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Bridgetown Advocate

Location

Bridgetown, Western Australia, Australia

Date

May 27, 1948

Page

10

Vast Amazon Unknown Prompts Worldwide Speculation

United Nations scientists eye the Amazon basin described as larger than Australia yet largely unexplored. The region spans millions of square miles of rivers swamps and forests along the equator with only a fraction inhabited by natives. Tales link explorers and ancient civilizations to a mysterious, possibly lost world.

United Nations Amazon Australia Nature Conan Doyle New Guinea Borneo Tibet Solense Amisi Wheerlainigy Sinme Amor Ammons Legeno

Marshall Batteries offer economy and coverage under warranty

An advertisement from Writeco Barrow Linton & Co promotes Marshall Batteries with factory prices and a watertight guarantee. It touts batteries for cars, trucks, cycles, and home lighting and mentions free information from the catalog. The text then shifts to notes on the Unesco Hylea exploration project and plans for an International Institute of the Aylean Amazon with international involvement.

Marshall Tings Maria Peru

Amazon Timber Trade and Folk Tales in One Fragment

Fragment discusses toxins used in anesthesia, rotentone pest control, and vast Amazon timberland with damp hardwoods. It mentions explorers, myths of the Amazon, and early chemists reducing surface tension, ending with a garbled sales note and a bomber reference.

Amazon Ereland

Help Wanted Adverts Across Newspapers Reader Seeks Sellers

A reader writes about how adverts across twenty regional papers invite people to describe items seen and offered for sale. The note lists papers like THE EASTERN RECORDER THE TOODYAY TIMES and THE AVON ARGUS and explains how readers earn by detailing conditions and asking prices.

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