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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4313, 23 March 1901, Page 3 (Supplement)

The unique collection of rare books, rare manuscripts, and curios which Sir Charles Gavan' Duffy, the veteran IrishAustralian, statesman and litterateur, has presented to the Royal Irish Academy, includes a large volume, entitled “Illustraiioris of Irish History!.’ All the Irish eras from Henry Grattan down to the present day are separately illustrated with portraits of the leading men, historical scenes, and current caricatures. The hook contains n-250 illustrations, and the collection is entirely unique. • The postal authorities at Brussels have lately noticed that the mail despatched to the Congo were not being duly returned, and after a lot of trouble they have discovered the retason. It' appears that the coloured 1 Congo Pree State make presents of the mail'bags to their wives or fiances. These ladies simply cut ant the bottom, and by drawing what is left over their heads, and with the assistance of a piece ot string,- they have an ultra ready-made modem costume. The fact that the sacks are furnished with an enormous black seal bearing the legend. Brussels Centre,” does not disconcert them in the least- . Humming birds are domesticated by placing in their cages a number of paper flowers of tubular form containing a small quantity of sugar and water, which must be frequently renewed. Of this liquid the birds partake, and quickly becontented inth their captivity’. '