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  2. Chilren's Corner

    Dear Aunt Mary,—I want to thank you very much for the book you sent me. We all think it very nice. I have a sister called Barbara, and she is something like ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 277 words
  3. OUT OF THE LETTER BAG.

    Dear Aunt Mary,—I have two puzzles worked out so I will send them in. We are going into Moora to-morrow and so will get the other "Western Mails." We have a little black kitten which ...

    Article : 1,371 words
  4. AUNT MARY'S LETTER.

    My Dear Boys and Girls,—What a lovely, pile of letters I received this week! Thank you for them all. I love opening your letters, for I never know what pleasant surprise I am going to receive from one of them. As I pick up each letter I think "Perhaps this one will be from a new ...

    Article : 306 words
  5. JUNE'S PLAYMATE.

    June Grey was five years old, and she was very fond of dogs. One day when she had ashed her father and mother for the fiftieth time if she might have a little ...

    Article : 392 words
  6. GOING TO SCHOOL

    How do you so to school? Do you walk, do you ride, do you row, do you motor? How far is the journey? Just how do you go? ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 146 words
  7. HONOUR LIST. I

    NEW FURIOUS FLOODS.—Eileen Summerfield, Joyce Beeck, and Patsy Bergin. NEW RUSHING RIVERS.—Joyce Harvey, Ernie Knight, and Helene Pittaway. ...

    Article : 23 words
  8. BIRTHDAY CLUB.

    This week we send birthday greetings to the following members:- THURSDAY (March 10).—John Perry (Tammin). 7; Ruth Saunders (Chapman). ...

    Article : 171 words
  9. MOTHER WAS A SILVER LINK.

    Dear Aunt Mary,—I was very pleased when I saw my name in the "Children's Corner" Mum was a Silver Link when she was a little girl. She still has her ...

    Article : 193 words
  10. TOWNS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

    Each of the following sentences represents a town in Western Australia. Think of all the towns you know, and see if you can find the correct one for each sentence, ...

    Article : 158 words
  11. MILKS TWO COWS.

    Dear Aunt Mary,—I am enclosing 2/ for Lorna's and my subscription. Lorna and I did fairly well in exam. I got second in the higher section and Lorna got second ...

    Article : 186 words
  12. PICTURE-MAKING.

    It's rather lonely when you are all by yourself, isn't it, children, especially if you have read all your picture books through and played all your games? There ...

    Article : 189 words
  13. MEANINGS OF CHRISTIAN NAMES.

    A NNE.—This name, from the Hebrew, means "mercy or grace." Another form is Annette, and still another, "Hannah." According to legend, Anna was ...

    Article : 228 words
  14. MAKE YOUR OWN SWEETS.

    Dissolve llb. of brown sugar in a teacupful of water, and stir this in a pan over the fire till it comes to the boil. Cease stirring for two or three minutes; ...

    Article : 73 words
  15. LIKES FLYING KITES.

    Dear[?] Aunt Mary,—I would like to join the Silver Chain. I am eleven years old, and my birthday is on December 16. Will you send me a 1932 calendar please, and ...

    Article : 150 words
  16. A QUAINT STORY FROM BOOK TITLES.

    "Adam Bede," "The Lamplighter," who lived with "Little Dorrit" in a little "Bleak House" by "The Mill" on the Floss," had known many "Hard Times." ...

    Article : 203 words
  17. SUMMER.

    The little birds are flying Gaily through the summer sky, And the trees down below them Nod as the wind coes wnispering by. ...

    Article : 30 words
  18. READS ALL THE LETTERS.

    Dear Aunt Mary,—Have you room for another link? I went into Ongerup with my uncle when he was carting wheat, and Phyl Chaloner told me about the Silver ...

    Article : 134 words
  19. ANOTHER NEW MEMBER.

    Dear Aunt Mary,—Will you please put this letter of mine in the Children's Corner, as I would like to be one of your nieces. I am 12 years old, and my ...

    Article : 151 words
  20. PENFRIENDS WANTED.

    Mavis Flack, Box 21, Cunderdin, would like a penfriend of about 12 years of age. Bill Pedler, of Tammin, asks for a correspondent of about nine or ten years old ...

    Article : 104 words
  21. A NEW NIECE.

    Dear Aunt Mary,—Will you please enrol me as one of your nieces? I am in second standard at school, but I have lost a lot of schooling through sickness. We have ...

    Article : 126 words
  22. A NEW MEMBER.

    Dear Auut Mary,—Will you please have me for one of your nephews. I live in Guildford, but I am staying at Cottesloe with, aunty now. I am going back soon, ...

    Article : 107 words
  23. RIDDLES.

    When is a man not a man?—When he's a-shaving. When does the pine pine?—When the leaves Jeave. ...

    Article : 66 words
  24. A TRICK WITH BOOKS.

    Place a sinall pile of books on a table that has a cloth on it. Now say to your friends:- "You know. I can pick up all these ...

    Article : 75 words
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