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Horowhenua Chronicle, 29 January 1921, Page 3

Quito the very latest fashion is to luive umbrellas trimmed with fur, says tile London Daily Chronicle. Pelts of nil kinds are at present scarce and expensive, and in the search for a cheap skin suitable for such trimmings, the choice has fallen on the humble pussy. More than 30,000 starving cats are rescued from the streets of London every year, their lives painlessly ended, and their fur sold to make gloves, hats, muffs, stoles, coats, and the miscellaneous odas and ends with the fashion of the season dictates. A mild form of stomach influenza is at present prevalent in Christchurch. The symptoms are acute intermittent pains - in 'the stomach, with backache and a feeling of extreme weakness. 'The troatmont, according to a local doctor, is to apply warmth to the stomach and to avoid catching a further chill.