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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11605, 20 March 1901, Page 6

Mr. W. C. Whitney, an American millionaire, who runs racehorses in England, has just paid £12,000 for the stud horse Hamburg. The, horse was the property of the late Mr. Marcus Daly, and was put up to auction at Madison Square Gardens, New York. He will go to Mr. Whitney's stud in Kentucky. It is stated that experiments with aluminium as a substitute foi paper, are now under way in France. It is now possible to roll aluminium into sheets four-thousandths of an inch in thickness, in which form it weighs less than'paper. . By the adoption of suitable machinery these sheets can be made even thinner and can be used. for book and writing-paper. The metal will not oxidise, is practically fire and waterproof, and is indestructible* by worms. Look here: Duchess pairs, with marble top washstand, from 55s Gd, at T. and H. Cooke's cash furniture sale. " Full many a glorious morning have 1 seen." " Yes," she replied. "Yes, I dare say; but 'tisn't the morning troubles me— 'tis my supper-table." "Is it possible," said he, "you've forgotten the Jelly Crystals?" V "I cannot get anything ready, Tom,"' she said. "I'm sorry, my dear; but I do want my friend to dine with us. Don't let the nienacs bother you; let the boy run for. Tucker's Jelly Crystals."