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  2. 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, ...

    Article : 1,053 words
  3. FROM A CHAIR IN THE SUN

    De-e-ear Be-e-e-eamers,-- The Ed. feels so-o- tired ... he can ha-a-rdly lift his pen to write these lines. To make matters wo-o-orse. the Dragon's ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 572 words
  4. 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
  5. HARD LUCK ON DADI

    The other day dad got a "sell." He was busy doing some fencing, when the dogs ran something into a log; and rabbits being very scarce, dad thought ...

    Article : 115 words
  6. COMPETITION CORNER

    COLORED CERTIFICATES.--Purple equals 4 marks; Blue, 3 marks; Rod, 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 cancelled ...

    Article : 153 words
  7. CATCH-A-CATCH-CAN

    Go up to a friend and say: "I bet you a million pounds you can't think of a sentence beginning [?] is.'" He will probably think for a while, and ...

    Article : 77 words
  8. JACK-IN-THE-BOX CAMERA

    Get a match box and remove the drawer. Then push a hole through the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 133 words
  9. ATE A SALT SPOON!

    We had a pet Emu called Charlie. Dad gave him to us when lie was a tiny little thing. When he was done growing he stood over five feet high. ...

    Article : 166 words
  10. PICTURE PUZZLE RESULTS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 86 words
  11. CHRISTMAS COMPETITION

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 113 words
  12. FLOWER ANAGRAM RESULTS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 132 words
  13. "DEFENDERS OF BEAUTY"

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 103 words
  14. EGG STEALERS!

    One day when I was out in the bush gathering wild flowers, I noticed some small black and red ants running up and down a wild hop bush. On ...

    Article : 155 words
  15. WONDERFUL EYES!

    "Her eyes roamed carelessly around the room." "With her eyes she riveted him to the spot." ...

    Article : 78 words
  16. ONE-BIG-'BEAMER COMPETITION

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 290 words
  17. THE OBSTINATE PAPER

    Take a board measuring about 2ft. long by 4 or 5 Inches wide, and about half an inch thick, and place it on a table, with about 6in. projecting beyond it. Cover it ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 115 words
  18. "MY JOLLIES! MOMENTS"

    Most sincerely Editor, I am happy when I am singing. I specially like singing hymns! They fill me with joy and happiness, and I find that I get ...

    Article : 52 words
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  20. A BABY LYRE-BIRD

    One day last summer my friend and I were riding along a river flat when we saw two lyrebirds ahead of us. As they did not seem at all frightened, ...

    Article : 150 words
  21. DAY-DREAMS!

    When I am day-dreaming I am really most happy. I imagine that I am a great explorer, or author, or some great king. I have written ...

    Article : 70 words
  22. WITH BURNS IN THE BUSH

    During my last trip to Sydney I saw in a shop window a large, handsome, leather-bound volume of the complete works of Robert Burns. I ...

    Article : 156 words
  23. TINFOIL FIREWORKS

    Get some tinfoil, such as chocolates and cigarettes are wrapped up in, and a blowpipe of some kind--a clay pipe will do-- and a lighted candle. Cut the tinfoil into ...

    Article : 107 words
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    QUEER CREATURES.--(1) The Chickbutapede, by Jack Thompson, Randwick, is a pleasant, sweet-natured little thing, we are told; but (2) the Giraffemu, by "Coogee Girl," shows by the way it holds its nose in the air that it does NOT agree with us in the matter! ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 46 words
  25. Advertising

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  26. Advertising

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    Advertising : 409 words
  27. DUG-OUT DWELLERS

    White Cliffs is a little town west of the Darling, situated in a hollow between four hills. It has the best-known opal fields in Australia. But ...

    Article : 195 words
  28. MAKING A MODEL BED

    Take a cardboard box, with its lid, and set the lid upright. Then lay the other part of the box upside down on the table, with one and fitted into the bottom of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 149 words
  29. PIES. PLANTS AND INSECTS

    I am most happy when I am cooking. I like trying new recipes, and very often I cook the dinner at home. And it gives me great pleasure to ...

    Article : 54 words
  30. LAUGHTER AND NEEDLEWORK

    There is nothing I like better than to go away to some quiet spot, and there spend a few spare hours in company with interesting story-book ...

    Article : 65 words
  31. Advertising

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    Advertising : 676 words
  32. MISCHIEVOUS YOUNG HORSEMEN

    One afternoon, my cousin Bob asked me to go with him for a ride to Gresford. I went in and asked mother. She told me to see Dad, and he gave ...

    Article : 218 words
  33. TRY THIS--IT'S EASY!

    When you are at a party select somebody for a trick, and tell him to hold one of his hands up for two minutes, while you are out of the room, and then drop it. ...

    Article : 79 words
  34. THE TREASURE BOX

    The best thing in our family treasure-box is the band off my brother's cap, with the words "H.M.A.S. Sydney" on it in glittering gold letters. My brother served in ...

    Article : 92 words
  35. DEFINITIONS OF NOTHING

    That part of "Sunbeams" which I can't be bothered reading. What mugs like me generally scorn at cricket.--Alee. Beattle (11), Mary-st., ...

    Article : 196 words
  36. Advertising

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  37. PICTURE ON AN OLD PLATE.

    My most treasured possession is an old plate, over a hundred years old. It has been in our family all the time. Depicted on the plate is a quaint ...

    Article : 111 words
  38. A BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY!

    Last vacation we went back to the farm, First of all, I fed the fowls, and found two dozen nice white eggs, and some of the loveliest little ...

    Article : 249 words
  39. "MY OLD PEN"

    Of all my treasures, I think my fountain pen is the best. I have had it a very long time; In fact, I wonder how the nib lasts. My poor old pen has brought me much ...

    Article : 115 words
  40. Advertising

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  41. QUAINT OLD WATCH

    Among my cherished possessions is a watch made of solid gold, and 80 yours old. It was given to me by my grandfather before he died. ...

    Article : 123 words
  42. PAPUAN 'ARROWS

    A collection of implements of warfare and ceremony used by the natives of Papua is a treasure with which I would not easily part. ...

    Article : 142 words
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