New Zealand Moa Skeletons Tour to United States
Complete moa skeletons from a Pyramid Valley swamp in Canterbury New Zealand are en route to the United States. Dr. Robert Cushman Murphy of the American Museum of Natural History confirms the find as intact with some specimens standing about 12 feet tall and weighing around 500 pounds. Eggs nearly the size of a football were noted and the team contemplates whether the birds lived 10 000 or tens of thousands of years ago.
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New York
New Zealand
United States
Robert Cushman Murphy
Murphy
American Museum of Natural History
Pyramid Valley
Waikari
Canterbury Province
South Island
Tips for Spring Cleaning and Exterior Painting
The article urges a controlled Clean-Up Paint-Up approach for spring across the Dominion. It emphasizes waiting for several sunny days to dry wood properly, removing dirt and loose paint, and thoroughly mixing paint to ensure a durable finish. It warns against rushing outdoor work and neglecting surface preparation.
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Dominion
May Revive B.C. Emblem Plan
Victoria reports the plan to adopt a commercial emblem for British Columbia may return after the BC Automobile Association urged government to place a symbol on motor vehicle license plates. A 1940 bill proposed the Thunderbird design but was stalled. now officials search for a copy of that emblem.
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Victoria
British Columbia
B.C. Automobile Association
Flower That Follows the Sun Echoes Heliotrope Trait
A fragment notes that any flower that turns toward the sun resembles a heliotrope in habit. The statement contrasts heliotropic motion with general flowering behavior, highlighting sunward orientation as a defining trait.
Veteran Victim of Home Made Arrow
Frank Piper, 27, Merritton, Ontario, drivers a 10 ton truck past Interlake Tissue Mills when an eight year old boy fires a home made arrow through his truck window injuring his eye. The arrow narrowly misses his eyeball and rim of the window. He served overseas in Spitzbergen North Africa Italy and France and says he escaped worse harm only by luck. He recalls seeing the children earlier and feared for others before the arrow struck.
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St, Catharines
Ont
Frank Piper
Merritton
Interlake Tissue Mills
Frank
Spitzbergen
North Africa
Italy
France
Navy
St. Catharines
Kipling Word Rate Story Recalled From Early Career
A reminiscence recalls Rudyard Kipling receiving a dollar per word in a bold early deal. An American paid a sample dollar, Kipling replied with thanks, then sold the word for two dollars, and the buyer sent stamps to cover half the postage.
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Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
Ee Aes
Urge for Stricter Child Fire Safety Laws
Clarence De Fields former Windsor fire chief urged stricter laws on leaving children unattended. Speaking to the Chatham Firemen and Ex-firemen Association he cited 1947 data showing about 12 000 people suffered fires, most harming young children.
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Chatham
Clarence DeFields
Windsor
Chatham Fireman's and
Ex-fremen’s Association
Argentina Trade Pact With Britain For Rail Equipment
Argentina agrees to receive British railroad equipment in exchange for beef. The deal links transport infrastructure with meat exports, reflecting postwar trade ties and strategic access to British railway technology.
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Argentina
Britain
Are you superstitious about birds and legends
The passage catalogs beliefs linking birds to luck and weather across cultures. It cites India and Europe, noting peacocks as holy, owls signaling weather, eggs curing drunkenness, and roosters, robins, bluebirds, bats, and phoenix birds as symbols of fate, frost, or virtue.
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Jewell Casey
India
Europe
Bohemia
Kings Chair Designs by Westminster Abbey Surveyor
Sir Charles Peers, surveyor to Westminster Abbey, unveils two carved chairs described as the finest English craftsmanship for use by the King and Queen during worship. The chairs, a gift from the Canadian Chair, will be crafted in Canadian birch.
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Charles Peers
Westminster Abbey
Quick As A Flash Cooking Arrives In Hotels
Cambridge report notes early adoption of Radarange electron stoves in about 100 hotels and restaurants. An 10 ounce steak cooks in 45 seconds and a six pound rib roast in two minutes with a gray appetizing finish and flash-sear feature. Coin operated ranges appear in factories for quick snacks like hamburger or hot dog in about 20 seconds.
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Cambridge
Mass
Arthur D. Little, Inc
River water heated by nearby factory in Long Eaton
Long Eaton Derbyshire reports river Derwent water so hot cows blow on it before drinking. H Brown of Long Eaton tells the Trent Fishery Board the heat is caused by a nearby factory. The Uncommercial Traveller is a Dickenses series in All the Year Round from Jan 28 to Oct 13, 1860.
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Long
Charles Dickens
Stamp Corner Highlights Stamp Industries on Country Issues
James Montagnes surveys stamp issues showcas ing national industries from Salvador coffee and sugar to Panama hats and Cuba tobacco. It notes Newfoundland cod, New Zealand wool and dairying, Canada wheat and dairying, and Switzerland Liechtenstein tourism as major themes. Also mentions Simon Bolivar as key South American liberator.
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Salvador
Peto
Newfoundland
New Zealand
Canada
British Honduras
Ceylon
Kindness to Hogs Said to Pay Dividends
The article notes Dr. M. J. Hulls farm near Dewitt reports kindness to sows yields fat dividends as calm sows raise offspring. It cites broader truths from dairy farmers, horsemen, zoo keepers, and bull handlers that gentler treatment often yields better results than harsh methods.
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Brifoka
Zoological Gardens
Theteblad Beata
London Free Press
Stamps Plans for Commonwealth and Global Issues This Summer
Barbados and other colonies plan two stamps to mark King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II silver wedding anniversary. Pakistan issues a definitive series. Maldive Islands to get a new postage set. Ireland to receive new pictorials in August. Great Britain issues 2p and 2½d stamps May 10 for Channel Islands liberation, sold only there. Australia to issue three stamps next year for Royal visit. Russia issues stamps for 30th anniversary of the Red Army.
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Barbados
George VI
Elizabeth
Pakistan
Maldive Islands
Ieland
Great Britain
Channel Islands
Australia
Russia
Red Army
Notable chatter on weddings and market talk for large houses
The column blends wedding verses and social notes with real estate chatter. It discusses poems gifted at weddings, then notes large houses are harder to sell though young couples buy them to start families, expecting four or more children, while also sharing light quips about women and famous horse drivers and authors.
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Charles Jefferys
Chicago
Jane
Jesman
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Uderneath
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James Montagnes
Austria
Bulgaria
Switzerland
Liechtenstein
Simon Bolivar
South Amrica
Venezuela
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Bolivar
Bolivia
Weeks Oe
Czechoslovakia
Benes
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Cswii Ws
Sep Palin
Chang Longden
Pate
Arcaro
Bill Teyler
Being & Hanes
California
Frenk Dutton
Paul Dresser
Theodore Dresser
Theodore
Eeeirl
Mary
Ronald
Jeanette
Anette
Donald
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