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  2. COUNTRY BREEZES

    Letters must be very short and brightly written. Two half-crown prizes and colored certificates every week for the brightest and ...

    Article : 25 words
  3. THUMBS-UP

    Seven-shillings-and-sixpence, five shillings, and a half-crown prizes for three best jokes each week. If two or more send in same, first ...

    Article : 1,120 words
  4. FROM A CHAIR IN THE SUN

    Dear Sunbeamers,-- Let us go to Egypt again this week. On countless wall-inscriptions, in secret writings on royal tombs, on ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 898 words
  5. CATCH-AS-CATCH-CAN

    "A knot?" said Alice. "Oh, do let me help to undo it!" ...

    Article : 13 words
  6. COMPETITION CORNER

    COLORED CERTIFICATES.-- Purple equals 4 marks; Blue, 3 marks; Red, 2 marks; Orange, 1 mark. When you have a total of 25 marks, post certificates to the Editor, in a long unsealed envelope, marked "Sun Cards Only." A substantial cash prize will be awarded, and the ...

    Article : 120 words
  7. BURIED TREASURE

    My dog was always very fond of burying bones and huge lumps of meat. Sometimes I would give him a big mutton bone to [?]at. He would take ...

    Article : 194 words
  8. ALL KINDS OF KINGS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 46 words
  9. AN EASY CATCH

    Ask a friend to write his Christian name and surname in one letter. He will say, "It cannot be done." You then say, "Well, I will show you." Taking a sheet ...

    Article : 58 words
  10. HYPNOTISM.

    Inform your friends quite casually that your'e a bit of a hypnotist, then play this trick. Select one an a victim and order him on to the table. Then make ...

    Article : 108 words
  11. DRAWING AN ANIMAL

    In last week's issue particulars were given of two interesting competitions in connection with Kindness to Animals' Week. This week there is a ...

    Article : 123 words
  12. HA! HA! HA!

    One day, while my dad was having dinner in the bush, he noticed a goanna climbing a tree. A jackass had built its nest almost at the top of the ...

    Article : 101 words
  13. OUR ART GALLERY

    'Beamers will be wondering what this is. Well, I'll tell you. It's a picture of a nigger chasing a black cat around a coal cellar on a pitch black night. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 42 words
  14. TUG-OF-WAR MAP DRAWING

    Particulars of this contest between City and Country for best map of Africa appeared in last week's issue. The contest is mainly one of honor, but 48 badges will ...

    Article : 44 words
  15. A HARE DRIVE

    "One day my uncle, with whom I was spending a holiday, proposed that we should have a hare drive, and we sent out invitations to all our ...

    Article : 222 words
  16. THE SHEIK'S MAZE RESULTS

    From Tasman's icy mountain and Queensland's coral strand, from the back o' Bourke and the proud streets of Darling Point, from every town and village and suburb ...

    Article : 249 words
  17. THE WHYS AND WHATS

    Twenty badges for the best 20 riddles-- one only to be sent. Add to if two or three lines of personal opinion about the inside pages of Sunbeams. For instance, ...

    Article : 62 words
  18. QUICK CURES

    A blind man went into an ironmonger's and bought a hammer and saw (saw). A deaf and dumb man went across the road to the wheelwright and grabbed the ...

    Article : 49 words
  19. RIDDLE-ME-REE

    I am one of the cheapest things you own: Yet in my usefulness I stand alone. The beggar needs me and the queen: To steal me none would be so mean, ...

    Article : 59 words
  20. No. 2 PICTURE PUZZLE

    In the issue of March 11 the picture of this was given. Open only to Sunbeamers under 11. Closing date April 10. Three postcard albums and six badges for prizes ...

    Article : 34 words
  21. A BRAIN TAXER

    Find some word-- any you like-- the letters of which will make a few other words-- Ex, Post, Tops; Stop, Spot, Pots. Now introduce all the five words into as short a ...

    Article : 77 words
  22. A MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE

    Solution: Look underneath and you will see an inexplicable mystery. I see you long to read in vain, but don't expect me to explain. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 33 words
  23. BALLOON CONTEST RESULTS

    Balloons! Beautiful balloons! Balloons so airy that they positively blew themselves out of the envelopes and floated about the room in a radiant riot of color. Balloons ...

    Article : 171 words
  24. AN ODD WORD

    The above word is spelt the same backwards, frontwards and upside-down. --(Original) Red Certificate to Luly Schalk (12), "Ki-Ora," Bendemeer. ...

    Article : 26 words
  25. THE KIND OF HOME I'LL BUILD

    If I had an unlimited s[?] of cash, in order to live comfortably I would build a magnificent mansion of about six storeys. It shall be in the ...

    Article : 265 words
  26. IMPROVING ON NATURE

    This tortofox shows how Charles Spratt (15), Broughton-st., Camden, would improve on nature. He tells us that it is a combination of fox and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 190 words
  27. BEN HALL'S GOLD

    Once when I was living at a small town called Eugowra I had many adventures. About half a mile from our house a ...

    Article : 153 words
  28. ROOF GARDENS AND GOLDFISH

    My home would be built somewhere on the Bellevue Hill and would overlook the sea. Hanging from the verandah on a copper plate would be the ...

    Article : 199 words
  29. NINETY-NINE

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 98 words
  30. MATCHBOX TRICK

    Place an empty matchbox tray and cover as shown, and invite someone to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 55 words
  31. WHATS AND WHYS

    What sportsmen [?] poultry? Cricketers hate du[?]e and footballers hate fowls (fouls).--Moira Kennedy, 405 Alfred-street, North ...

    Article : 293 words
  32. A STAGGERING DIAMOND!

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 39 words
  33. Advertising

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    Advertising : 50 words
  34. SOLID AND FLAT-ROOFED

    My home would be built substantially, either of stone or reinforced concrete. Its main features would be convenience, ventilation, verandahs ...

    Article : 105 words
  35. BILLY BIMBO IN FAIRYLAND

    1. Peter Porker and Billy Bimbo were strolling through Fairyland, when they came upon a mountain, and in the mountain side Peter found ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 193 words
  36. LITTLE PARADISE

    The house I would like to live in would be two large airy rooms on the bank of the river away from everyone and made of bark and shingles. ...

    Article : 143 words
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