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  2. Heavy Pulling.

    Dear "Non-Coin."Further to "William Muggins" and "Leatherneck" on heavy pulling by two horses, you can take it from me that "Leatherneck" ls right. ...

    Article : 256 words
  3. "The Woman on the Farm."

    Dear '"Non-com."I am writing this after reading "The Woman on the Farm," and as one whose profession takes her out among the people. During the past ...

    Article : 622 words
  4. Ben Tells the Tale.

    Dear "Non-Corn."Ben (that's not his name) had a show not far from ours. Occasionally he visited our shanty to hear our latest and to give us his. He was a ...

    Article : 974 words
  5. 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 peisonalities, reminiscence, nature lore, coincidence, curiosities, tragedy, humour in short, life as it is and was in the city, town and bush. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 85 words
  6. THE TOP OF THE HILL.

    Dear "Non-Cora."A few years ago I obtained a position as-waitress at a Nor'West hotel. I had recently arrived from the Old Country, and, having no ...

    Article : 419 words
  7. Abo. Legends and Customs.

    Dear "Non-Corn."Here is the blackfellow's story of the Blackwood River. Long, long ago a big woggle (carpet snake) came down from far away. ...

    Article : 383 words
  8. Which Way?

    Dear "Non-Com." Rummaging through some old snaps just recently I came across one of a lamp which was part of a light-buoy that had broken ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 168 words
  9. Weighr-Chasin'

    I pack no surplus fat, I'm skinny as a rat, Through walkin' weary miles a-knappin' reefs. ...

    Article : 221 words
  10. To Correspondents.

    H.H.H., Metricup. Thanks for your "Show" story, and pleased to have met you at That Dinner. "They're Off" will startle people shortly. ...

    Article : 397 words
  11. Canine Intelligence.

    Dear "Non-Corn." "Tyke" was a dog cf unknown breed, and did not belong to anyone in particular on the station, until the boss got an old Lizzie runabout. ...

    Article : 206 words
  12. Lantana Pest in Queensland.

    Dear "Non-com."An old waggon track running through the hills in Queensland was sometimes used as a short cut from one station to another ...

    Article : 240 words
  13. Dew Ponds.

    Dear "Non-Com".Further to "SouthWest," Mardella, and his Query about Dew Ponds, the following may be of interest: ...

    Article : 129 words
  14. "They're Off!"

    Dear "Non-Corn."A digger diarist and his Virgilian were up for the Show and the more important function, "That Dinner," during the week. ...

    Article : 155 words
  15. Samples.

    A parson, long resident in India, brought home a supply of very hot chutney to which he had become exceedingly partial. ...

    Article : 120 words
  16. A Bright Suggestion.

    Dear "Non-Corn."A few years ago a certain station owner of toe "buggy and pair school" consented to ride to town in the station car, which had long passed ...

    Article : 85 words
  17. Another Lonely Crave.

    Dear "Non-Cora."There is another lonely grave on Berringarra Station, 35 miles from the homestead. Years ago when the natives were troublesome, there ...

    Article : 80 words
  18. Higher Education.

    Dear "Non-com."Do they teach cattle to read in the South-West? There is a bridge across the Warren River not far from Northcliffe, which has ...

    Article : 50 words
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