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  2. COUNTRY BREEZES

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

    Article : 44 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 ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,000 words
  4. FROM INN THE CHAIR SUN

    DEAR SUNBEAMERS,--" You will see, with interest, that the first very welcome Lady Denison Prize has been awarded to Green ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 762 words
  5. BEEF AND MUTTON

    A FEW weeks ago I visited Uralla, a large town, thirteen miles from Armidale. It was near here that Thunderbolt (Fred Ward) met his end. ...

    Article : 180 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 cancelled certificates returned ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 302 words
  7. THE MAGIC CARPET

    I was standing at the gate of an old English garden in one of those villages peculiar to England, where one looks west and imagines oneself in an old country village only. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 355 words
  8. ON FIVE MONTHS' TOUR

    SINCE I last wrote to you, we have come a few more stages of our camping tour. After we left that ideal camping place of Brunswick Heads ...

    Article : 347 words
  9. A NEW SHERLOCK COMPETITION

    "Hurry! My home, 160 Risdon road, is being robbed by--" Here the voice over the telephone ceased. "Quickly, boys," said Sergeant Jones, ...

    Article : 197 words
  10. Across to Singapore

    The holiday enjoyed most was when I went over to Singapore. The trip takes just about three weeks. Our first port of call was Brisbane, then ...

    Article : 360 words
  11. Painting Competition

    Particulars January 5 Closing date January 25. ...

    Article : 8 words
  12. ON SHEEP STATION

    JUST let me tell you how happy country girls and boys can be. For three years I have lived with my people on a sheep station, 14 miles from the ...

    Article : 156 words
  13. OUR YOUNG PORTS

    ("A land where bright blossoms are scentless, and songless, bright birds."--Gordon.) They sing of the thrush and the lark. And never a word for three; ...

    Article : 126 words
  14. STAMP FIENDS

    L. Parsons ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 11 words
  15. AIR MAIL STAMPS

    On the air mall stamps of the world may be seen what is, figuratively, a study of the conquest of the air. Switzerland has a purple stamp showing ...

    Article : 204 words
  16. SHEEP STATION

    PEAK HILL, a town 30 miles from Parkes is experiencing a mild gold rush. Several prospectors believe that they ...

    Article : 171 words
  17. THE FAMILY BOOTS

    Along the wall, in ordered row. The family's boots arrayed. With worn down heel and locked out too. Black leather and grey suede. ...

    Article : 152 words
  18. Letter from Indian

    I see by last week's paper that Mavis Dean was very surprised on receiving a letter from a black boy in Africa. I. too, experienced something of a similar ...

    Article : 80 words
  19. JOLLY THINGS TO MAKE

    From a piece of white cardboard cut a circle about three inches in diameter. Divide this in half with a pencil, and paint one ride black, leaving the other white. Then ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 178 words
  20. CATCH-AS-CATCH-CAN

    First you take a glass tumbler and fill it brimful of water. Then say to you chum, 'I'il bet you I can put six two shilling pieces into the tumbler without ...

    Article : 116 words
  21. NARROW ESCAPE

    One day I was on the railway station and wished to cross to the other side of the line. There was a goods train stopped half way up the platform, which is on a slight incline. As ...

    Article : 170 words
  22. FROM PALESTINE

    I am writing to tell you stamp fiends of a stamp which received on a letter from my aunt In Palestine. It is a newly issued stamp. Its width is ...

    Article : 193 words
  23. A CATCH

    Go up to a friend and say: "Do you know what they call people, in Sydney who ride on top of double-decker 'buses?" He is sure to say "No." ...

    Article : 53 words
  24. FUN ON A FARM

    I AM at present enjoying a holiday on a farm near Ariah Park. I am having a good time riding, carting hay fallowing, droving sheep and cattle, ...

    Article : 218 words
  25. HEIGH, HO

    Sing With a ho, and sine with a heigh! Let the glades ring for the dawn of the day. Out on the paddocks so green and so bright, Skipping and Jumping with endless delight. ...

    Article : 195 words
  26. MONEY CATCH

    Go up to a chum and say. "What does six and two make?" and he will say "Eight." Then ask him what two and six make. He will probably say eight again. Then you ...

    Article : 56 words
  27. THE TREASURE BOX

    In our Treasure Box at home wo have several valuable old papers, among these a "Times" dated 1700. The most curious feature in this is the advertisements. One is: ...

    Article : 150 words
  28. TYING A KNOT

    Procure a rather large handkerchief, and tell your mate to hold two opposite corners, one in each hand, and tie a knot without loosing his hands from the corners. He will ...

    Article : 81 words
  29. DANGEROUS EGGS

    It was in the middle of summer, up in northern New South Wales, so you can guess how hot it was. On this particular day had nothing to do, so I decided to look for eggs. ...

    Article : 176 words
  30. "MAP STAMPS"

    Some of the most interesting stamps are those that show a map as portion of the design. The first country to issue a "map stamp" ...

    Article : 136 words
  31. MORE HOWLERS

    Bookkeeping is the art of not returning books, Journalism is going for a long Journey. Rowing is planning a quarrel. ...

    Article : 82 words
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