28 Jul 1921
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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 28, 1921
Page
1
The fragmentary text sketches a chaotic, humorous scene with bungled dialogue about art, fashion, and social missteps. It weaves in odd anecdotes and stray letters from a classroom, a fatherly figure, a liftman tale, and a wandering European travel note, all presented in a garbled, nostalgic voice.
A fragmented account details the world’s tallest mountains, noting Cho mohuubar as Mount Evve st’s native name and the Lady of thy sauwa. It mentions Mount Kab ru, Jubouu, Mont Blane, and Monte Chamborwea with heights around twenty thousand feet and higher. The piece highlights the Andes and a high road in Peru, the Uroya Boul, at 15,654 feet, comparing it to Europe’s Mont Blane.
Report recalls a long buried treasure tale linked to the Paumotu islands and a Peruvian looting in the distant past. An elderly beggar in Sydney revealed the resting place on Pinaki, prompting a renewed search by Tahiti locals and a prospecting expedition to the island for gold and jewels.
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