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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Oct 14, 1927
Page
8
A sprawling, fragmented column mixes notes on planned Daglish Grammar School in England, English lessons, and a New South Wales agricultural figure. It mentions Monte Carlo style development in Cuba, a 1494 Ipswich marriage register, and curious cinema scenes with dogs and birds, all presented in a wide, speculative survey without a single coherent narrative.
A curious tale describes a white sugar discovery via a muddy hen in a clay hut an experiment with clay jars and a pesticide? detailing how sugar could be whitened. It mentions a “potato mystery” involving a dumpling trick and a housewife finding a signet ring in a table ornament during dinner.
The article recalls Sofala’s boom days with 20 000 whites and 16 000 Chinese miners, now reduced to 50 Europeans and few locals. It notes deaths, burial practices, and abandoned mining rights, then shifts to Buffalo a tourist spot on the Turon river, and a dog’s loyalty at a grave where the owner and sexton confirm the long memory of the late wife.
A discussion of safer ocean travel highlights advances in ship design and equipment. Improvements include double steel hulls with watertight compartments, rapid fire door closure, automated alarms, sprinklers, medical facilities, and modern navigating instruments. Upgrades extend to emergency procedures, life jackets, launch systems, and wireless communications to ensure faster, safer departures and reduced risk during voyages.
A joint conference of United States government and allied scientific bodies inaugurates a plan for the most complete ocean survey to date. One or more ships will be outfitted with laboratories and the latest instruments for deep sea study. The mission aims to map the sea floor and analyze water density temperature currents and marine life at all depths while assessing the vast food potential of Earth’s ocean waters.
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