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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Apr 26, 1915
Page
6
Menoes and companions flee at night leaving a house in fear. They move toward Ply eth as wind sighs through the moor and hide among damp shadows. Armed pursuers sweep the wastes behind, widening circles while lanterns vanish and voices fade into the dark.
In Plymouth a big Orient liner returns travelers to the city and Cecil Charteris boards the London Express with two clean shaven men in a guarded second class compartment. They discuss plans to reach London and then burn their prison records as they travel through rain soaked fields toward Albany.
Bal baw and Cain plot a drink and a risky escape on Dartmoor while Fe shaw guards their spoils. Delhan is missing as the train moves toward London and Waterloo. Cain doubts Belshaw but resolves to act, fearing deadly consequences if he hesitates. The scene ends with suspense as the plan unfolds.
A historical feature discusses the concept of the new seven wonders and the marvels of invention. It touches on wireless telegraphy and early electromagnetic ideas, noting pioneers like Guglielmo Marconi and Alexander Graham Bell and comparing waves to light. It also includes brief profiles of the airplane by Albert F Zabo and historical context on the telephone’s invention.
The article notes light proof imaging and x-ray like tests revealing uranium ores act more vigorously than their content suggests. Mme Curie, spouse of Prof Curie, is described as identifying minerals with substances more active than uranium. After years of effort, about nine tons of ore yielded a small amount of pure metallic chloride.
The excerpt reviews antisepsis advances reducing surgical deaths, then shifts to developments in spectroscopy revealing stellar composition and the birth of X-ray science. It notes antisepsis cutting death rates, hospital gains, and sepsis decline, followed by explanations of spectrum analysis and the discovery of X rays by Wilhelm Röntgen and their penetrating power.
The piece reports on Herbert Wynyard Cotclough a Manchester rope manufacturer claiming noble titles Earl of Newburgh Lord Kinesird and Baron Livingston and the estate valued at £6000000 linked to Hascop Hall Derbyshire and Glendon Hall Gossar. It notes the dubious letters offering advice and money amid unsettled circumstances and questions the likelihood of any rightful ascent.
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