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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 24, 1930
Page
6
The article describes the intense labor of blind workers at the Wind Institute to produce a Braille illustrated geography book. It notes thousands of hammer blows to emboss dots, mapping boundaries and terrain with over 39 punches and hundreds of thousands of dots, totaling millions of blows for a single volume.
A Birmingham Alabama official announced a U S Bureau of Standards project to use sweet potatoes and other southern crops in textiles and paper production. The program aims to convert crops into fibers and other materials for clothing and industrial uses, highlighting potential in dyes and adhesives.
A long string of exhausted drill attempts near a crater in the Alfa area ends with a mine shaft reaching 1,400 feet where iron ore mass, supposedly the meteor body, is found with samples showing about 90 percent iron and 7 percent nickel. The meteor is thought to have split into several parts and fused by gravity, with iron fragments scattered regionally. Water intrusion halted early work, then concrete was used to secure the shaft before continuing. If recoverable, the venture may yield ample rewards.
List of final acceptances for Friday races at Chisholm and related events including Gin Fi Dixdain Campodonico Premier Greenloch Giadlull Prince Vor Rosebranch Pornell Camque Income King Arma and others. Details show horses, odds, and likely start times for Summer Nursery and Christmas Handicap events across multiple stakes.
A fragmented 1914 era account recalls early aviation methods with Oliver Weight using a garden rake as a flat altimeter. The narrative describes pilots measuring altitude by visually assessing flight height and by improvised devices while Wright brothers experiments unfolded.
The article profiles Viann Mabine a longtime iron worker in Paris who began work at 13 and trained during the war. She is described as a skilled structural worker respected by male colleagues and a notable figure in the shift of women into heavy trades.
Victor G Bloede, president of a Baltimore company bearing his name, supplies the portage stamp gum used by the Government. The product must be safe for a baby and durable in weather. The base is starch from Juyn Rowsted, treated with chemicals to form a cream colored powder whipped in Washington by the carload, about 1,000,000 pounds yearly.
Randwick Tuesday race notes highlight Voleuss winning by a length in a brisk morning event stage, with Nagruda close behind. Income defeated Fold Bid in 1.14, Lady Gwendoline was runner up, Dolwood beat Tree Dennin in 43 seconds, Killarney clocked 1.38 and Gem light 1.29 in the listed times.
The fragment notes parchment making about eight miles from Portsmouth. It describes laborious steps using sheep skin, drying and shaving to remove roughness. A semicircular razor device is mentioned and described as part of the process.
A woman known as Mrs Margaret D'Erte Egerton of The Croft Hungerford England left a will granting her husband life income from the residue with remainder to the children of his second marriage. The measure also specifies bequests to her sister and cousin. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hertel Egerton officiated as the testator.
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