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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 in same, first ...

    Article : 962 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 ...

    Article : 34 words
  4. FROM A CHAIR IN THE SEA

    Not what we give, but what we share. For the gift without the giver is bare. -- Lowell, "The Vision of St. Launtal." Dear Sunbeamers. -- ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 586 words
  5. LES GROTTES DE HAN

    DEAR CHIEF, -- I left off at the town nearest to these now famous grottoes. At Han the first thing to do is have ...

    Article : 610 words
  6. COMPETITION CORNER

    COLORED, CERTIFICATED. -- 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 cancelled certificates returned as ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 649 words
  7. QUAINT FACTS

    ON any N.S.W. beach you will notice at certain states of the tide citizens who are apparently of normal intelligence performing queer antics ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 418 words
  8. CHRISTIE'S BEACH, S.A.

    I THOUGHT that you would like to know something about the South Australian beaches, Dear Chief. The most interesting one that I know of is ...

    Article : 231 words
  9. CATCH=AS=CATCH=CAN

    Pins are either of steel or of tinned brass, and these two kinds are not usually distinguishable, save by a magnet. Obtain a few of each and a magnet. Lift a steel pin with ...

    Article : 90 words
  10. MORE LONGINGS

    Between now and my 19th birthday. I dearly wish to attain a D.C.S., but my one great ambition, however childish it may seem is to drive an express locomotive or an electric ...

    Article : 166 words
  11. Mumps

    (Written in memory of the time when "Ginge" had them.) The mumps are goin' round. Bill's got 'em; Jim's got 'em; ...

    Article : 149 words
  12. The Dawn Song

    O. who will buy my little song, My tender, half-formed dreams, Born in the faery hour of Dawn, Made of the moon's last beams? ...

    Article : 128 words
  13. Vanishing Halfpenny

    Take a halfpenny, and file one side till smooth; then paste a piece of colored paper on it. Next get a small box -- a pill box is good -- not more than ¾in. high so that the ...

    Article : 148 words
  14. To Be of Use

    First of all, I must work hard at school to pass the exams., and so forth, and then -- out into this wide world of ours to make a name for myself, a good name, of course. ...

    Article : 119 words
  15. Thought for the Week

    Do well the little things now so shall great things come to thee by and by, asking to be done. Persian Proverb. ...

    Article : 36 words
  16. BOOK AND MUSIC LOVERS

    Dear Chief. -- I want to write an appreciation of Francis Thompson as a poet, mainly because he seems to me to be greatly overlooked. I must ...

    Article : 409 words
  17. TAME JACKASSES

    WHILST on a holiday at Woy Woy lately I was surprised by the apparent lack of fear displayed by two jackasses. These birds would perch ...

    Article : 274 words
  18. To Those Who Lean

    Not everyone can race along Life's highway with a happy song: Some there are must always lean Upon a stronger -- this I've seen -- ...

    Article : 93 words
  19. The Chain

    There's a chain that is drawing my heart, 'Tis of wattle-bough, freezla and lily -- Calling me back to my home. To the land of the wide Wollondilly. ...

    Article : 96 words
  20. Black and White Artist

    My ambition at present is to become a D.O.S. Later on, I would like to become one of Australia's outstanding "black and white" artists. ...

    Article : 70 words
  21. His Order

    A seed merchant received the following order: -- Dear Sir, --- I have a spare plot of ground, and wish to make it into a profitable and ...

    Article : 122 words
  22. Farewell Again

    My Dear Chief. -- I am writing to wish you and Sunbeams, and all the 'Beamers, goodbye, as I have turned the fateful corner at last, and am now the ancient age of nineteen. ...

    Article : 175 words
  23. Under the Black Flag

    The captain gave a long, loud shout. "Port the helm; turn the ship about !" The sailors gave a yell of fear, When they the raucous shout did hear, ...

    Article : 133 words
  24. Stamp Collecting

    The Brunel 6 cent Black is a very plain stamp. It has a cluster of small houses together in the water. Nyassa stamps are very pretty. There are different designs on them, ...

    Article : 147 words
  25. A Simple Trick

    Ask one of your friends to place his left hand where he cannot touch it with his right one. If he fails to do so, just tell him to place it on his right elbow. ...

    Article : 49 words
  26. Trick Her

    Go up to a friend and say. "Can you say, 'The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but he had fled,' backwards." She is sure to say no. Then turn your ...

    Article : 51 words
  27. Toby Jugs

    My mother is a collector of antique crockery She has in her collection two "Toby jugs," -- one, brown in color, belonged to my father's great-grandmother (it was then a curio). He ...

    Article : 97 words
  28. ON THE MURRIMBIDGEE

    MY DEAR CHIEF. -- I live at Gundagai, on the Murrumbidgee River. I suppose you have heard of it. In the summer we bathe in the river. ...

    Article : 58 words
  29. When I Awake

    It is early morning now. The stillness is scarcely broken, Except by the bellow of the cow That has just awoken. ...

    Article : 56 words
  30. SUNBEAMS SLOGANS

    Teamsters no longer swear at their teams. Their tempers grow better reading Sunbeams. Sunbeams in the morning. Stops everyone from yawning. ...

    Article : 68 words
  31. Two Tongue=Twisters

    Three ti-tree tips. A manager imagined he managed an imaginary menagerie ...

    Article : 27 words
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