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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, cariosities, tragedy, humour—in short, life as it is and was in the city, town and bush. For the ...

    Article : 84 words
  3. A Lonely Grave.

    Dear "Non-Com."—In the Issue of February ll "The Old Man's Darling" (Williams) asks for further details about the grave on the Williams-Narrogin road, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 648 words
  4. Riders — and Others.

    Dear "Non-Com,"—When I read the "Mail" of February 11. it put me in a regular dither. Practically every item mentioned some men, horse, or place I ...

    Article : 597 words
  5. Teamsters' Tales.

    Dear "Non-Com."—One cannot leave Old Jack, of whom I wrote some little time ago, without some reference to the younger brigade, young Jack and Sarah. ...

    Article : 459 words
  6. THE TOP OF THE HILL.

    Dear "Non-Com."—Speaking of champions, I put forward Jack Hancock, a Croweater, as being one of. the world's best and most unique. Whilst at ...

    Article : 558 words
  7. Land of Nicknames.

    Dear "Non-Com,"-Further to the list of nick-names of some of the old Nor'Westers, herewith some names of men with whom I have come in ...

    Article : 259 words
  8. Reflections.

    How often do we ponder, as we're getting on in life, On the many opportunities that we've missed; ...

    Article : 284 words
  9. Clever Trackers.

    Dear "Non-Com,"—Early In this century or late In the last a misguided department erected a "north and south" rabbit-proof fence across the greater part ...

    Article : 275 words
  10. Appreciated Hospitality.

    Dear "Non-Com."—Dust, two hundred feet high, sweeps, the countryside. They say we are on the edge of a willy-willy. Heaven help those in the centre of it. ...

    Article : 171 words
  11. Donkeys.

    Dear "Non-com."—Leo. Drummond, best-known cook of the shearing industry, is a difficult man to put one over, but a team of donkeys once did the trick. In ...

    Article : 238 words
  12. Great Horsewomen.

    Dear "Non-Com."—In a recent issue I noticed a reference from "Moondyne Joe" to Maud Hyland. He also said that he thought he'd have another par before ...

    Article : 150 words
  13. The Rousies!

    Dear "Non-Com."—In the good old days of which we often hear so much, when shearers were shearers and rouseabouts, according to the shearers, were ...

    Article : 205 words
  14. Buckjumpers!

    Dear "Non-Com."—This item, copied from an Eastern States paper, might give some of your champion roughriders something to think about. I may mention we ...

    Article : 213 words
  15. To Correspondents.

    "Mondella," Moora.—A first-class crew, even if their travelling was done thirdclass. John Meiklejohn, Nedlands.—An ...

    Article : 145 words
  16. Crowded Quarters.

    Dear "Non-Com."—My brother and I with two kangaroo dogs chased a 'roo recently. It fell 30 feet down a dry well and one dog was so close to it that it went ...

    Article : 145 words
  17. Gun Sewers.

    Dear "Non-Com,"—Further to "gun" bag sewers, my husband, when we were up in Carnamah where he was working for Dring Bros and Allen, sewed 432 bags ...

    Article : 75 words
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