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Vienne, Aug. 28. Reports that Dr. Schuschniga, the Austrian Chancellor, has pre- pared a dossier allegedly exposing German complicity in the tragic Mujor and Mrs. K. L. Stewart, events of July, have been officially Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Firth, Mr. C. W. confirmed. Bickninro, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Grey, It was announced to-day that the Mir. E. W. Lovelcas, and Mr. I "Bolt Austrian Government will shortly The death has occurred of the Kentwell were among the passengers publish all documents and evidence famous explorer-scientist, Sir who
left Hongkong for Europe Edgeworth David, who supervised aboard the Blue Funnel 8. Antenor gathered in investigations in the
form of a "Brown Book." the construction of the vast sys-this morning.
Publication is planned to take tem of tunnels on the Western Front during the war and blew an Mining Corps he enlisted in place prior to the opening of the up Messines Ridge, which the it in spite of his age and went to pext Assembly of the League of Germans considered impossible the Western front where in 1918 Nations.
It will deal almost entirely with owing to the nature of the soil, ha, was appointed geologist to
that led to the He was even more famous for the British armies. Among the the July "rovoit" his discovery of fossil fauna in problems he tackled was that of murder of Dr. Engelbert Dolifuas, Austraila estimated at six hundred showing the mining engineers how and it is understood that it will
of com million years old.
to cope with the water dificulty directly accuse Germany He was born in Wales in 1858 which was threatening to defeat plicity in the putsch.
their efforts to blow up the Mees!- VON PAPEN'S PLANS. as the son of a clergyman, was
It is rollably stated that von educated at Magdalen School andnes Ridge. For his services he
the D.3.0. and was Papon will not return to Vienna New College, Oxford, and went received
from Germany, until after its pub- out to New South Wales in 1882 knighted (K.B.E.) in 1920.
REMARKABLE DISCOVERIES. lication. He will not be compelled as a member of the Geological
After resigning his chair into declare Germany's viewpoint: Survey. In 1891 he was appointed
remarkable Reuter. professor of geology at Sydney 1924 he made two
A London paper recently publish- University and he led the expedi- geological discoveries which were
Announced in 1928. He stated ed a series of pictures alleged to tion to the Ellice Islands in 1897. that radio-active evidence showed have been issued by a German newe
ANTARCTIC EXPERIENCE. that some of the oldest rocks in agency on July 22, three days be From 1907 to 1909 he served as the world date back 1,000 million fore the death of Dollfuss, one of selentific officer with the Shackle-years. In the Mount Lofty and the photographs being of Dr. Doll- ton Antarctic Expedition and Flinders Ranges in South Austra-fuss, the caption underneath being: headed the party that first climbed lia he found recka containing per-"Dr. Dollfuss, who died of wounds Mt. Erebus. While on the anow fectly preserved remnants of received in the capture of the slopes of the mountain he called animal fe millions of years Chancellery """ to Sir Douglas Mawson who was older than any hitherto classified writing in his tent: "Could you by science-a diacovery that places spare a moment to come out to the birth of life. far earlier than
At a cricket meeting of the me?" Mawson said he was busy, had been supposed. He had been but would come presently. After searching for these remains for Police Recreation Club held at the an interval David said: "I'm 30 years, but it was not till May, Police Headquarters this morning, awfully sorry to trouble you, but 1928, that he found them by the C. F. Alexander was elected Cup- I must ask you, if you don't mind, aid of a powerful microscope. tain for the coming season with to make haste. The fact is, I've They were skeletons of animals W. E. Meadows as Vice-Captain. fallen into a crevasse. I'm hang something like sandworma or The Police are entering a team In now to the Junior League as usual. and ing on to the edge with my fingers crayfish, but entirely
In practice will commence next and shall have to let go, if you science and were discovered don't come out and help me." what were regarded as non-month.
David led the party which reach-fossiliferous sirata,
Mr. T. H. King was in the chair ed the South Magnetle Pole on A Fellow of the Royal Society, and commenting on the past year's Jan, 16, 1909:
David was awarded medals by activity anid that it was satisfac-
tory. many learned bodies.Reuter.
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