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Dunstan Times, Issue 3139, 16 October 1922, Page 7

Tlir nnmher Id is never used hy i 1 1- • Itiiliaiis in milkin': up their lotteries. It is an ancient lieliel’ that rose leaves thrown on the (Ire hrinp pood luck. They mii-l lie picked in the morninp, not on a Friday. and he flawless. (h.dween the in misfire, on November 11. HI IS. and .March dl thi- year, nearly (J.Ti.000.000 has he,m spent in (treat, liritain in pensions, allowances. and medical treatment to disabled ofiieers ami men. and provision lor widows and dependant.'. One person in every Id i' al present receiving henelil tliroiiph ill. 1 Ministry of Pen-ions. Nearly onel hird of the ii.‘_’l 1.000 men empleyed' in the lir ll'h armed forces diirinp the war have either had to he compensated ter di'ahiemenl, or have died and left dependants. I'd r the lirst time in (la history of tho Vatican, the papal housekeeper is a woman. The present Pone hrontrht his molher's old maid to the ancient I uildinps. The cardinals protested. “I shall set a precedent for my spree - sors,” .said Pope XL