Tlie annual expenditure of the lorn I authorities in England and Wales on the collection and disposal of refuse amounts to nearly and on street cleansing—including watering—to more than £4,000,000. A hundred lead mines are lying idle in Derbyshire, but a world shortage of lead may living new prosperity to this district. Sixty of the mines are to bo pumped free of water and worked again. Rome of these mines run under railway lines. Daughter (unable (o retain secret any longer) : “ Oh, daddy, I know what mummy’s got you for your birthday —a lovely now pair of housemaid's gloves. 11
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Evening Star, Issue 18998, 21 July 1925, Page 5
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100Page 5 Advertisements Column 4 Evening Star, Issue 18998, 21 July 1925, Page 5
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