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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 9870, 16 January 1918, Page 5

Every! peer who supported Lord Lorcburn in his appeal for titles without cash payment made the pleasant assumption that to become a peer was to attain the height of earthly bliss. Yet it has happened once or twice in the brilliant story of the British peerage that entrance to the House - of lords has condemned an eminent untitled name to oblivion—or execration. The latter fate, w© know, befell tbe William Pitt who turned himself into the Earl of Chatham. A sadder fate perhaps was that of William Pulteney, who was lured by his deadly rival, Walpole, into accepting a coronet. “I have turned the key of the closet upon him,” exclaimed Sir Robert. And, sure enough, the <r Earl of Bath” snuffed plain William out. Tbe paper used hy the British and Foreign Bible Society for its cheap editions of the Scriptures cost just 2d a pound in pre-war times. To-day the price is Bd. When the Grand Duchess Olga ot Russia was born, £1,000,000 was settled on her, and it is said that this huge sum was safely invested in British and French securities. The man who knows what is good to drink and wkat is good for him, always orders KOLA-NIP, the healthful thirstquencher. Lively, cooling, satisfying. Hotels and stores. •