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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 144, 3 June 1911, Page 4 (Supplement)

OLD NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENTS. ( Onr oldest English newspaper Is the ii*l i- n Gazette/* which was first pubUshcd in 16*55, and has appeared regumriy twice every week since that time. Hie hrst 23 numbers were, however, called the "Oxford Gazette,” the Court being then at Oxford to escape the was ra ging in London. The next oldest newspaper that hi* continued without a break from its _.rst publication to the present yetty i P e I r< L w ’ s “Worcester Journal,” winch first appeared in 1709. Advertisements formed as important, a part in the newspapers of our forefathers as they do of ours. We give two specimens: — The first concerns a lad who had evidently given a good deal of trouble at home i—“l know of a witty arch, boy that is apt to play by the way when he goes on errands; would be disposed of *uch >J master sh’P> if any wants Th" next is also somewhat quaint in ita requirements;—- “I want a compete young man that will wear livery, ro wait on a very valuable gentleman, but he must know how to iitay on a violin or flute.” In the British Crown Colony oi Hong n,ong a coiriis in circulation known as the mil. This is a tiny copper coin with a hole in the centre intended to 1 v> e i_ ■ e place of the Chinese "cash,” which is one fifty-third of a penny, and JI 1,1 g. enera * use among the coolies in the Colony. The mil is one-tenth part j ~a cent., one-thousandth nart of a dollar, ana as tho silver dollar in use in Hong Kong is worth about Is. 7d. it .ollows that the mil is in reality worth about one-fiftv-third of a penny. This, therefore, is the value of the smallest British coin.

We regret that, on Account of the illness of our contributor, the regular "J'ekjy letter, supplied By "Cock-o’-the-North, will be discontinued for a short time