Strange Adventures Of Manuscripts In A Somerset Parish
In 1505 West Pennard Somerset chose parchment for a rate book cover and uncovered a precious history binding. The parchment dates back 800 to 900 years from Glastonbury Abbey, making the cover priceless and part of a valuable manuscript era. Stories of hidden manuscripts and remarkable recoveries are recalled, including famous finds and misused care.
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West Pennard
Somerset
Glastonbury Abbey
Florence
J Quintilian
Robert Cotton
Wimborne
Holt
Thane
Oxfordshire
Germany
Mount Tomah Nurseries Eastwood Change of Address
Mount Tomah Nurseries at Lovell Road Eastwood announces a new address and invites customers to inspect their large stock of fruit trees roses ornamental shrubs and climbing plants. They offer 30000 roses in 400 varieties and standard roses on Adelaide Briar with 75 varieties. A sea catalogue is available free by mail. Phone 10 Epping C E Vessey.
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Sydney
Mount Tomah
Past droughts show sixty one years of records
The Meteorological Bureau reports drought years across Riverina and the Western Division of New South Wales. Deniliquin, Wentworth, Wilcannia, Bourke, and Brewarrina show multiple drought periods since 1858 to 1878. Deniliquin alone registers 27 drought spells in 61 years, including five very disastrous and four severe events.
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Meteorological Bureau
Riverina
New South Wales
Hunt
Commonwealth Meteorologist
Deniliquin
Wentworth
Wilcannia
Bourke
Browarrina
Tave
Melunt
Inet
St Brewarrina
Rain gambling spreads as rain insurance grows worldwide
Insurance against rain has become common for fairs and events, with locals in Molesey paying for weekend rain refunds. In India, rain gambling operates openly in Coimbatore, using a roof tank and spout to settle bets on monsoon onset and daily rain, watched by brokers and a crowd as odds shift with clouds and showers.
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Rttsu
Molesey
India
Oleuttu
Ile
Anr
Ike
London Stock Exchange
Tim
Alou Meeting at Bathurst Debates Water Conservation Motion
A meeting of the Parmer and Settlers' Association at Bathurst discussed placing a motion in the upcoming conference paper. The motion opposes large metropolitan works while urgent funds are needed for conserving water in the country.
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Alou
Parmer and Settlers’ Association
Bathurst
Drought, thefts, and accidents plague rural town
A string of incidents across the district includes a Sydney petrol shortage delaying supplies, a farmer forced to shoot his horse due to costs, a child badly burned in Kouin Gate, a shop burglary at Mudgee, a motocycle crash near Gorgraves, and a train thief caught in Queensland. Other notes mention poisoning fears at Cribellego and damages from a stray fire.
Fatality near Trangie details railway accident
A man named Herbert Cassidy aged about 40, married with two children, was killed near Cathundral eight miles from Never tire while travelling on a railway tricycle. He stopped at Nevertire to buy groceries, misjudged a shunting goods train, dropped his groceries between the rails, and was struck when he reached for them. Cassidy's body was brought to Mullion Creek and buried in the Church of England cemetery at March. An Wellington shire inspector examined the engine and found fabric on the front.
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Cathandral
Nevertire
Herbert Cassidy
Mra. Cassidy
Mullion Creek
Cathundral
Cassidy
Noverthe
Church of England
March
Polite
Wellington
Prehistoric searches for gold spark global ethnology tale
A Royal Institution talk by Professor G Eliott Smith traces a nomadic ancient race across Europe Asia Africa America and Pacific islands, whose gold finds accompany their wanderings. He links gold to Egyptian symbols of vitality fertility and funerary beliefs, noting early use as models to symbolize cowries and the shift from form to substance in sacred value.
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London
G. Eliott Smith
Royal Institution
Europe
Asia
Africa
America
Pacific
Turkestan
Professor Smith
Wellington show winner faces all comers
First prize awarded to Carveth at the last Wellington show, with entrants from various entries. Address listed as Opp Post Office, indicating location for prize pickup or entry details.
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J. G. Carveth’s
Maughan Street
LG. Carveth
Wellington
Wellington Rainfall From 1882 To 1920s Data
Historical rainfall data for Wellington from 1882 through the 1920s is presented by year and month, listing totals and various figures. The table includes monthly rainfall amounts for January through December and yearly totals, with multiple numeric entries across several years.
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Clements
Margeret Clavey
William Street
Paddington
Nurseries
Eastwood
Pacific Commercial CO
Pomeroy House
York Street
VTOR
J. Howland
Swift Street
Mary
Marys
Horaes
Molong
Quambhone
Board of Trade
Hill End
Kouin Gate
J. A. Pitt
Fox and
Market Streets
Mudgee
Litt
W. T. Rayner
Austin
Town
Rayner
J ‘Ballands
Woreda
Casino
George Thomsron
Cribellego
L Lock
Thompson
Sud
Martin Donovan
Warren
Merrygoon
Coolah
Muuwlay
Blaney
Donovan
Atock
Merrygoen
Oae
Queensland
Shoe
Kilkivan
Tobin
Pobin
Trangie
Lod
Aban
Pula
Mia
J. A. Dransfield
Impo West
O.J. Shakespeare
Furia House
Lee Street
EB. McOalman
Storekespail Street
Murdoch
Australia
Pyeneces
The
Seaton
Tweed
Med
the “Raglan
Murdoch's
Park St., Ltd
Imittanca
Murdoch’s Park ST. Outfitters
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