Herbert Hale, S.A. Museum Director has received back from safe storage all Ethnological material. Included was a box of treasures packed by Mr Tindale which included the Scaddan Implement.
It is to be returned to Glauert separately under registered cover. Hale apologises for the temporary misplacement.

Glauert is acknowledging receipt of a very excellent cast of the Scaddan Implement.

He goes on to say that the original has led to considrable discussion as it is so unlike anything found previously in Western Australia. Glauert is of the opinion that it is a European object brought to W.A. and either lost or intentionally thrown away. It reminds him of a British or French palaeolithic 'Hand-Axe' or 'Boucher'. Glauert compares the situation to that of a Roman coin found in virgin bushland not long ago even though there is no record of the Romans ever visiting Western Australia and goes on to say that because it was found in W.A., should we assume that it is Western Australian.