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  2. BOXING DAY.

    The tale is told of a bishop who asked the pupils of a bush town school, "Why is Christmas Day so important?" The verdict of the class was, "It's the day ...

    Article : 479 words
  3. A WANDERER RETURNS.

    A wanderer who returns to his own place —as every wanderer, sooner or later, must do—is either disappointed because he expects too much or pleasantly surprised ...

    Article : 1,798 words
  4. SCIENCE AND INVENTION.

    This is an age of complex needs, and the multiplicity of articles that from luxuries and rarities rapidly develop into necessities is very great. As the result of the ...

    Article : 899 words
  5. FURTHER REMINISCENCES.

    In the 'sixties boys left school much earlier than now, and fired with the prospect of learning a trade and earning money I entered the pattern shop of ...

    Article : 2,660 words
  6. SERIAL STORY.

    Harvey Greaves, a pilot of some repute, flies home from abroad to find his step-brother, Charles, in the clutches of Hendrich Baker, a shady character, out to steal aeronautical secrets ...

    Article : 2,054 words
  7. "HULLO, MATE!"

    If the man in the tram had exclaimed, Hullo, ole feller!" or "Hullo, cobber!" instead of saying "Hullo, mate!" he would not have reminded me of a particular galah ...

    Article : 1,557 words
  8. THE WOMEN OF THE BUSH.

    The place was a typical south-western holding, surrounded by beetling hills and thick-boled trees, which dwarfed the tiny lean-to house. There was the usual ...

    Article : 1,063 words
  9. LIGHTER SIDE OF ELECTIONS.

    Compulsory voting is not so popular as it might be with the Great Australian Public, as one who spent Saturday as a poll-clerk has good cause to know. ...

    Article : 682 words
  10. CHRISTMAS HERE AND THERE.

    LONDON, Nov. 25.—We saw in a recent paragraph of newspaper gossip of little or no consequence that the Xmas season was approaching. "I know it," ...

    Article : 712 words
  11. FRENCH AND ITALIAN.

    Sir,—Perhaps for want of something better to do, as this is vacation time, I answer Mr. Vanzetti's puerile diatribe against me which appeared in your last ...

    Article : 707 words
  12. DANTE ALIGHIERI.

    Sir,—As a German I do not wish to participate in the controversy on the merits of the French as against the German language in Australian education. I ...

    Article : 563 words
  13. AND SO TO VOTE.

    Once in their lives all people—that is, all people over 21—have their first experience of voting. Mira had hers last Saturday. ...

    Article : 346 words
  14. NEW BOOKS AND REPRINTS.

    "George Swinburne," a Biography, by E. H. Sugden, M.A. and F. W. Eggleston (Sydpey Angus and Robertson): 21/. "What Every Australian Cought to Know," by ...

    Article : 169 words
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    On one occasion, the Benson Company, when in Ireland, took train to Portadown to fulfil an engagement: "Portadown is a small sort of back country town, and a ...

    Article : 92 words
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