The price paid for Lord Crawford’s wonderful collection of stamps, it is stated, was in the neighbourhood of .£20,000. His Lordship’s collection was only second in interest and value to that owned by the King. Heat holidays have been established by law in the elementary schools of Switzerland. Recognising the well-known fact that the brain cannot work properly when the heat is excessive, the children are dismissed from their tasks whenever the thermometer goes above a certain point.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8178, 20 July 1912, Page 9
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