Articles from page 5: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. THE USES OF IDLENESS.

    "There must be an alliance of education with leisure in all its desires"—so spoke Mr. G. E. Orr in a presidential address that was happily void of growls about ...

    Article : 911 words
  3. AMONG THE CHURCHES.

    The Anglican Archbishop of Perth (Dr. Le Fanu) will leave for Brisbane on Tuesday. He will spend two days in Adelaide and will attend a meeting of the Australian ...

    Article : 1,098 words
  4. MUSIC AND THE THEATRE.

    Concert prospects for the immediate future are even more crowded than was apparent last week, further events having been announced. Chronologically the list ...

    Article : 1,131 words
  5. CHINESE FLOOD AND FAMINE.

    Recent cables from China have described what is said to be one of the most disastrous floods in the history of that country. The Yellow River, or as it is sometimes ...

    Article : 1,371 words
  6. LABOUR NOTES.

    At the request of the West Australian branch of the Australian Labour Party, "The West Australian" has set aside a column weekly for the publication of views of the ...

    Article : 49 words
  7. ABORIGINAL DIALECTS.

    "W.F.H.G." writes.—I agree with Mr. A. F. Clifton that it is very unfortunate that so few records exist is to the folklore and language of the ...

    Article : 631 words
  8. AMONG THE BOYS.

    What a great big burly brute he was— the only one I always termed "Cornbeefmiss." You must try to imagine 250 hungry ...

    Article : 1,584 words
  9. ON WORKING WONDERS.

    It is surprising, when one comes to think about it, how very many ways there are of making money. One of them, at any rate, seems to be a most effective one in ...

    Article : 1,848 words
  10. No title

    One hesitates to discuss the recent happenings associated with the famous Premiers Plan. Until recently it was described as a Plan of Recovery and a Plan ...

    Article : 1,517 words
  11. The Naming of Nornalup.

    Andre Bellanger writes.—In his interesting article published in your issue of August 29, Mr. Clifton writes: "It would be interesting to know ...

    Article : 543 words
  12. "THE SANDS OF WINDEE."

    English critics have been unanimous in their eulogies of "The Sands of Windee," by Arthur W. Upfield, the West Australian author. This novel, which was ...

    Article : 614 words
  13. THE DERIVATION OF "COBBER."

    Sir,—In "The West Australian" of August 22 last "Polygon" says the word "cobber" is derived from a native word, and means a friend or pal. I was among ...

    Article : 178 words
  14. TO-MORROW'S SERVICES.

    Archbishop Le Fanu will preach at St. George's Cathedral to-morrow night. and after this service there will be an informal social gathering in the schoolroom adjoining the ...

    Article : 498 words
  15. New Records.

    "Vladimir Horowitz is a name probably unfamiliar as yet to most gramophonists. One can prophecy with fair certainly that this trill not remain the case for long. ...

    Article : 385 words
  16. To the Editor, "The West Australian."

    Sir,—In the articles discussing the aboriginal language in Saturday's issue, and the attempts therein to connect the slang word "cobber" with a native ...

    Article : 82 words
  17. No title

    In his book of reminiscences, "The Sunlit Hours," Sir Theodore Cook, the editor of the "Field," says that one of Choate's most attractive attributes was his ...

    Article : 230 words
  18. No title

    In his book "Cadet to Commodore," Commodore Albert Albert Armitage relates how he was once engaged to lecture for a certain society in a Scottish town. After the ...

    Article : 201 words
  19. No title

    Sir Algernon West says that "one day at dinner Harry Keppel, who came to meet Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone, told us that when he was taking Lord Saltoun, as ...

    Article : 192 words
  20. No title

    Mr. Stanley Coxon, the author of "And That Reminds Me," tells how his sister was once travelling in China: "Going into a shop one day seeking curios, she asked ...

    Article : 86 words
  21. Advertising

    {No abstract available}

    Advertising : 38 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$