MULTUM IN PARVO.
Dew hns a preference for some colours. While a yellow 'board attracts dew, a red or black one beside it will be perfectly dry. In Chinese the letter "i" has one hundred and forty-five ways of being pronounced; and each pronunciation has a different meaning. "Blue blood' 1 is an expression of Spanish origin. It was used in speaking of the Spaniards who had never inter-married with Moors. Yew trees were originally planted in churchyards to protect them from cattle, and so preserve them for the making of bows and arrows. Three young fox cubs, with their mother, ha ve been discovered in a holly tree by a Cumberland farmer who was. out pigeomshooting. Of S 4. soldiers who last, month completed training at the Hounslow and Catterick vocational centres, G 5 obtained immediate employment in civil life. The humming of telegraph - wires is not caused by the wind, for it is heard during dead calms. It is probable that changes of temperature, which tighten or loosen the ■wires, produce the sound. The first notice of the nse of coal is in the records of the Abbey of Peterborough, England, in the year 850, which mentions an item of 12 cartloads of "fossil fuel." When the Northamptonshire Education Committee decided to present a watch to Edith Goodfellow for .11 years perfect attendance, it was stated that live members of the family had a,mong them 45 years’ perfect attendance.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 18 September 1926, Page 11
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241MULTUM IN PARVO. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 18 September 1926, Page 11
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