The lace trade of France is said to afford employment for 200,000 person*. At Christie's .£7OO was paid for three Edward VI. apostle spoons. They were figures of the Master, St. James the Greater, and St.' Paul. One grain of morphia would kill * man, but a pigeon might safely swallow a dozen grains. A hedgehog might with safety consume as much opium as a man addicted to the opium habit would smoke in a. fortnight.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8103, 4 May 1912, Page 2
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