There are 635,013,559,600 possible hands in a game of whist. France has changed the name of its War Office to Army Office. Six ears of barley on one straw have been grown on a farm at Ely. Flocks of poultry in Britain have increased 30 per cent, since 1913. The National Childrens Home has now sent out more than 3000 boys from Britain to Canada. Banana stalks, after undergoing treatment, are said to be a sure cure for some forms of skin disease.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 94, 15 January 1929, Page 9
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83Page 9 Advertisements Column 3 Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 94, 15 January 1929, Page 9
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