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Lyttelton Times, Volume XCVII, Issue 11226, 25 March 1897, Page 6

The German Government are adopting a system of postage without the use of stamps. They issue a contrivance which stamps an official mark on all letters passed through it and registers the amount of postage due, working in much the same way as a gas-meter. As a Christmas present to an Indiana farmer four boys were born on December 23, who were named after leaders of the Silverite party, beginning with Messrs Bryan and Sewall. In 1892 the same couple had twins born, who were named after Mr Cleveland and his wife. A gorgeous motor-car, used by a firm for advertising purposes, decked with a driver and a footman in gold-laced uniforms, was speeding along Stoke Newington Road (in the suburbs of Loudon) when the machinery suddenly gave a sharp crack and broke down. The liveried attendants were obliged to descend from the vehicle and push it slowly along from behind. A number of cabmen in the neighbourhood promptly entered into the humour of the situation and formed themselves into a procession, one of them performing an imitation of the “ Dead March ” on an I old trumpet which he had picked up somewhere. Abney Park Cemetry was not far distant.