j There is an old-fashioiie3 precaivElbn of keeping a goat in a stable. Supposing always that the animals are loose, the goat will leave the stable on the outbreak of fire, and the horses will follow the goat when no amount of r>er_ suasion from men will get the terrified ( creatures to budge. ! Tn 1840 the record time for crossing ■t^e Atlantic was 14 days eipht hours. . Tlr's yenr the Mauretaiv'a holds the ro- ' r-orcl. her time being four days eight hours. | A monument to Tff>n Quivore i? W ( bp. pTOßred at Escuivias. in Spi-in. This and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. : London. wiV he the two most famous , c+ntn.os r>? characters in fiction seen in »the world.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 10 February 1923, Page 9
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118Untitled Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 10 February 1923, Page 9
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