Recent robberies from safes have caused a businessman in Auckland to adopt a device which he hopes will stand him in good stead should his office be visited by thieves. Plastered over the door of his safe are printed words: “No cash kept in this safe, only books and papers.” He has been informed that this is a common practice in London. Thieves naturally do not believe the notice, he states, but, finding it true, they respect the owner’s honesty by not damaging his books. Otherwise, finding a safe without money, thieves are inclined to be annoyed and destroy a few papers. Two of the largest greenhouses in the world have been erected for tomato growing at Beckford, near Evesham, England, where the unusual sight of a plough at work indoors has been witnessed. Sticks of grease-paint which were used by Roman women about 2200 years ago were found in a metal casket during some excavations in Germany. They contained some highly poisonous ingredients.
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Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 145, 15 March 1932, Page 11
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164Page 11 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 145, 15 March 1932, Page 11
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