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  2. Over the Sliprails

    "Sigma": I recently heard of a countryman who, at times, develops ideas that stagger his neighbors, and launches out on schemes that are financially hair raising. Not long ago, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 167 words
  3. HORSES AND EYESIGHT.

    Emdee: Horses are particularly keen sighted at night, and in details I think much more so than they are in daylight. This opinion is based upon several experiences among prada, ...

    Article : 353 words
  4. NUMANTIA.

    "Umbali": The name "Numantia," which was that of a platform about a half-mile on the Sydney side of Linden station until the curve improvements in the mountains, were carried ...

    Article : 339 words
  5. TROUBLE WITH A TROMBONE.

    It was a comfortable boarding-house in one of Sydney's nicest suburbs; but, well, the thing had reached such a stage that we just couldn't stand it any longer. Several times we had ...

    Article : 346 words
  6. AMUSING BUSH KIDS.

    Traveller: It is simply wonderful how little it takes to amuse some bush kids, an example of which I met during my sojourn in the New England district some time ago. I had to visit ...

    Article : 249 words
  7. A DRASTIC REMEDY.

    L. A. C.: One evening Jones, a selector in the Dingo Creole country, was leaning against his front sliprails, waiting for the mailman, when Brown, a selector residing some miles ...

    Article : 135 words
  8. THE PLACED HORSES.

    "Nimble Ned" The meeting of the legal professions in Sydney lately to protest against what they termed political appointments to the Supreme Court Bench, is not without precedent ...

    Article : 311 words
  9. HOW TO PRONOUNCE "FOCH."

    D.: There has been a good deal of discussion over the pronunciation of the name of "Foch," and various opinions have been given, the latest being "Fush." Foch is a name originally from ...

    Article : 115 words
  10. TO SHIFT A JIBBING HORSE.

    Red Life: Nothing in the wide world of the Australian bush is calculated to upset a man's temper in quicker time than a jibbing horse. There are many species and sub-species of the ...

    Article : 407 words
  11. TWO OR THREE?

    W. J. H.: Flanagan was J.P. and boss cocky generally of a bush township some years ago, and when the annual race meeting came round, he officiated as judge. The fixture was held in ...

    Article : 207 words
  12. MR. HUGHES' APPETITE.

    "Suburban": Australia's Prime Minister, according to all accounts, is having a good time in London. Recently Mr. Hughes provided a banquet for the Press delegates, and he has ...

    Article : 229 words
  13. HOW TO BEAT THE FOX.

    "Gee": It is many seasons since foxes have been so numerous in the Western district as they are this year. A big haul of skins has been recorded by the hunting parties, but the ...

    Article : 322 words
  14. WASTED WHISKY.

    C.: Many men, many women. This, applies as well to the carrying of parcels as to other things. Some men will carry a parcel openly and unashamed. Others endeavor to hide the ...

    Article : 354 words
  15. HUN SPY SYSTEM.

    Volorth: It was told me by an "Aussie" who returned with half a dozen shrapnel wounds in the side. The Australian battery was hidden in a slight hollow well behind the line, and ...

    Article : 272 words
  16. A NEW ARRIVAL.

    Murrungurry: Percy was a new arrival, and had been inflicted on a small landowner up country. On his first morning there he was handed a bridle, and told to catch a horse that ...

    Article : 208 words
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