Valuable veins of slate have been discovered at Esgairgeiliog, near Corris, Merionethshire. A bridge near Pekin is made entirely of porcelain, each piece of which was modelled by hand. Kaffir natives in Portuguese East Africa have orchestras composed entirely of xylophones and drums. Comets have been known to exceed a hundred million miles in length and ten million miles in breadth. " Dreams Of Long Ago !" tender memories, | Whispers folnd and low, haunting I melodies. Love songs sweetly sad stirring to and fro, { Echoes of the past—" Dreams Of Long ! Ago I" ! Ripples on the tide 'neath a light sublime, Tendcv -ows which bide thro' the flight of '. ; me, Childhood's tears and dread when we croup endure, And faith in Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.—Advt.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 10386, 4 May 1925, Page 3
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123Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 10386, 4 May 1925, Page 3
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