Australian naturalist digs for world’s giant earthworms
Charles Barrett, aged in his sixties, returns from retirement to collect Megascolides Australis samples for Rothampstead, Caltech, and Australian universities. He teams with Lou Cook in Gippsland's Bass River Valley to extract giant earthworms, placing specimens in long glass cylinders and sending eggs and adults for study.
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Barrett
Melbourne
Rothampstead Agricultural Station
England
Australia
Charles Barrett
Lou Cook
Poowong
Bass River Valley
Gippsland
Nourns
Bass River
Rothamperead
Perth Boys' School Centenary Holiday for Country Old Boys
A ten day holiday in Perth is offered to a typical old boy of Perth Boys' School as part of the centenary celebrations. The Savoy Hotel accommodation and city transport are provided free, with invitations to apply detailing age and school period to Mr C A Glen, headmaster.
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Perth
Australia
Centenary
Ovello
Savoy Hotel
Erin
C. A. Glen
Perth Boys' School
Budgerigars barred from England as VYovo arrives
A budgerigar named VYovo arrived in London from Jersey but was ordered returned as parrots were not permitted entry. The bird’s owner Mrs Woodbury stated a tearful farewell while staff and porters were brusquely informed.
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Vyovo
London
Jersey
England
Woodbury
Donkey Serenade Sparks City Tender Demand
Donkey owners in Al lahabid India demand higher living allowance from Mune onok od henge rmep prompting city response. Officials face impatient residents while negotiations unfold and a potential public action looms.
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Allahabid
India
Bass River Valley Specimens and Leadbeater’s Possum Hope
Pioneer surveyors found Megascolides Australis in the Bass River Valley last century and feared snares. Kookaburras ate them as a dish while Barrett warned live transport was impossible. He sought a Leadbeater’s possum, believed extinct by some naturalists, but so far only worms have been captured.
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Bass River Valley
Barrett
Australia
Cloth From Feathers and Mice Tests At Chemists’ Meeting
American chemists described turning chicken feathers into cloth and using mouse squeaks to test new pain relievers. A Department of Agriculture scientist said food cloth from feathers is possible though wet fabric tears. researchers aim to fix this. Another chemist explained using the squeak threshold in mice to gauge drug strength with tail shocks after dosing.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Supplement to Local Newspapers Hails Regional Bulletin Network
A broad regional supplement gathers notes from multiple smaller papers including Boyup Hreet Hulletin Aridrernown Advocate and South Western Advertiser. It lists participating titles and hints at cross‑paper syndicated items across the Wheatbelt region.
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Boyup Hreet Hulletin
Aridrernown
Advocate
South Midiana Times
Northern Times
Coenbardie
Avon Acois
North Eastern Courier
Preston Mail
Powertin
Garin Nioomaling Gazette
Harvey-Warceng Mall
Eastern Recorder
Narpier Hernd Manjimup Mail Midlands Advocate
Southern Sentinel
Mullewa Mall
Norseman Operance News
York
Pemberton
South Western Advertiser
Southerh Home Netz
Toodeny Bersld
Gallida
Wheatbelt Tribune Leone News
Sly So
Hollywood Notes From A Bygone Era A Tornado Of Names
A garbled collage mentions Virginia Mayo becoming a grandmother in law on her wedding day and Michael O Shea’s prior marriage. It notes Orson Welles finishing Republics Macbeth in 23 days, MGMs The Theaters with Gable and Kerr, Crosby as Yank in A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur’s Court, and Rodgers and Hart supplying music. Bob Hope as lead in The Caliph of Bagdad is teased, with Robert Cummings returning from a Pacific Northwest vacation and Fred MacMurray’s stage debut. Audra Lindley debuts for Warners as Venus rises again.
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Virginia Mayo
Torqua Goldwyn Glamer
Michael O'Shea
Wilhare Rosen
Orson Welles
Bingo Crosby
Mark Twain
King Arthur's Court
Paramount
Rodgers and Hart
Crosby
Bob Hope
Bagdad
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Gunman
Dallas
Edward Bancroft
Boston
William Rowan
Desperado
Kookaburra
U.S
Pacific
Queensland
Borneo
Arnhem Land
Bothampstead
J.C. Taylors, Jewellers
Hay ST
Cnr
Piccadilly Arcade
J. C. Taylors
Hay Street
Donkey Serenade
Phem
Leo
Cornelios
MGM
Clark Gable
Deborah Kerr
Robert Cummings
Pacific North-West
Cummings
Fred MacMurray
Frederick MacMurray
Michael Redgrave
Warners
Audra Lindley
Audra
Western Australia
Pearse Bros
Pearse Bros. Ltd
North Fremantle
Priday Gully
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