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  2. PEGGY of the CIRCUS.

    Dr. Marchmont was on his way home from a visit to a patient who lived on the outskirts of the town. Usually at so late an hour he would have taken ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,748 words
  3. ITEMS OF EVERYDAY INTEREST

    This is certainly no ordinary cow-catcher on an Australian engine. It looks more like an ELEPHANT-catcher on some great express that tears through the jungles of India. As a matter of fact the latter no more exists in India than does a cow-catcher of such a size in Australia. Really, it is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 131 words
  4. From Young Sunbeamers

    While staying at a friend's place in the country on a holiday, a little boy named Watty was living there too. One day we lost him, and he could ...

    Article : 159 words
  5. A CITY VISIT

    I have not been down long from the country, so I can see the difference between it and the city. On the way down, I noticed many changes in trees, ...

    Article : 262 words
  6. THE MISSING BAIT

    The other week-end my brother and I went fishing for whiting in a lagoon near Kiama, on the South Coast. My brother brought his son and heir, aged ...

    Article : 223 words
  7. TURNED TO ANIMALS

    Last night I had a funny dream. I thought that we were all be hungry that we had to eat leaves and grass, and gradually, as we ate like ...

    Article : 227 words
  8. OPENING A STIFF LID

    Very often we buy a flat tin of pol[?]sh of ointment, and find extreme difficulty in removing the lid. N amount of pressure exerted by the fingers will ...

    Article : 170 words
  9. BRIDEGROOM EXECUTIONER

    Once it was customary for the most recently made bridegroom to act for the time being as executioner. This singular usage prevailed in ...

    Article : 122 words
  10. A HORRIBLE FATE FOR YOUNGER BROTHERS AND SISTERS

    What young Billy Bondi told his younger sister would happen to her -- if she ever again used his Sunbeam for wrapping up butter [?] when playing "shops"! ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 34 words
  11. TROUT-DRUGGING

    Sometimes fish are captured by drugging. It is a practice which extends from English trout streams to the lagoons of Eastern Polynesia. It is a favorite ...

    Article : 138 words
  12. ALL THE WAY FROM LONDON

    The following extracts are from a letter sent to Mr. and Mrs. Britton, of Darlinghurst, by a little granddaughter in England: -- ...

    Article : 140 words
  13. FUNNY FOOD

    One day I went into a restaurant [?]nd sat down at a table opposite an old man who was very fat. Up came the waiter, and the fat man sang out, ...

    Article : 107 words
  14. COMICAL KANGAROO

    The other day I went to the Zoo with mum and dad. We were looking at the kangaroos, when a baby one jumped out of its mother's pouch, and ...

    Article : 74 words
  15. WHEN SOLDIERS ATE DIRT

    Why did the English soldiers put earth into their mouths before the battle of Agincourt? Just before the commencement of the ...

    Article : 151 words
  16. WHERE WHISTLING IS SIN

    The Arabs call whistling "the Devil's music," and they consider it the most unlucky sound that can proceed from human lips. An old proverb of theirs ...

    Article : 149 words
  17. FLYING AT WOLLONGONG

    One day a large three-seater aeroplane was seen heading to Wollongong from Sydney. It circled around the township a few times, and then glided ...

    Article : 155 words
  18. STORY OF A COLLEGE STADIUM CONTEST

    "You'll have to go to college," said Uncle Joe to his nephew Jim, who, after stealing apples out of a fruit cart, had been chased by a policeman, and ...

    Article : 895 words
  19. "HAIR STOOD ON END"

    The Barber: 'Ere, how d'yeh expect me t' cut y'r 'air properly if y[?]h go on readin' that penny dreadful? ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 25 words
  20. REPLIES TO YOUNG SUNBEAMERS

    MARJORIE GREGORY: Why not try a Just-It Holiday? H. STEWART: Very good if original; but we prefer something Australian. HAROLD ...

    Article : 86 words
  21. A TASTE FOR HATS

    Once while playing with some friends I was called to go and got a horse which was some distance from our home. ...

    Article : 153 words
  22. SOME MORE JUST IT HOLIDAYS

    If I had the opportunity of going away for a lengthy holiday in spring I should like to go to Papua and the islands. In spring all tropical plants ...

    Article : 211 words
  23. TO VISIT MANY LANDS

    I would like to go to Italy, to see Naples, Milan, and Florence; also the volcano Vesuvius. I would then go to France, and see ...

    Article : 207 words
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    Advertising : 59 words
  25. FEET LIKE LEATHER

    I collect marine shells, and one day while wading waist deep on one of the coral reefs off Thursday Island I saw a native with his fish spear. He was ...

    Article : 215 words
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