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  2. FROM A CHAIR IN. THE SUN

    "They lake young whales for their bronchos And old whales for their steeds. Harnessed with golden seaweeds. And driven with golden reeds," ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 613 words
  3. THUMBS UP

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

    Article : 1,019 words
  4. MOVING BREEZES

    Purple certificate L[?]lart (13). "Overton." Cl[?]ssold-parade. Campsie. Letters must be very short and brightly written. Two half-crown ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 34 words
  5. THE OLD ORDER

    How I used to love the rides to the station oh a load of fruit, as a tiny tot I Perhaps 1 even held the reins for ...

    Article : 380 words
  6. COMPETITION CORNER

    COLORED CERTIFICATES.-- Purple equals 4 marks, Blue 3 marks, Red 2 marks, Orange I mark. When you have a total of 25 marks, post Certificates with full name and address to the Editor, in a long unsealed envelone, marked "Sun Cards Only." A substantial Cash Prize will be awarded, and the cancelled Certificates returned as ...

    Article : 309 words
  7. Quaint Facts

    WHEN the crew of the Spirit of Australia were at Wyndham they had a chance, if they were not too busy, to see a crocodile trap. Wyndham ...

    Article : 488 words
  8. OUR YOUNG POETS

    "Any more? Any more; for the moon? The moon-bus is leaving, soon. Buy your tickets herel Only half-a-crownt, As you may know. it's the best price in ...

    Article : 134 words
  9. How We Brought

    I cranked up the "Lizzie" and Tommy and 'she; I rattled, Liz. rattled, we rattled all three: "Too fast," cried papa as the garage door ...

    Article : 240 words
  10. RICKSHAW RIDING

    I think that the quaintest conveyance in Which I have travelled is the rickshaw. The first time I ever rode in one was when, at the age of five. ...

    Article : 245 words
  11. Carry Me

    Carry me, donkey, carry me, 'plane. Carry me, cart, up and down the lane, Carry me car. carry me train. Carry me horse as I cling to your mane. ...

    Article : 68 words
  12. A Butterfly's Advice

    They ride in their trains, and in buses and trams, And crowd nil together in horrible Jams. They push and they scramble, and oh! how ...

    Article : 128 words
  13. Travelling

    Yesternight Just at nine. Neath the snow-bedecked pine. I went sliding along To the strains of a song, ...

    Article : 242 words
  14. IN CHINA

    I must tell you about "Carry-Me's" in China, dear Chief. They are a bit different from ours out here. The better type are the sedan chairs. ...

    Article : 167 words
  15. BETTER THAN LEGS

    How we change in fashion[?] Year after year, as we grow older, we desire now means of travel. The first stage is "the prom." We lie in ...

    Article : 207 words
  16. S'pose

    You may ride in a motor car, Or travel in a wagon, But wouldn't it be 'citing To be carried by a dragon. ...

    Article : 105 words
  17. GETTING ABOUT

    How varied are the ways of [?]ocomotion, dear Chief. In Africa one is carried by natives in rickshaws. In the Sudan they ride camels, and ...

    Article : 153 words
  18. CATCH-AS-CATCH-CAN

    Walk up to your chum and say, "Did you hear about the man who ran over himself?" Your chum is sure to say, "No! How could he?" and then you say, "He wanted to post ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 71 words
  19. Ferryboats

    To and fro, see them go, Up and down the river so. See them float, hear each throat, Crying, "Oh, fine ferry boat!" ...

    Article : 60 words
  20. The Best Carriers

    My feet Go one before the other, Continually estranged, I wonder ...

    Article : 59 words
  21. YE OLD PHAETONS

    Every time I see the old phaetons at Strathfield station I have a desire to congratulate the drivers and their horses. Why this, you will ask? You ...

    Article : 161 words
  22. BEGINNINGS

    In the Stone Age men made a rude cart by fastening one log lengthwise upon a round one set the opposite way. Mother and the children sat on the log. ...

    Article : 301 words
  23. NOT LAZINESS

    Human beings are not really lazy. It is only because they have no wings that they invent other means of transport. Now goblins have no wings, and who would ...

    Article : 158 words
  24. THE WINGS OF DAEDALUS

    Ever since the Beginning of things there has lurked in the mind of man a desire to fly. There are many stories about the "flying machines" of the ancients. One of ...

    Article : 602 words
  25. "CARRY-ME" JESTS

    Man stuck up with cor on the road: "Hey! Do you know anything about these Ford cars? Mun in Rolls-Royco: Only a few funny Jokes. ...

    Article : 179 words
  26. HOW I GO TO SCHOOL

    I travel to school in a motor boat. I have to get out of bed fairly early, and prepare myself to catch it. At 8 o'clock punctually I leave home, and ...

    Article : 131 words
  27. JUST DISSATISFACTION!

    We realise that all these complicated vehicles we have now would never have been except for some dissatisfied person, hundreds or thousands of years ago, who wanted ...

    Article : 85 words
  28. WHATS AND WHYS

    Why are boxes on a ship like petrol in a car? Because they make the cargo. ...

    Article : 29 words
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