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  2. Advertising

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    Advertising : 122 words
  3. FOR THE CHILDREN

    My Dear Nieces and Nephews.—Once again I will give you the rules which govern, this month's competition, "A Journey by Aeroplane." Four prizes ...

    Article : 193 words
  4. THE GOLDEN WATTLE DRIFT

    The wattle is shaking its golden drift, Then list to what it has to say; It's telling the birds and the bees and us, ...

    Article : 65 words
  5. WONDERS OF NATURE

    It was fifty years ago, In the pleasant month of May, In the beautiful Pays de Vaud, I A child in its cradle lay. ...

    Article : 129 words
  6. Fuzzle: Find Father

    There had been, a collision between a motor-car and a haycart, with the result that the hay was upset. A boy who had been leading the horse was ...

    Article : 72 words
  7. Facts About Cleopatra's Needle

    It was erected 3400 years ago at Hcliopolis to commemorate Thotmes III, King of Egypt. Two thousand years ago Cleopatra ...

    Article : 60 words
  8. RIDDLES

    What great Scotchman would you name if a footman knocked at the door?—-Ans.: John Knox. Why is the church clock like a ...

    Article : 116 words
  9. THE YOUNG PRETENDER

    With a dull thud of hoofs two gallant grey horses, galloped over a Scottish moor; all ablaze with the purple of heather and the gold of the gorse. On ...

    Article : 630 words
  10. King of the Ants

    At this time of the year one may often see a bright green beetle crawling on rose bushes. It is the rose beetle, which does considerable damage ...

    Article : 94 words
  11. ARITHMETIC

    I never knew such horrid things As "figgers," "figgers," "figgers," I never add up twice alike, And then the whole class sniggers ...

    Article : 81 words
  12. THIS WEEK'S PUZZLES What Am I?

    My first is in upper but not in sole, My second is in rabbit but not in mole. My third is in stick but not in rod, My fourth is in turbot but not in cod. ...

    Article : 159 words
  13. RIDDLES

    When do cooks appear to be angry? —When they are whipping the cream and beating the eggs. Why is a postage stamp a most ...

    Article : 89 words
  14. A Jumbled Verse

    Below is the first verse of a wellknown poem. The letters in the words have been jumbled, but the words remain in their correct order. ...

    Article : 57 words
  15. OLD MEMBERS' CORNER,

    Dear Aunt Kath.—I was pleased to read in yesterday's paper that my letter was interesting, and hope that this letter is just as interesting. I am ...

    Article : 640 words
  16. Diagonal Acrostic

    Till in the words defined below so that the diagonal letters indicated by noughts will form the name of a popular fruit which is ripe at this time ...

    Article : 65 words
  17. ANSWERS TO MEMBERS

    Muriel Mulley: You have a pretty garden at school. What are your favourite flowers? You may have, the pen-name you have chosen. Like the ...

    Article : 1,073 words
  18. ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLES

    An Allotment Problem.—60 A Strange Word.—Five. iv. Find the Poets Kingsley ...

    Article : 2,018 words
  19. THE FAIRIES' FRIEND

    Where do they come from—where do they go? I, myself, and the fairies know! Many a secret they share with me, ...

    Article : 158 words
  20. Nothing Left.

    Two guests in a private hotel were talking about things. "Yes," said one. "The advertisement of this place says that it is ...

    Article : 51 words
  21. Modern Knowledge

    The geography lesson was in progress. "Now, Johnny," asked the teacher, "can you show me Rome on the map?" ...

    Article : 45 words
  22. THE WIND

    The wind has such a rainy sound, Moaning through the town. The sea has such a windy sound, Will the ships go down? ...

    Article : 51 words
  23. Too Efficient

    A worried business man had consulted his friend the doctor. "Now, why don't you try to forget your troubles?" said the doctor. ...

    Article : 46 words
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