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.©octOrs in Sweden never- se.ud bills tP theiy-patients, -the. amountbf tbeir reinu-r - neration being left entireb- to the go a©-, .'r rosity pf the iatteiy .... .1 .. A .To' party. a ton. a mile r ;by rail, costs!;3o,~ time# as' much as the. same weight ths 5 by'water. \ Half the .human race die before they’ ’ reach 17, and only one person in’ 1000 reaches 90 ;. ’:'!•> fivers A foreign company is stated to have pldc* ed an order for 10 steaniers witfiv two Tyne shipbuilding firms, v A .A ; ; The? most common name- for piad& dtijjf, England is JlewtonJ-which occurs than 72 times.-, Hats were first manufactured in,; Ehsf- 'f land by'the Spaniards infold; G- G. d - vf It is said that the peasant of the Sdfith . of France spends on food for a f&Wil five an -average of twbpence a; day. ‘A It takes the tfisks'of 'elephants' l year to supply - ‘the itcHcFs; pianbv-keysrH billiard bfills; and knife handles*. ylto i. y A The'; barque Helehe, of l 6&3../iohsG..has M been- -chartered ’td loddocoaJbnt fon.'Ne.w Zealkndui A -ori

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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1523, 28 February 1901, Page 17

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Untitled New Zealand Mail, Issue 1523, 28 February 1901, Page 17

Untitled New Zealand Mail, Issue 1523, 28 February 1901, Page 17