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  2. SO THEY SAY.

    I RECENTLY spent a holiday in the Nyngan (N.S.W.) district, where wild pigs were in great numbers. These pigs seem to have little in common with the domestic ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 341 words
  3. TO CONTRIBUTORS

    Endorse the first slip of EACH paragraph with your name and address. Payment is made monthly upon cuttings of published matter being forwarded to The ...

    Article : 48 words
  4. Ant-hill's Uses

    JUST outside the hut of a prospector there were two large white-ant mounds. Instead of cutting them down he put them to very good use. He made a cavity in each ...

    Article : 157 words
  5. Granite Waterholes

    I HAVE often marvelled over the waterholes that are found in the granite rocks of Western Australia. They are funnel-shaped and of varying ...

    Article : 164 words
  6. Cocos Courtesies

    WHEN the late Lord Jellicoe passed Cocos Islands on the cruiser New Zealand en route to take up his appointment as Governor of the shivery isles, three small ...

    Article : 331 words
  7. Parrots Core For Aged

    OUT where the galah, corella, and white cockatoo breed in great numbers, the habits of the big parrots can be observed. I have often found a lone galah or ...

    Article : 136 words
  8. Australia For Remounts

    THAT Australia can still supply remounts comparable with any in the world was recently proved when a vessel left these chores carrying 850 "whalers" as ...

    Article : 149 words
  9. Nautical Dog

    A Drover in the north-west of N.S.W. owned a fine dog, which he had trained to work to nautical terms. On one occasion he loaned the dog to ...

    Article : 205 words
  10. Savage Parasites

    THE most voracious of all parasites must be the small, beetle-like crustaceans which hunt in shoals, and have earned for themselves the name of "wolf packs ...

    Article : 76 words
  11. Big "Crabbing"

    THE robber crab, common on many Pacific islands, is highly esteemed as food by the islanders, and one of the means they have for dealing with this formidable ...

    Article : 138 words
  12. "European Vulture"

    SEEKING garden tools in a junk shop in a Northern Rivers town, I was attracted by one of the finest specimens of the taxidermist's art displayed on the counter ...

    Article : 82 words
  13. Sleeping In Comfort

    I Have often wondered why more swagmen, drovers, and others who have to sleep out under the stars do not carry a sleeping bag with them, instead of the swag ...

    Article : 119 words
  14. Polyglot Pool

    ON Badu Island, in Torres Strait, there is an even more remarkable waterhole than that mentioned by "KIN" (Q. 5/1/38). This depression is fed by a mountain ...

    Article : 173 words
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  16. Ben Bowyang and His Pal Bill

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    Article : 6 words
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