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a Hi m> - —i—> IN wi.uu Sir Edwatf llolßfn, Bart,, the farm ,ankor, left £IOX>,OO6.- A striking provisi ~i the will ife t|o followinjf: The trust* are ompower^l'to. withhold benefits un< his will from Sins suc<i's*o'i- ..to tho baronej other than ldfc 'two sons'"imtil such pert ihall have enteral .soma profession or tnlt ip sonic trade m business in which iio sh 10 actively eugased, or.-'passed tin? I.o'ikl Matriculation* o&' examination t<jsi sal iuctory to hisHrifttces, .whos#decision in t matter shall wmn\l ;'' PARIS DOCS' CEMETKRY. An announcement in the Paris pa pi states that I'lsle des ('hiens (the dogs' ccn terv), which has been closed during the wi will reopen foV the reception of the rcmai of Fido and his kind. The island in tho Seine, about half hour's journey from the centre of Paris, laid out as ;i beautiful gardeu, and gra\ of all sorts and sizes may be seen on eve side. The laws of. Fiance ere drastic as the disposal of the bodies of departed pe Many houses and Hats in Paris have no g! <lens. and it is forbidden on grounds V hygiene to malce. a graveyard of the cell; U.S. PROFITEERS' HOARDS, lit consequerjjce of charges that the who! sale men were* withholding turgP supplies foodstuffs from the- market to keep t prices, tho Mayor of New York ordered tl Fire Department to make< a lire inspectk of every warehouse or other storage buildh in Hie city u.i'a means 'of finding out wh: was in them. A report made now disclos Immense quantities of food in various bnil IrtgS inspected. Included ill the list arc 44.356,0001b. of coffee. 15.700,00011). of im meat, 557.303.00 C CKgs, more than 5.00 C 00011). of fish, 100,000 cases of condense jnilk. The information has been sent t the State authorities with a view to pros. cutions. TDK HANDSHAKING SECRET. Fur 90 continuous minutes the Prince < Wales shook during one night of hj Canadian tour. T<> what foot-pounds pre sure (as scientists say) did he submit hj hand? asks the Daily Chronicle. But by now the Prince will have acquire the art of shaking hands, ignorance < which left a President of the United Statt with a hand swollen to uselessness after on reception. The secret of hand shaking without tout is to net hold of the other fellow's hail first—get youi grip in first. Thus you ca ehako thousands of hands and not suffei But if \<>u haw your hand gripped tun fehaken bv a few -ore- you suffer. PO>T WAR, IMPUDENCE. Proof of . •■ cynic, il impudence with whicl German bus. ic.-< firms still hope to profit In 'the thefts lomnittod by their army of oceu pation in Fr.mi■■« is contained in a. circuln issued by the "General Union of IVilit Munufacturois nod Exporters," and sent. b\ them to Soi ith American agents. The circular urges agents to point out tc old custotiKOW that German firms are now Steady to del ver tiiaiuifactured goods in any quantities. The. brutfil methods used bv the French! .u 1 particularly the P>ritisii 'Armies, i' tl ■■ righting in Franco have caused, tin' doefrituitt says, almost the total «lostructi.iM. if 'h" factories in North France. ♦''Our civil am' uuii.ta.rv organisations, c|istressed at • n-'i sy.steniatjc 'Restriction, were forced u> s.iive the machinery which c\i q ted on the fcerj'itoi, o -npi.-d by our gallant arm tea by i-iiusitis." it to be transferred to German v-il. Thanks to these methods, we were able to preserve from destruction complete >t<»ks (•:■' :rw yariy and miinnfuctun.d voods ■> inestimable value. These st.uk- ;-.t the entire disposal of our sAii.oits' ti ; ;;i:i:iiw.i' i ;;i>ivYi.. ; - ].;t,. V e|. >n,-viv«.rs'. of the I! ilk'- ~...,„•:• jPavuoida. v.Uich jJ6i.ihU--.ml ~, ;,„•.,■.„. la' Havana li.uo, » -«I- «l •, - ;iur.fai Wftfr ■" ternole «(J*ii«j ...,.: ,vel-t -cress the ■>' r-L . » nu.v ; t,„-s am' fyit< ' ' : " " , .' ~i ,1> " •'"'
.:,(.ii. kit; weit. Mown uwiiv ''.V ffe<i B"'° foli .■! an clluVr could join tliciu- I Klovcn others juinimd into-an open boot,] ut as the other boats jammed, fifteen oi | ... 1 1....1 i. ....:.. „.i i„inrf t m vessel vciitiiiilly founduring. I . ,| Tim eleven known survivor* were m , !avsiimd nights in thrir liny eiaft paUllliK . tith the element. Thou siK" lll , M for, J, «" J Ij I'ora citliqr unsom) ov ignored! AlUhav liao . I, ||iu Wiiv of stores were about 100 l.iseuits < mil i small ((uantily of water, winch was , Ititaij out «t tho rate of one -third o( a , i„,nll tin every tweutv-lour hours. JWO , lieu vei'O eonsUntly balling water out, and i„. piutv wen, broken with despair /.ml, „,,,,• when tlicv saw ft sail on tlie lion/ou, I
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1705, 19 December 1919, Page 6
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