GENERAL CABLES
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Dr Pfuffer, u Viennese ear specialist, has demonstrated by measurements that the human ear is growing larger in successive generations. He suggests that this is due to the increased number and volume of sounds in modern life. An interesting point is raised as to what the effect of wireless headphones will be.
A tropical deluge in Sydney, accompanied bv thunder and lightning, caused damage, to manv business premises bv flooding. The fire brigade were called upon to pump out several cellars, and manv of the low-lying parts of the suburbs arc under water. Traffic was blocked owing to debris causing the trams to leave the lines. At Pyrmont the Wdtct rose to a height of three feet. About 180 points of rain fell m two hour*
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Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 99, 21 January 1926, Page 7
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