NEWS IN BRIEF.
A young lady at Coburg, Victoria, whose head was injured by an electric appliance when she was having her hair waved was awarded £2OO damages against the owner of the beauty parlour. When feeling languid and listless take my Special Nerve Tonic. Restores the vigour of youth.—J. Wrigley, Chemist. When wars were common on the Continent, so many false reports came from Hamburg that people used to say sceptically, “That is Hamburg! “Hamburg” became corrupted into “humbug.'’ Hence the origin of the word “humbug.” . For all engineering work, Christian and Co., the engineers.
The late Mr Louis Brennan, inventor of the Brennon dirigible torpedo and the gyroscopic monorail system who died on January *O, left £2275 (says a London cable). ft is recalled that the Government paid Mr Brefman £IIO,OOO for his torpedo.
The Seasickness Mixture Is available, price 2/6. If posted the price is 3/6 plus postage. J. Wrigley, Chemist.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LX, Issue 10826, 24 March 1932, Page 3
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