ARMISTICE DAY
LONDON, Sept. 24, The Admiralty, in laying down the procedure of tTie Navy for Armistice Day, points out that Britain celebrates it, not as a day of national grief, but rather as a great occasion in the national history. BACK FROM ANTARCTIC. LONDON, Sept. 25. Captain Scott’s ship, Discovery, has returned from a two years scientific expedition in the Antarctic bringing thousands of specimens of sea life, many unidentified. Dr Kemp (Commander) 'declares he has found a means of preventing the extermination of whales in southern waters in which humpbacks have diminished, while blue and fin species are plentiful. He was experimenting by marking whales with silver plated darts to discover migration. It was not yet extensive enough to shew definite results. Referring to suggested polygamy among whales Kemp says lie found many herds comprised of one sex only.
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Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1927, Page 3
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141ARMISTICE DAY Hokitika Guardian, 26 September 1927, Page 3
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