A rainfall of one inch over* the whole basin of the Thames river equals 55,000,000,000 gallons of prater or a sheet of water 670 milesT long, 250 ft. wide and 10ft. deep. A German flying company which is making a strong bid for a share of the holiday and turist traffic has been offering 12 days' flying tours in Europe for £40. | Apsley House, near Hyde Park Cor- | ncr, the town residence of the Duke of Wellington, was formerly known :as No. 1, London.
I There were 15,393 books published in England last year, an increase of more than 1000 on the figure for 1929. Of last year's publications 3922 were works of fiction. JJL Date palms which have been cultivated for 4000 years on the banks of the Euphrates River now flourish in many parts of the world, some of them having borne fruit for -■ more than a century and having, produced . _
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Ellesmere Guardian, Volume LII, Issue 55, 10 July 1931, Page 2
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