Wax mannequins for males in Hie Paris inhibition hare a decided resemblance to Mr Austen Chamberlain. There is something of a parallel lor this kind of flattery in the Chamberlain family. In 1903, when the l&te Mr .Joseph' Chamberlain was very much in the limelight, in connexion with his tariff reform advocacy, a Bavarian clock-maker produced a clock surmounted with a figure of Chamberlain making a speech, which emerged when the clock struck. Someone bought a sample of this new clock an< * brought it to England, with the result that the enterprising manufacturer received an order lor "22,C00 clocks. Dr. A. K. Fischer, chief, of .the Bureau of Economic Investigation of the United States biological survey, declared that not more than 100 grey wolves are left between the Mexican and Canadian borders, because of an extermination campaign eouducted by Federal and' State hunters. Thousands formerly- ranged the- Rocfc£ Mountain States*
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18549, 26 November 1925, Page 11
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