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  2. Highway &By-way

    Under th's 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, euri-, osities, tragedy, humour-in short, life as it is and was in the city, town and bush. ...

    Article : 91 words
  3. South Africa s "Poor Whites."

    Dear "Non-com."—Copies of "The. Western Mail" have followed me on my journey to Africa, and, reading "High way and By-way" in these (to me) novel ...

    Article : 605 words
  4. "Lumping lt.'

    The twice-weekly "mixed" train clanks to a jolting stop at the little wheatbelt siding. The mercury stands at 105 in the shade[?]and there is mighty ...

    Article : 888 words
  5. Phenomena at Meeka Station.

    Dear "Non-Com."-In a recent issue I was most interested in "Regret's" account of "Phenomena at Mongup." which brought back 'to my recollection a similar ...

    Article : 405 words
  6. Jarrah at jilakin.

    Dear "Non-com."-The intricate arrangement of Nature's handiwork has always intrigued me, and I am ever ready to marvel afresh as some new example ...

    Article : 308 words
  7. THE TOP OF THE HILL.

    Dear "Non-Com."-"Sympathy," writing in the issue of May 16 brought back to me memories of a fire which happened nearly three years ago in this ...

    Article : 625 words
  8. "Two-foot Jimmy."

    Dear "Non-Com."-Having read "B.S.R.'s" list of nick-names, I will say that he has a good collection, but he left out "Two-Foot Jimmy," who, if memory ...

    Article : 261 words
  9. Some Nature Notes.

    Dear "Non-Com."-Seeing the picture of the wombat in a recent issue brought to my mind an episode that happened a few miles from our homestead in South ...

    Article : 418 words
  10. The Luck of he Game.

    Dear "Non-Corn."-During 1897, the year of the Coolgardie Exhibition, a mate and I were working a Lorden dryblower out at the Three-Mile, near the ...

    Article : 321 words
  11. A Crocodile Tale.

    Dear "Non-Com."-An acquaintance of mine who was down on his luck found himself stranded in a camp in the Nor'west last year. Naturally, his one ...

    Article : 221 words
  12. The Waterfall.

    Ohl harken to the mystic sound Of water o'er yon rocky mound. Oh! see the cavalcade of fairy foam that rushes by, ...

    Article : 168 words
  13. The Bouquet.

    "Ten shillings worth of red roses, and would you please hurry. I am late already." The florist repeated the order ...

    Article : 269 words
  14. Another Lonely Crave.

    Dear "Non-com."-On the Lake GraceNewdegate-road is another lonely grave. My husband, who is the only one of the burial party left in the district, helped ...

    Article : 240 words
  15. More Sectarianism.

    Dear "Non-Com."-A few years ago many of us here were getting our first flocks of sheep. Discussion was rife as to the most suitable type of ram to use ...

    Article : 123 words
  16. Some Jumper!

    Dear "Non-Com."—Here's a yarn which will take a bit of beating, specially if one sticks to the truth, as I always do. ...

    Article : 178 words
  17. A Little Bush Girl.

    . Dear "Non-Com."-We hear a lot about the hard times farmers are having, but few people think of how this may affect, the farmer's wife and children. ...

    Article : 160 words
  18. Opinions Invited.

    On page four of tills Issue you will see an editorial paragraph inviting readers to number the respective features of "The Western Mail" in the order of their ...

    Article : 78 words
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