Platypus Expert Burrell Demonstrates Captivity Feats
Randwick naturalist Mr. Harry Burrell spent twenty years studying the platypus with success, proving the mammal can live in captivity. He built a glass tank and helmet to observe underwater life, learned the animal’s sounds, and documented nesting, feeding, and behavior details from Manilla river burrows to courtship.
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Harry Burrell
Randwick
Burrell
Australia
Mr. Burrell
Manilla
Ural
Birrell
Sheiny
Platypus
Lord Northclffe
Black Christians in West Africa a Remarkable Mission Tale
An account of Rev P W J Platt discovering a native Christian community in West Africa. A former pupil of Inds bury College, he documents a prophet and thousands of converts who worship without understanding hymns or Bibles. The piece highlights the long rise of Christian influence and a remarkable open-air congregation.
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Stro
West Africa
P W. J. Platt
Duncashine
Ted
W. J. Platt
Ewing
Africa
Rider Haggard
Platt
Prench West African
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Guet
la West Afeiea
Fndsbury College
King Solomon's Mines
John the Baptist
Afries
Des
Martis
Elijah
Mr. Platt
Joe Blu
Simator
Ratuen
Vir
Mtarianne
Parte Nove
Banos Jlistriele
Feonete
Grand Hussam
Wore
the Villiers
Giew— Lawoon
Plaitigo
William Wade Haris
Harris
Krinnan
Lagos
Dempater Ammany
Christ
Liberia
Ivory Coast
Joan of Arc
Ested
Cape Palmas
Casto Ian
Thor
Haue
Banda
Chevrolet
Wes
J. Grahame
Gloucester
Q Medhsale
J. Lynch Krambach
Relics From Khara Khoto Exhibition At London Museum
A London feature reviews a British Museum show drawing on Sir Aurel Stein’s Central Asian travels, highlighting Khara Khoto in Mongolia. The display includes artefacts, murals, and writings from Kosloff’s discovery, with vivid notes on the city’s legendary architecture and the desert’s preservation.
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London
British Museum
Sir Aurel Stein
Turkestan
China
Whara-Khoto
Mongolia
Colonet Kosloff
Lancelot Lawton
Wally Chronicle
Aranist Khara-Khata
Strang
Elly
Drcums
Kessort
Angela
Cate
Dinah
Stormis
Mies
Confectionery College Promises Easy Money and Quick Skill Gain
A garbled ad promising high earnings and a guaranteed pathway to a portal course. It touts personal tuition, “free care of AOS,” and a paid freight option. Located at Plt street Sydney, the text parrots vague promises of wealth through confectionery study and rapid employment.
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Walesian
Larry Sweets
Mittel
Epure
Confectionery College
Ng Plt
Sydney
Barth
Fragmentary Classified Plea For Disposal Items
The readable text urges readers to dispose of items and appears as a plea or ad noting disposal opportunities. It includes garbled phrases and partial names, reflecting OCR damage and missing context while signaling a general community notice.
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West African
Dover
Leviathan
England
Wantage
Berkshire
Bindibab
Monty
Sturbut
Hinton
Hinds
Strango
Myetleal
Ely
Moinaotians
Eunahil
Wwe
Pringy
Percy Wilkins
Toamelly
Ian Hang
Santi
Sehimidt
Isi
Berially
Jane
Hupmobile
PROM
J. N. Laurie
Beety
Vane Lane
Nina
Paul Sie
Sid Ruta
Lipa Eerie
Rhlarnis
Willys
Ines
America
Willys-Knight
Willys-Overland
W. A. Harris
Overland
Willy G-Knight
FIAT
Cornwell's Malt Extract
Country Homes
Asbestolite
Pine’s
Spriggs Asbestolite Guy, Ltd
Y.M.C.A
Pitt Street
Dopcee Brothers
Dodge Brothers
Dodge Brothers Motor Car
Standardised Motors Limited
Castler Bagh Strest
Ayoney
Hudson Motor-Car Company
Detroithion
ICI Daloety
Popfauked Tolurle Eda
IOY
Idyud
Onfapbyzio Essty
Vuvrarme WN
Nudsnane
Wury Syower
Hudsoncar
Essex
Hudson
Hudson-Essex
Dalgety & CO. Ltd
Phillip Street
Fred Lowe
Alfa-Laval
Cream of
Alte-Laval
Waugh and Josephson Ltd
Riley and Goodlet
Melbourne ST
Sriseacie
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