The King s Messengers and Their Cloak of Secrecy
A historic profile of the King's Messengers detailing their duties and privileges. The article explains their Silver Greyhound badge, immediate access to transport and borders, and their role delivering secret Foreign Office documents across Europe. It also notes high value of codes, dangers abroad, and strict oversight by guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Australia
Foreign Office
Charles II
Europe
Vienna
Budapest
Jia
Balkans
Value of Canned Food
Doctors at the National Food Canning Council annual meeting in Cardiff discuss the nutritive value of canned foods. Dr. H. D. Cheftal reports France finds canned food preserves vitamins over nine generations in rats, guinea pigs, and pigeons compared with ordinary cooking. Dr. H. J. Crenshaw adds that switching to canning uses the fittest possible foods, confirming its superiority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardiff
National Food Canning Council
H. D. Cheftal
Paris
France
H. J. Crenshaw
Life on the Moon and a Welsh Bicycle Mystery
Sir James Jeans outlines the harsh, cave-dwelling life possible on the moon noting lack of water air and rain and Everest scale mountains. He contrasts Earths 2 billion year old core with lunar mysteries and mentions a spider’s underwater air bubble behavior. A Welsh man returns home to find a missing pay envelope later found embedded in his bicycle stayed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Jeans
Royal Institution
London
James
Everest
Sir James
Ystalyfera
Wales
Swansea
Vanishing Gold Nugget Mystery Stuns African Digger
London reports tell of F W Jenkins a former digger in Wanganyika Territory who found a huge gold nugget worth about £7000 later reduced to about 6 oz after theft and disappearance. The nugget vanished from a table drawer only to reappear later in a fowl house before being forwarded to a bank in Dar es Salaam. Despite searches the nugget remains missing and locals think a hoodoo may be involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.W. Jenkins
Wanganyika
Africa
London
Mr. Jenkins
Dar-es-Salaam
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G.G.S. Gloucester
Ganingws Cath Store
Fisk Radiola
Jarrott
Musical Supplies & Service
Gloucester
Gloucester Advocate
P.O. Box
Rome
Garners
Garner
Life ON the Moon
Dorothy Parsons
Pat Deards
William Hodgins
Don Williams
Dawson
Xmas
Capper
Royal Doulton
E. P. Capper & Sons, Ltd
West Maitland
Andrews & Johnston's Joinery Works
Church ST
Cester
Carson's Northern Timber Coy
Mel
Gloucester Electric Supply Company Ltd
Church St. Gloucester
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