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  2. Feathered Thieves

    The magpie is a thief, and will raid houses, letter-boxes, or outhouses for anything that catches its eye. In one nest was found all sorts of coloured ...

    Article : 187 words
  3. SO THEY SAY

    A man had a farm on the North Coast of New South Wales, which was not oversupplied with water. He had hoard a lot about locating ...

    Article : 172 words
  4. A Smoking Ghost

    There are many "haunted huts" scattered about the bush, and some of them have quaint histories. The funniest I have heard about was at ...

    Article : 205 words
  5. TO CONTRIBUTORS

    Endorse the first slip of EACH paragraph with your name and address. Payment is made monthly upon cuttings of published matter being forwarded to The Manager, ...

    Article : 34 words
  6. Another Bush Remedy

    Many sufferers from the distressing complaint of asthma rely greatly on the fumes of powder, or cigarettes, for relief, the ingredients being dried ...

    Article : 105 words
  7. Right First Time

    "Howler's" par reminds me of one I made myself as a lad. "Who was the greatest road-maker in English history?" the master demanded. I ...

    Article : 88 words
  8. Doubtful Pest

    Land owners in parts of New South Wales have been agitating for the renewal of the bonus for wombat scalps. since the bonus was discontinued the ...

    Article : 184 words
  9. Dates Were Expensive

    He was leaning with his back up against a post near Circular Quay when a policeman passed, and his bronzed face proclaimed him a sailor— ...

    Article : 191 words
  10. Not Out of a Bottle

    Unbelievable as it may seem this is a perfectly true snake story. A young man was stationed at, Daru, in Western Papua, and one morning, as he ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 144 words
  11. "Kick" In the Coconut

    The Torres Strait Islanders have not quite lost the art of distilling "tuba," the potent tipple of their fathers. Despite the frowns of officialdom the ...

    Article : 121 words
  12. Tell-tale Tails

    Any one who takes the trouble to investigate the mysteries of canine language will find out that a dog speaks with his tail. In the case of ...

    Article : 191 words
  13. Not Ornament Alone

    Because of the uncommonly marked grain of the Pleiogynium Solandri, or Burdekin plum tree, the small ornamental items now being manufactured ...

    Article : 146 words
  14. The Dingo "Licked"

    I was working recently on a selection owned by a man who ran, besides cattle, a flock of goats. For months he was troubled by a wily dingo that ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 221 words
  15. Prickly Pear Panacea

    Should the time ever arrive when prickly pear will be eradicated I can see bush women carefully planting a little in the corner of the garden. In ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 228 words
  16. Native Woman Heroine

    The Royal Humane Society's award of a bronze medal to Tabua Hero, a Thursday Island native, for bravery during the terrible cyclone of March, ...

    Article : 211 words
  17. Solitary Soles

    That funny fish story of "Spes" (Queenslander, 12/12/35) regarding the angler who professed to have caught a sole in a fresh water river ...

    Article : 158 words
  18. Classified Advertising

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    Advertising : 61 words
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