In a inc. entitled "The Humoul ; and Patjicw of tin- Huu«" <■' ( .V" in Ji'' n 'u ' which lias been delisted by Mr. ' • Cunan, who formerly lvptesetued > ■ Sligo in the House, he tells a number a, amusing stories. Hut the gen. of he <ot lection is the following : An ardent B»r|tt ingham politician was a South . ea• / -<■ lander, whom a traveller had brough* home with him ax a servant. In a ."|V tavern he was praising up the bllU '. g Constitution, when one of his heaivis s. ~j to him : " What d" you know about I. .-.g You're nut an Englishman. «u hayC«t - a diop of English blood in your veil - , & •' Don't von he so mho about that. implied lie bUp ; *' mv gi and father helped > to cat Captain Cook." When steel is exposed to the action " ~ tea water and the weather .t is , «»#» . . corrode at the rate of an inch in 82 *■ an inch of iron under the same o»>ndition- -.Mj coil-odes in 199 years. When exposed tc fresh water and t.iic weather ahe j! J ' arc 170 years lor steel and 650 years iron.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13745, 9 May 1908, Page 4 (Supplement)
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185Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13745, 9 May 1908, Page 4 (Supplement)
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