The sheep in Britain total nearly 17.060,000. Damascus, in .Syria, is the oldest of all existing cities. Tlie perfect egg should weigh slightly over two ounces. A queen bee, recently exhibited in Lon don. bad travelled 3500 miles by post. Of tlie new motor-cars sold in Brit nin nearly 70 per cent, are of the saloon type. Britain has now become the world’s workshop for aircraft, ships, and loco motives. Mustard gas was used in theory for the first time during the recent Aldershot Command manoeuvres. v Whimsical Walker, the famous 77-year-old clown, has announced his retirement after 65 years’ clowning,
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 35, 5 November 1928, Page 10
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