The mystery of a breakdown lasting two clays in telegraph communications between Nairobi and Mombasa, in Kenya Colony, Africa, has been solved. The native women are very fond of bracelets and anklets, so they raided the telegraph lines and stole quantities of the wire, which they made into ornaments. “DOESN’T PAY YOU TO MAKE THEM.” Leaves your orders now for Xmas. Cakes and Plum Puddings at the “Sunshine Bakery” (late Compton’s), Hastings. Delicious Homs-made Plum Pudding, the “kind that mother makes.” Price 1/- per lb. You can have any size you want.*
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 303, 7 December 1931, Page 8
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92Page 8 Advertisements Column 3 Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXI, Issue 303, 7 December 1931, Page 8
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