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  2. THUMBS UP

    Seven shillings and sixpence, five shillings, and half-crown prizes fop the best three jokes each week. If two or more send In ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 989 words
  3. CO[?] [?] [?]REEZES

    Letters must be very short and brightly written. One half crown prize and colored certificates every week for the brightest and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 40 words
  4. FROM IN A CHAIR THE SUN

    DEAR Sunbeamers,-- Let us have another glimpse of the mind of savage races, as expounded to us in the fascinating ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 858 words
  5. CLIFFS NEAR COROWA

    NEAR our home, eight miles from Urana, are some lovely cliffs. They form a barrier around Lake Urana. which has since about 1918 ...

    Article : 218 words
  6. QUAINT FACTS

    THERE are quite a number of species of birds in Australia of which the eggs and nests are unknown to science. However, the list is now ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 506 words
  7. COMPETITION CORNER

    COLORED CERTIFICATES.--Purple equals 4 marks, Blue 8 marks, Red 2 marks, Orange 1 mark. When you have a total of 26 marks, pott certificate, with full name and address, to the Editor, In a lone unsealed envelope, marked "Sun Cards Only." A substantial Cash Prize will be awarded, and the cancelled certificates returned as ...

    Article : 303 words
  8. GLOW WORMS

    ONE night recently some friends and myself went down to Wentworth Falls to sea the glow worms. Most likely you have heard of them Chief. ...

    Article : 206 words
  9. STORY PLOTS

    Let us see a few of the plots that you have admired In stories you have read. Only a broad outline to be given there will be no room for detail. Do It something after this ...

    Article : 154 words
  10. RESULTS OF INCOMPLETE' SENTENCE

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 147 words
  11. Sunbeam Handkerchiefs

    Yesterday a mysterious parcel arrived at Burdckin House. On opening It ever so many of the loveliest hand kerchiefs toppled out, leaving a great ...

    Article : 215 words
  12. OUR YOUNG POETS

    Modern poets mix too much water with their ink. --Goethe, (All verse must be the honest work of the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 387 words
  13. ROCK TREES

    SPECIMENS that seem like pieces of trees turned into rock may be found at Mona Vale bench in several places. There are one or two feet ...

    Article : 211 words
  14. CATCH=AS=CATCH=CAN

    Everybody is fully acquainted with the common or garden penny. Now, suppose you stood one up on end, how many other pennies would you have to lay beside It. one ...

    Article : 93 words
  15. THINGS MAKE

    With ordinary materials a handy boy can make quite an assortment of musical Instruments. An effect like a Jew's harp can be obtained by lightly tapping the checks with the backs ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 184 words
  16. TOUKLEY-OUKLEY

    DEAR Chief,--"Toukley Oukley" Is both a country and seaside place, situated on a peninsular several miles from the entrance of Tuggerah Lakes. ...

    Article : 111 words
  17. THE MAGIC CARPET

    Purple Certificate to Noel Brickman (18), 139 Catherine street, Leichhardt. One Half a crown and Certificates every week for short accounts of personal ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 225 words
  18. Advertisements

    (1) Respectable widow wants washing at week ends. (2) Try our prime butter. No one else can touch it. ...

    Article : 121 words
  19. RIDING.

    RIDING. How I love It to be on a horse's back galloping along. I hate to bo slowly walking along on a horse, or slowly cantering along; but ...

    Article : 208 words
  20. SCOUTS GUIDES

    Dear Chief,--When I was in the Wolf Cubs I had the opportunity of going to a camp at Hazelbrook. This place is a very picturesque township not for from Katoomba. Our ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 144 words
  21. Musical Glasses

    You may draw music from many things, including tumblers. Set in a row four glass tumblers of the same size and shape. Then pour water into them, the first half full, the ...

    Article : 122 words
  22. Fijian Words

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 119 words
  23. THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP

    When in London four years age we naturally sought out Dickens's "Old Curiosity Shop." This treasure is still In existence, and la supposed to have been the home of Little ...

    Article : 201 words
  24. A STRANGE DREAM

    I dreamt last night, as I've dreamt before, Three young bears, came knocking at my door; I went downstairs to let them In. ...

    Article : 106 words
  25. Tin Tods

    The next time you have nothing to do 'got some patent tin tops of bottles and throw them against the wind. You will And that they turn around and come back to you. ...

    Article : 44 words
  26. BOOMERANGS

    IN the "Things to Make" column lately, I noticed an article on boomerang throwing. In Moree one may often see a ...

    Article : 137 words
  27. Quaint Birds

    (1) Why Is a crow a sociable bird?--Because you always find him in a crowd. (2) What bird designed Bt. Paul's?--Wren, (3) What bird is a country In Europe?-- ...

    Article : 62 words
  28. REALLY SAID

    This was "really said" by a little girl who came to our door selling flowers: "Please will you buy some flowers? Me mother's got seven children, and they're sixpence a ...

    Article : 45 words
  29. SCOUT'S BOOKCASE

    To make this little bookcase, you need ft few butter boxes, and a tin of varnish. First, take the butter boxes to pieces carefully, and rule up the size you require (half the ...

    Article : 66 words
  30. Jolly Game

    In this game, which is very much like musical chairs, all the players sit round in a ring and pass the stick from one to the other, the plane playing all the time. ...

    Article : 85 words
  31. The Human Fish

    Ask your friends if they can breathe under water, and, of course, they will say that it can't be done. ...

    Article : 56 words
  32. LOWEENA

    O. the sweet face of her, Glimpsing the soul of her, Glad, lithesome grace of her. Flashing dark eyes of her. ...

    Article : 47 words
  33. Her Object

    A lady once went Into a shop, put down sixpence, and said: "Give me a mouse trap, please. 2 want to catch the Alexandria tram." ...

    Article : 38 words
  34. WHATS AND WHYS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 24 words
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