. 0 '0 . \ 0 \ Q , l 0 pr c m <5 /list <7 u !** ie in arews c ie c tlie blood and proi ness. -tin Ore ws Jbiver oalt m a glass of water, taken wlien tlie need arises, will lielp to restore your liealtli and t i * SCOTTd TURNER LTD. England, Agents; SALMOND AND SPRAGGON, Ltd., Wellington, Auckland, and Christchurch.
The phrase “ Losing a ship for a Jia porth of far ’’ does noL apply to a ship at all. ]i refers to sheep, generally pronounced “shin" by rustics. 'Die reference is to marking a sheep with its owner’s initials in hot tar. To lose a sheep (hrough its not being marked is losing it for the want of “a ha "porth of tar."
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Evening Star, Issue 20076, 17 January 1929, Page 12
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124Page 12 Advertisements Column 3 Evening Star, Issue 20076, 17 January 1929, Page 12
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