Age of the Earth From Geological and Chemical Estimates
The article surveys methods for dating the Earth and ocean, citing Halley in 1715 and Jolly Solles, Clark, Becker, and Kelvin. It discusses cycles of salt, human and marine contributions, erosion, and leaching, noting uncertainties in interior composition and radioactive evidence. It references Darwin, Huxley, and de Vries on evolution time, and mentions helium and uranium observations.
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Scientific American
Edmund Halley
Jolly Solles
Clark
J. Jolly
Becker
Lord Kelvin
Wo Caenas
Niles
Kelvin
Koeniburger
Darwin
Huxley
de Vries
Certin
Strutt
Soutenay
France
Des
Trom
Bank Safe Cracks Open After Fire At Narromine
Bank of Australia premises in Narromine suffered a fire that destroyed the safe and left only iron fragments while officials opened the lock with keys. The incident also sparked a divergent page of geological discussion about stratigraphy and Earth's history, including claims on sedimentation rates and pre Cambrian times.
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Narromine
Bank of Australia
Mont Mpl
Germany
Egures
Claudius
Walenty
Ail Suyee
Grannie Macdonald of Broadmeadows Passes at 101
Mrs. Macdonald known as Granny Macdonald died last week at Broadmeadows Station near Grafton at 101. She resided with her son Norman Macdonald and was famed as the district’s oldest resident, with a memory spanning historical eras. She inspired family lineages linked to Flora Macdonald and remained a respected figure in Glen Innes with strong patriotic and literary interests.
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Fife
Macaonald
Roderick Macdonald
Tweed Heads
Macdonald
Broad Weadins
TH Macdonald
Sydney University
G. Thewit
Lismore
Stonehenge
Newton Boyt
Ths |Wisimsey
Messrs. Nortian
Janes Macdonald
Prestinews
New Boyd
HL. Whittaker
Broadmeadows
Miss Macdonald
Granny
Glen Innes
Tll
Noromes
Jane North
Tweed
Laura Volcano Rumblings Stir Local Curiosity
Report notes Laura mountain emits growls felt across miles with crockery displaced during shakes. Geologists unsure if true volcanic activity. area described as one shaped with distinct cartographic formation amid legends of fox camps and a hunting party observing nightly antics. Residents remain calm though intrigued as rumors and odd sightings persist.
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Laura Mountain
Westricks
Aura Mountain
Santa Mountain
Woman Defies Council Over Gravel Lease at Armidale
A local woman asserts bush law rights and rejects Council permission for gravel on her land offering to sell it at a nominal price. She claims a miner's right allows action, mocks the town clerk, and faces council scrutiny amid a disorderly dispute at a council meeting.
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Armidale
Ald
Righanson
Woman's Escapades and a Widow’s Death In Scotland
A Roseneath hotel disappearance followed by a death notice in an Edinburgh weekly. the subject, Bunty MacLaren, had just completed six months in prison for theft and once led a fashionable spy circle during the Carlisle Week. Her husband, an Air Force officer, learned of her crimes only after arrest last September. Friends say she faced another escapade. Also noted is Mr A C Nettle of Peardy Street, Armidale, and a remarkable sheep with wool growing on its face and a regressed eye amid unusual features.
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Stes
Bunty MacLaren
Roseneath
England
Edinburgh
Pitatty
Air Force
A.C Nettle
Peardy Street
Armidale
Boy Raider Shot in Burinebar Patch Incident
A melon patch raid ended with Edwin Gray, 14, firing at intruders and a later court hearing. In Marwittumbah police actions three youths faced charges for attempted theft with two fined, one admonished and discharged. Gray testified he fired to frighten intruders, not to wound, after melon thefts spanned several nights.
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Burinebar
Marwittumbah
Edwin Gray
Havin
O'Donoghue
Sunebor
Jim
Thomas Sydney Plater
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Chateau Rouen
Creed
Macleay Duff
Tooth & CO. Ltd
Sydney Kent Brewery
Swirem
Br M Walker
Dentigaia
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A. HL
McDonald & CO
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Stoxet Vietrten
Svea
Gertie
Lajos
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Mase Bey
Veness
Will Huwce
Willys Knight Knight
Beats
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Daimler
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Mall
Australa
KO Nisir
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Judmore
Oha. Hope
Laura Volcano
Council
Savings Bank Department
Varrasren
Newman, Boon
Pace Bay
James Kell
Ageoui
Faye
Aril Sa
Nooelets
Government Savings Bank OF
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Rural Bank A4 Avow E Colts
He Tani Ager
Boy Raider
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Gic
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Comet Hause
Masilda
Victoria Hotel
Barraba
Goulburn City Band Art Union
Studebaker
Flurby
Douglas Motor
ITV Itech
Sineer Sewing Machine
James MacDonald
Tuirdresser
Manilla
Lannon
Gonburn
Natier
Etven
Forest Slov
Crontgrf
Persoam
Permis Pravious
Geenenary Leval Noties
RJ. Orber
T. B Donnelly
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