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  2. Highway By-way

    Under this heading readers are invited to contribute brief stories of general appeal and interest and with a West Australian setting for preference. Local legend, history or personalities, reminiscence, nature lore, coincidence, curiosities, tragedy, humour—in short, life as it is and was in the city, town and bush. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 83 words
  3. Capacious!

    Dear "Non-Com."—It is a long time since "Ashmead's" yarn appeared about the man eating a sheep served up as pasties before he started on the ...

    Article : 1,043 words
  4. A Bushman's Resource.

    Dear "Non-Com."—He was humping the drum through the byways of the big timber country hoping to strike a mill where he might pick up a job. Night came ...

    Article : 224 words
  5. Conditional Purchase.

    Dear "Non-Com.,"—George, a wellknown yachtsman and fishing enthusiast, was our host on a fishing trip to the islands. We had on board a fellow ...

    Article : 475 words
  6. THE TOP OF THE HILL.

    Dear "Non-Com.,"—One of the wonders of nature which I think may interest readers is that which was known as "The Night Well," situated on the old ...

    Article : 259 words
  7. A Bushfire Curiosity.

    Dear "Non-com."—As bush fires have been prevalent this year it has brought to my mind a big fire which swept through the district about nine years ...

    Article : 363 words
  8. "Pat and Mick."

    I think "Pat and Mick," of Meckering, have had a slight difference of opinion about their respective writing abilities, and, although they didn't say so, they ...

    Article : 485 words
  9. A Flutter in Butter.

    Dear "Non-com."—One day two Norwegian friends and I intended to go to an evening entertainment in Dalwallinu and arranged to stay the night at the ...

    Article : 325 words
  10. Clumper Again.

    Dear "Non-Com.,"—A paragraph on your new page under the heading of "Clumper," brings the old chap to mind. Clumper was a genuine Nor'-West ...

    Article : 285 words
  11. The 'Airy Fairies.

    Dear "Non-com."—As your "Highway and By-way" page is attracting greatly our local interest, I am forwarding a little episode of our spare-time behaviour. ...

    Article : 319 words
  12. Who Called the Writer a Cook, Anyhow?

    Dear "Non-Com."—When "The Author" was introduced to us as the latest in jackeroos, we knew by the faraway look in his eyes that he was no ordinary ...

    Article : 147 words
  13. A Link With Laverton.

    Dear "Non-Com."—I was surprised on reading the article by "Yail Ya" to learn that there are no rabbits in Laverton. Twenty-five years ago they were so ...

    Article : 146 words
  14. A Bouncing Boy.

    From a correspondent at Dalwallinu comes a cutting and picture from an English paper describing a child phenomenon at Lowestoft, three years old and weighing ...

    Article : 235 words
  15. Country Order Department.

    Dear "Non-Com."—In view of the fact that the management of a well-known Perth emporium are showing their progressive spirit in the concrete shape of ...

    Article : 213 words
  16. "And Quiet Flows the Don!"

    Dear "Non-Com."—In one of the local bars lately an Aussie got into an argument with an Italian. Things began to get pretty hot when the Aussie said ...

    Article : 59 words
  17. To Correspondents.

    "Dolly Pot," Ora Banda.—A good one, well written and I'm holding it to try and get you that new piece of equipment. ...

    Article : 119 words
  18. Spare the Cr-ockatoos!

    Dear "Non-Com."—I was working for a cockie about five years ago. He had an orchard not far from his house and every summer he was pestered with cockatoos ...

    Article : 169 words
  19. His Good Deed.

    Dear "Non-Com."—Coming home from work, when stationed in the country, I was greatly surprised to see in the backyard a big heap of firewood split and ...

    Article : 125 words
  20. Civilisation Reaches the Outback.

    Dear "Non-Com."—Just after the new year I was out in the mulga when I came across some aborigines. After talking for a while, imagine my surprise when ...

    Article : 63 words
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