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(Sent in by Jessie Meikle, Astley Avenue, (New Lynn.) Indin ink does not come from India, and never did? It ought to be called Chinese ink. Kicepaper is not made from rice, or any part of the rice plant? Train oil is not so called because it is need to lubricate trains? It is a whale oil, and was called "trine" by flsliers. China is seldom made in that country, and has become a name wrongly used in place of porcelain? Tartan is not a material, but a pattern? The country dance does not take its name from the country? It ought to be corn tree dance, or opposite dance.

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Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 252, 25 October 1933, Page 16

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DO YOU KNOW? Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 252, 25 October 1933, Page 16

DO YOU KNOW? Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 252, 25 October 1933, Page 16