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  2. Looking Around.

    IN gloomy contrast with the joyous anticipations of the approaching festive season are the tidings of unprovoked outrage and murder in Western Polynesia. It would seem as if the forbearance of the white man had been ...

    Article : 862 words
  3. What Old Father Christmas said to young New South Wales.

    COME forth, my lad, with sunshine crown'd, With health thy lusty limbs embrown'd,— Old Father Christmas takes thy hand And bids thee gaze o'er sea and land, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 238 words
  4. TO HOLD AS TWERE THE MIRROR UPTO NATURE OUR ILLUSTRATIONS Fatal Encounter with a Shark at Brisbane.

    ON the afternoon of Thursday, November 25th, Victor and Alexey Drury, with three companions, went down to a rocky point in Petrie's Bight, on the Brisbane River, to bathe. The lads have continually bathed in the same ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 460 words
  5. Christmas in the Nursery.—A Visit from Santa Claus.

    SANTA CLAUS is the idol of German children, and his unseen visits at Christmas are eagerly anticipated by them, for they are associated with presents of toys, confectionery, and everything in which happy childhood ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 128 words
  6. Fairy-land in Australia.

    AND why not fairies in Australia? Why should not our innumerable ferny glades, romantic valleys, mountainous passes, and lonesome glens, be peopled with fays and elves? Why should not Robin Goodfellow be ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 177 words
  7. Sunday in the Country—After Divine Service.

    IN the crowded city, where the inhabitants reside within a few minutes walk of their respective places of worship, it is difficult to realise the amount of self denial and physical fatigue which have to be ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 426 words
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    THE QUEENSLAND SUGAR INDUSTRY.—In our extracts from Mr. Roth's work in our last issue we mentioned "the late Mr. Thomas Scott. " That gentleman, we are happy to state, is still alive and in good health, but the ...

    Article : 322 words
  9. Sydney Exhibits at Melbourne.

    THE contents and general arrangements of the New South Wales Courts, at Melbourne, have been much eulogized, even by Victorians, who are by no means inclined to depict in bright colours the achievements of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 329 words
  10. Intercolonial Bowling Match at Melbourne.

    ALTHOUGH it is popularly supposed that bowling is a sport only fit for " old buffers," it must be confessed that it presents many features that should place it, scientifically speaking, on a more exalted pedestal. No doubt ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 482 words
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