From near and far a Scotsman hits gold in New Guinea
The report sketches Captain Jock M Innnes who left a sea command for Bulolo goldfields. After months of graft his diggings on Edie Creek yielded over £10,000. Nearby items note the Touring Club of France hunt for a fortune beneficiary and local wildlife antics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jock M'Innes
Uner
Edie Creek
Sydney
Chaytain M'Jones
Touring Club
France
M. G Bronieer
Foulde
French Alps
Newcastle
Ing
H. B. Heath Byes
Anglo-Persian Oll Company
Sir Henry Brving
Humilot
Mr. Mead
Ancient eel seen as sacred and coveted by Greeks and Romans
A garbled report notes eels as objects of worship in ancient Egypt while Greeks and Romans prized them as delicacies. A recent trawler at Lowestoft, England caught a well fed entirely blind cadfish, prompting naturalists to discuss feeding methods and the eel’s beard like structure along the shore as a means to catch crustaceans and worms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowestoft
England
Romaig Ie Borbel
Tommy
Jack
Undefined Process Notes Describe Worker Temperaments
A fragment notes that under certain employment conditions workers require different temperatures or temperaments by department. It cites washing needs for steady easy going individuals able to face monotony while machine tending demands a cautious temperament and independence.
Serial tale of a typhoon bound for Victoria Bay
The Celestial Empire sails Bangkok to Henekong when a typhoon hits. Captain Roberts and his daughter Dorothy endure a terrifying hurricane as the ship heels and roars through towering seas. Crewmates brace for disaster while the storm rages with thunder, lightning, and rain. A foredeck rescue reveals rice cargo and coffins amid chaos as the ship stumbles toward survival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberts
Dorothy
Dot
Nor
Jack
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Cardinal Bourne
League of Nations
MR. E. Grayndler
A.W.U
U.S
N.S.W
Lang
M. Doumergue
Engl and
Earl Balfour
Thane
Stafford
Yorkshire
Canada
Hyde Park
London
Bulolo
Greyhounds
Eagle
Jos. F. Jolbert
Wollandool
Goulburn
Jock Lynch
Nm Helpet
Oil and the Empire
Binck
Hull
Sheffield
Thore
Philadelphia
Ylark
Jack Grenville
Silter
Finnhil
Grenville
Frank
Brent Cloud Bank
Tony
Hell
Gril
Iieheen
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