A German has accomplished the feat of playing the piano for 30 consecutive hours without ceasing for a moment. At the close he appeared in no way exhausted, and his next performance is to be increased to 31 hours.
The catacombs of Syracuse, in Sicily, form a great subterranean town, with numberless tombs cut out of solid rock. Dead of all ages, from those of the Greek invasion to those of last year, are there interred.
A case is to be tried in London that is a peculiar one. A laAvyer is going to ask a judge and jury to consider his grievance against a neAVspaper, which consists in not mentioning his name in its columns. It is alleged that this particular paper printed his name only in reporting cases he has lost, omitting it in cases where he has Avon.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1196, 1 February 1895, Page 9
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141Untitled New Zealand Mail, Issue 1196, 1 February 1895, Page 9
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