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  2. THUMBS UP

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

    Article : 950 words
  3. COUNTRY BREEZES

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

    Article : 37 words
  4. FROM A CHAIR IN THE SUN

    Two Purple Certificate to Margaret Tait (14), 13 Judge-street, Randwick. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 25 words
  5. A letter from the Chief Sunbeamer

    O'crhead were revolving, so countless and bright. The stars in melodious existence; And with them the moon, more serenely ...

    Article : 701 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 with full name and address to the Editor, in a long unsealed envelope marked "Sun Cards" only." A substantial Cash Prize will be awarded, and the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 317 words
  7. 'BEAMER ON WINGS

    HA[?] other correspondence is off my mind now and I can proceed. Did I say we came over here to Belgium, October 11th, the day on which ...

    Article : 355 words
  8. QUAINT FACTS

    THERE is an old saying that if pigs had wings they would fly, though one cannot help thinking that they would be very unlikely birds. It is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 478 words
  9. A CAMOUFLAGED STORY

    Os eh aly[?]ni a nyats had tedanolplds demo lunit[?]et setarell bameuns hones rothugh het dinvow nad degild teh leginci vero ish edah. Ti mesede o[?] Seusohcen taht sith ...

    Article : 104 words
  10. THE JUMBLED RING

    Particulars January 22. Closing date February 12. ...

    Article : 12 words
  11. Advertising

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    Advertising : 79 words
  12. THE CARPENTER'S BAG

    Particulars, January 29. Closing date, February 26. ...

    Article : 11 words
  13. BIRDS IN HIDING

    Particulars January 22. Closing date, February 10. ...

    Article : 11 words
  14. CATCH as CATCH CAN Valuable Recipes

    To get rid of red hair: Hold your head for a few minutes in a strong blaze of gas. To preserve your eyes: Put them in a bottle filled with alcohol. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 139 words
  15. A TALL STORY

    "SAY, Bill, have you heard the latest news? Old Manor Mansion is rumored to be haunted by a ghost." "Go on," said Bill Jones, Tom ...

    Article : 423 words
  16. AN ADVENTURE

    SOME silly ass, the other day, Chief, had gone through the paddocks and left all the gates open, and of course, my pony lost no time in going ...

    Article : 315 words
  17. BOOK AND MUSIC LOVERS

    The pleasant books, that silently among Our household treasures take familiar places. And are to us as if a living longue ...

    Article : 308 words
  18. OUR YOUNG POETS

    A slender nymph in satin gown with graceful arms outflung, Oh! Gumtree of our native land, thy witchery is unsung. ...

    Article : 255 words
  19. A Balancing Feat

    Take two ordinary dinner forks, and place the prongs one over the other. Now insert a penny between the prongs, and place the extreme edge of the coin on the rim of a ...

    Article : 68 words
  20. HONESTY

    THE shearer, Joe Oakes, had received his cheque; and was driving into Cunnamulla (Q.) to cash it, and thence on to Brisbane. As the road rushed ...

    Article : 422 words
  21. Schoolboy Howlers

    "The hole at the top of a volcano, out of which the lather comes, is called the creator." "The Pyramids are a range of mountains separating France from Spain." ...

    Article : 48 words
  22. WESTERN WONDERS

    I WONDER whether you have been out west and seen its beauty dear Chief? I remember when I was small we were travelling across the plain ...

    Article : 152 words
  23. Chopin

    Seeing Jean Happ's appreciation of Chopin's "Marche Funebre." I thought she would like to know how he composed it. The story is told by Zlem in whose studio ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 288 words
  24. To A Moth

    A silver thing of beauty, A flying whirl of grey. Spies a light, and thither Makes its heedless way. ...

    Article : 71 words
  25. Enigma

    My first is French, my second English, and my whole Latin. What am I? La-tin. Midget Certificate to "Blackbird" (10), 96 ...

    Article : 25 words
  26. Figure Catch

    Ask your friends if they can add two to one hundred and ninety-one (191), having the answer less than twenty. Probably they will say, "No, it can't be ...

    Article : 51 words
  27. Echo

    Echo, Echo, I hear thee call Down in the gorges where misty creeks fall, Where fairy ferns wave like the swell of the sea. ...

    Article : 76 words
  28. THE WIRY

    THE WIRY was once one of the largest tin mines in New South Wales, but nothing now remains of its greatness but two very large lovely ...

    Article : 119 words
  29. Word Trick

    Can you Write the words "Pay, ear, oat, nat, yap, tan," and yet only write the letter "A' once? Below you will see how it is managed. By ...

    Article : 61 words
  30. A Plea

    Oh, Chief! Do listen to my pi[?]al Don't think I want to badge, But, oh! I'd be so very glad If I could win a badge. ...

    Article : 142 words
  31. BABIES

    WHAT a host of pictures come before my eyes as I say that small word. Tiny babies, big babies, fat babies. laughing babies, crying babies, ...

    Article : 193 words
  32. A Needle Catch

    Next time you see your friend, say to him: "I bet you two shillings you can't thread this noodle," and hold one up at arm's length. Of course, your friend will say "Done." ...

    Article : 61 words
  33. IN AFRICA

    A FEW years ago, Chief, we were in Africa on our way to England. What most struck me first when we landed were the rickshaws. ...

    Article : 97 words
  34. Another Limerick

    There was an old miser of Kent, Who on saving his money was bent, He once read Sunbeams, Which quite altered his schemes. ...

    Article : 46 words
  35. My Weekly Allowance

    Oh! don't you think it's great, Chief, to have one's weekly allowance? Let me tell you about mine. Mother gives me threepence a week for lighting the fire, and father ...

    Article : 131 words
  36. JOLLY GAME

    This is a jolly game where there are a number of players. All players must be provided with a small piece of tissue paper and a small fan (one made of pleated paper will ...

    Article : 98 words
  37. WHATS AND WHYS

    Why was the whale that swallowed Jonah like a milkman who has retired on an independency. Because he took a great profit (prophet) out ...

    Article : 62 words
  38. LAS PALMAS

    MARIE WRIGHT, 32 Macpherson-street, Cremorne, writes indignantly to tell Sea-Gull that the Spaniards of Las Palmes are not black. ...

    Article : 60 words
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