Moa Skeletons Unearthed From New Zealand Swamp
Patience Empson visits Pyramid Valley near North Canterbury to describe the excavation of moa skeletons from a sulphur-smelling peat swamp. Workers uncover bones, leaves, seeds, and egg fragments, some preserved in yellow clay, with several complete remains suggesting a tall 12 foot tall bird.
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New Zealand
Patience Empson
Moas
Miss Empson
Pyramid Valley
North
Canterbury
Speers
BBC official wins hat trim prize with edible decorations
A BBC official awarded a prize for the best vegetable trim on a lady's hat after a lecture at a women's institute. The winning hat featured purple bean beads and an asparagus fern feather, with runner up using sliced carrots and lettuce accents.
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BBC
Women's Institute
Carmen Miranda
Arrival Of Weighbridges At WA bulk handling sidings
The arrival and installation of weighbridges at new bulk handling sidings in Western Australia will serve the wheat growers for the harvest season. In a letter to Federal Member Hugh A Leslie MHR managing director H E Braine of Co operative Bulk Handling Ltd thanks are conveyed for obtaining materials and pushing the project to completion.
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Hugh A. Leslie
MHR
Fremantle
Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd
H. E. Braine
Mr. Braine
Peacetime Adventures of Lt Col Vladimir Peniakoff
Lt Col Vladimir Peniakoff discusses his shift from a secure career in London to a new, uncertain path after the war. He notes a philosophy of taking risks, valuing the life well lived over fear of failure, and embracing death with serenity if it comes.
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London
Vladimir Peniakoff
B.B.C
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Natures
P.O
C. H. Prince
A. Booth
Seespeuenel Harvester Co
McCormick Tractors Ae He Vangards
Hudgoree Beezss
Howne
Hestinghouse
Wpe Mutual Life Assurance
Newcastle Hotel
W. G. Rayner
Prop
Anglia
And
Cr. Fitzgerald
O. H. Jager
Toodyay Herald
Peacetime Adventures
Ken Howie
Freemason's Hotel
Toodyay, W.A
Rainbow Cycles and
Ilford Film Developing and Printing
R. Wells Grocer and Produce Merchant
Meron
Elie A Raretel
Beavis Bros. Northam
R.J. Buchan
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