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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 12, 1927
Page
8
The report describes a complex near and far encounter involving Prof Murcise from Merlin. It notes warnings about exploitation and references a conference and associated individuals, with scattered details about a plan or event and a focus on caution in action.
Fragmentary OCR reveals references to Kaiser era writing rooms and figures like Nelson, Welles, and Walkes. The text mixes names, poems, and portraits with stray phrases about crime, punishment, and English society. A garbled montage hints at historical literary commentary and criminal lore.
A foreman in the postal department watched a rattlesnake coil on a tree while a line crew prepared to climb. The snake struck the lineman, Fatally wounding him, before the foreman killed the reptile and called for help.
An Auxiliary Bishop officiated at a Catholic ceremony with a bell temporarily secured and water blessing rites performed. Aromatic herbs were burned as part of the bell’s consecration, while a smoker filled the air inside the bell. The event honored Wordsworth during Henry V’s era with a restored railway engine, Great Northern Mail Way No 4, praised for 3,000,000 miles of service before retirement to a museum.
A fragmented summary notes a statement by A Moore Hopearth on pestology, mentions Hogarth, and cites gifts to the London Museum including Princess Charlotte’s wedding dress and other royal gowns. It also references eighteenth to nineteenth century needlework and watercolors tied to Newgate Prison and St James's, with items from Queen Alexandra and the Princess of Wales.
An American study reveals beetles sealed within tree resin for decades. Dr Van Dusee estimates imprisonment years by counting tree rings, noting beetles remained hermetically sealed after a lightning strike exposed the wood.
Peregrine falcons once rare in England due to keeper efforts now scarce except in memories of London. A pair nested on Westminster Abbey's southern tower, observed by Sir G W Dasent, who recalls boyhood delight watching the birds swoop on pigeons. A lay clerk shot the male from the cloister roof, causing the female to seek a mate or safer home.
An eminent surgeon from Westintiitater Tfospital argues cancer is not hopeless with early treatment. He cites many survivors and warns against tongue and cheek irritation from broken teeth, noting neglect can lead to cancer.
Acton's Link of Empire presents a silk Union Jack to Sir Harry Privtan in appreciation of his service. The shield bearing English and Canadian emblems honors the English heritage and Canadian unity. The gift was presented to Sir Harry by T Albert Moora, a noted Canadian clergyman, a few weeks ago.
All metal passenger flying boat prototypes report successful preliminary tests capable of non stop ocean crossing. Designs emphasize seaworthiness with watertight compartments anchors boat-hooks and collapsible masts for land landing. Planes target service from Germany to America via Scotland Ireland and Greenland.
A Turondale rabbit trapper and his sons earn large sums from trapping 11 00 skins in three weeks and selling for 40 pounds. Nearly 2 000 000 rabbit skins left Sydney aboard the Orient liner Ormonde bound for London, with over 200 000 skins in refrigerated cargo. Larger shipments head to America as demand for skins grows. The steamer Canadian Traveller recently sailed from Sydney carrying 2 000 000 skins to New York.
Recent items cover topics from marriage numbers and a brief Zanzibar war to university women’s enrollments and birth trends in Britain. Notable entries include sturgeon sizes, wireless net users in the Irish Free State, London Zoo cockroaches for vipers, L N E Rly abolishing sleeping car seat number 14, infant mortality declines, and the total weight of cut diamonds estimated at about one ton.
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