Out of 32,500,000 telephones’ in. use throughout the world, Great Britain has only 1,633,802. In America there are sixteen telephones to. every 100 inhabitants: in Great Britain, the tenth country on the list, the telephones per 100 are only 3.6. ' The smithy of Gretna Green, the historic Scottish resort of runaway couples, had a record year in 1928. The number of marriages contracted by joining hands across the blacksmith’s anvil averaged four for each week of the year.
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Evening Star, Issue 20314, 24 October 1929, Page 15
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78Page 15 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Star, Issue 20314, 24 October 1929, Page 15
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