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DEATH RTT'ART.i—On Anril Bth. 1031. at J'nlmprsrnn Xurtli. Anno, n-lii-i of lilt Into Alex. Sthiarf. of Waitiina. Aged 03 years. " FI XKI!AT. XOTIPE ~ THE Pun oral of rho late Mi's. Alex. Stuart will leave our Mortuary. Bowen Street. TO-MORROW. April Kith, at 2.:!u p.m. for the Feihling Cemetery. * Fi-iends please aeeept this intinialion. ALFRED FADE. Fnrtertaker. Phones : Day 170 anil Xiftht (IKS. TOWN EDITION STAND I>Y SCUIJJN PREVEXTIXC. REIT’DIATH >x S A.*s EABOT’R CARTXET COMER TO A D 1 XT SI OX PRESS T.AXfi FOR RECOVERY (Ausfc.* and N.Z. Qible) (RfuTyod April 0. ‘2 p.m.) Adelaide. April 0. * Premier lli 1.1 aimoiuirrd lliai South Australia* will ho a parly to the .ielion hy tho Federal Government for tin* rooovory from X.S.W. of £729,2."»1 paid hy lho Commonwealth to -British bondholders through Xew South Wales having defaulted in rho ijtferesf payments. TO ACT SOOX As soon as possible after .the lli;uh Court, proceedings a meeting of tin* Loan Council will ho hold to determine its policy consequent upon ihe <)( fault hy tile bans: Slate. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY BY GARSTANG EXPEDITION ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS JERICHO'S ROYAL PALACE IN THE TIME OF JERICHO LIGHT ON THE BIBLE IN THE BOOK OF JUDGES (Aust and N.Z. Cable) (Rsdfeivetle April 9, 2.15 pm.) London, April 5. Professor Garstang, a past director of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem and Professor of Archaeology in the University of Liverpool since 1907, now in charge of the Palestine ex. cavations, has located the royal palace at Jericho which was razed when Joshua burned that city 34 centuries ago. TOO HOT IN THE VALLEY Sir Charles Warston states that the excavation of the palace >s being delayed until 1932 owing to tho excessive heat at present in the Jordan "Valley. FINDS IN CEMETERY The disaovery follows the recent location of the ancient necropolis of Jericho in which Prof. Garstang estimates there are 2000 unopened tombs. SURPRISE FOR LONDON An exhibition of the finds will probably be held in London. WRITING A BOOK Prof. Garstang is publish, ing a book dealing with the researches, which Sir Charles Warston believes will revolutionise many ideas regarding Bible history up to the time of the events recorded in the Book of Judges.

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Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2400, 9 April 1931, Page 8

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Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 Feilding Star, Volume 8, Issue 2400, 9 April 1931, Page 8

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