 words
  19. ROUGH ON THE DOCTOR.

    A young doctor in a thriving country town was awakened at midnight by a violent ringing of the door-bell. He scrambled into his clothes and ...

    Article : 175 words
  20. THE HYPNOTIC EYE OF THE SNAKE.

    A naturalist writes that, never seeing a snake charm a bird or animal he concluded it was a superstition or fancy, devoid of fact. So he ...

    Article : 297 words
  21. NOT WHAT HE EXPECTED.

    He had saved her from drowning at great risk to himself. When he brought her ashore her father said: "Nobleminded youth, we owe you a ...

    Article : 156 words
  22. "WHAT AILED IT."

    A countryman o[?] brought an bull's-eye watch to a jeweller, and said:--"I want you to look at my watch. ...

    Article : 95 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$