Australia and the "Missing Link"

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 398, 5 February 1909, Page 3

Australia and the "Missing Link"

siww Aperies were raised as to ihe value of the discovery It is not very clear, indeed, to the lay mind whit the missing link is; but Professor BaK’Wkllf *he Mew 1 bourne University, contrifht&Jft fery clear and informative article <jh ■* Abject t« the February issue of ” - Professor Berry explains inlay terms wl at science knows of the origin of man, and points out why Australia ought to tilfjva. keen and active interest in the • subject/ Charles Barrett, who accoinr* nied the recent expedatwjtt ti)(pass stlaits Isl«ide, in. tha interest *oi'Natfare-stufl*, the' first of a series of beautifully illustrated articles, how the members of the party fared, the hardships they endured, and the treasures they secured* liesa, hunters of trild arinifl witfeiill’iarletfos camera, from the pocket apparatus tq the ia'neaiat offtaph-, swrd Wbttnda n P records. Side by side with Mr Barrett’s story is the account of the life of an ivory hunter, whose perilous business it is to penetrate the depths of African forests end shoot elephant, the rhinoc-ros, and the hippopotamus for the sake of their tusks Tne writer is a man who has spent a lifetime at the game, and not only knows it from A to Z, but can write of it in a fascinating manner. By way of contrast to these open-air articles, •* Life” prints a second chapter from t-be autobiography of John D. Rockefeller, who .writes this month on the subject of sentiment in business. Dr Fitchett contributeu the first part of a fine article bn the Kurcka Stockade, .a con’ributo historical literature that should be read by tevery Australian, young and old Dr Fitchett also, as usual, writes a delight* fuil.v crisp, comprehensive review of the political world at home and abroad, and delays bis customory judgment in putting together a dozen departments of a magazine that is growing more valuable with each