SURPRISE FOR THE FARMERS.
ODD ITEMS IN THE NEWS. 1 ' V-" Having purchased a shillingsworth of eggs imported from Egypt, a Leiceste?Mr. B: Mellor, of Billesdon, placed the eggs in an incubator. When hatching time came, instead of getting chickens, he found four alligators! Thf remaining eggs were infertile. Mrs. William Reid, wife of Cantata Reid, hpad of the Belfast shipping firm who died recently, claimed the* . most, travelled woman in the world ck n sailed 1,100,000 miles in "wind-SSmS with^ her husband, and went round'the world seventeen times, crossed the Equator 106 times, and rounded Can* Horn 17 times. A device for helping the Paris pedestnan to crou theroad at night ha«.just been .tested. . It consists of »line, run. ning to the refuges, .illuminated • by* underground electric lights.' It will also be utilised for - indicating to vehicular traffic the place where it is to stop.
- Paper money was reported by Ifareo Polo to be in us 6in China-in the 13th century.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 234, 4 October 1927, Page 18
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162SURPRISE FOR THE FARMERS. Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 234, 4 October 1927, Page 18
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