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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7829, 23 June 1909, Page 1

Recent additions. to the French "army's held equipment were several automobile refrigerators to transport fresh meat. The British colony of Borneo issues its own coinage and'notes, -^U accounts are kepi m United States currency, Siberia has the coldest weather known anywhere m the world, At Verkhoyaonsk, Siberia,'9o.4 degrees below zero was observed m January, 1888, which goes below "anything ever recorded m the world before or since. A block of fiats which is being built m New York will.be 12 storeys high; will contain 2080 rooms, including 443 bathrooms, and will house a population of 2000. The heart of the oak begins to rot at about the age.of 300 years. Of the holly it is said that'there is a specimen 401 years old near Aschaffenburg, Germany, The utilisation of cotton stalks \n the manufacture of paper has longi been recognised as a possibility, and report now pomes from Atlanta, Geoi'-: gia, that a mill is to be put up m that vicinity for the application of the pro» cess on a commercial scale. It will cost about £50,000. The historic bell which was captured at the Palace of Tippoo Sahib at the storming of Seringapatam m 1799, and presented to Warren Hastings, lately fetched £6 10s by auction at Hawick. For Influenza take Wpopl's Great Peppermint Cure. Never Fails. Is 6d and 2s 6d.