NEWS BY MAIL.
MISSING LINN SEARCH. - NEW YORK, Oct. 00.
The missing link between .ape ami man has been sought fur long in many lands. Now an expedition is about to be sent into Asia by the Museum of 'Natural History and the American Asiatic Society] A fund of .£SQ,OOp •has been provided by the promoters. The expedition will leave here early in February for Peking, which will he • its headquarters. .It is hoped that the expedition will bring back the greatest natural .historycollection in the world. The museum's announcement says that leading scientists believe that Asia .was the early home of the human -race and that what-
ever light may he thrown on .the origin of man will come from the great Central Asian plateau. “HOPED” RACEHORSES. PARIS, Oct- 20. Hoping of racehorses by administering strychnine and other drugs hasagain called-for severe warning from the French race stewards. Three weeks ago a mare belonging to a well-known French owner was found to have bgen doped, and the trainer was fined £2OO. ' ' Frequent chemical tests. of the .saliva of horses-running in races will be made, to detect any future attempts at fold practices. '
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 December 1920, Page 1
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193NEWS BY MAIL. Hokitika Guardian, 16 December 1920, Page 1
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