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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 290, 8 December 1936, Page 9

One of the animals of which a regular yearly census is taken is the fur seal of the Bering Straits. At one time there were some 5,000,000; then the number fell, until in 1903 the total was put at about 200,000. Now it is , estimated thero are 650,000. CAUGHT OUT.

“Marvellous i” ejaculated . the cricket enthusiast, “it says m this paper that Nobbs took nine wickets for only twelve runs.” “Pooh,” returned his friend. “I once saw a man get an entire side out without a single score being made against him.” “Great Scott 1" came the reply. “Who was that?” "Oh, just an umpire,” came the nonchalant retort.

HM-MI He was the hardworking type who plodded wearily to catch the 8.5 train every morning. His wife was the type who got the most out of life and thoroughly enjoyed it. . One evening . the question of woman’s beauty arose and she was loud in her support of her own sex. “Did ; you ever observe, dear,’" she explained, “that famous designers take a woman’s head to adorn many of our coins?” He shook his head weakly. “I can’t say that I’ve noticed it,” he replied "But I’ve noticed that designers take many of my coins to adorn a woman's head.”