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New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9630, 10 April 1917, Page 8

The authorities of a London bank hare told their girl clerks that V-shaped blouses and short skirt« must be covered by overalls reach ins to within two inches of the ground. The amount received by the Exchequer in payment of excess profits duty up to January 27th was JG103,303,000. The estimated total for the year ending March 31st next was .£86,000,000. 'The belligerents will have spent on the war the sum of .£18,000,000,000 sterling between them if hostilities continue until the beginning of the autumn, at the present rate of expenditure. ' Miss Owen, the world’s champion typist, has broken, her previous record, which was the typing of 8379 words in an hour. She has lately typed 8549 words in the same time, making only 62 errors. Last year the number of visitors to Kew Gardens was 713,922, and the total receipts from admission fees during the period January 17th to December 31st amounted to ,£3792 18s 6d. Many Italian women are offering to place their jewellery and family treasures at the disposal of the Government for conversion into funds for the Italian war loan. Instead of bnilding a new clubhouse, the Eocky Mountain Club of New York have decided to hand over X 200,000, the estimated cost, to the Belgian Belief Fund. To correct acidity and flatnlency take SHARLAND’S Eluid Magnesia. Being freshly prepared and always full strength, Sharland’s is the best you can buy. Only one shilling. *