Tasmania, because of its magnifieent waterways, has since the early days been a veritable breeding ground for sea-lovers. When roads were few and the carriage of freight was possible only ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 2,661 wordsTOP LEFT: Sparks fly in showers in London's Mall al night as men cut through steel supports to be used in building Coronation stands. TOP RIGHT: Lord Wakchurst, newly appointed Governor of New South Wales, with Lady Wakchurst and their family. BOTTOM LEFT: Lance Watchorn, of York Street, sets out for a shopping expedition with Peter the spaniel, BOTTOM, MIDDLE: The new Coronation mugs, new being turned out in large numbers by English potteries. BOTTOM RIGHT. Caught in an awkward caner. a lizard can, by a special provision of nature, shed his tail with as little inconvenince as a politician can discard and election promise. Usually, however the lizard's tail is duly replaced and sometimes the new tail is twice as the old one as in the case. This gentleman, Lygosoma (Liolepisma) metallicum (O'Shaughnessy) was captured at Meander by Mr. A. E. Philpott, in and forwarded by him to the Queen Victoria Museum, Launceston. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Sat 27 Feb 1937, Page 1
It's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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