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New Zealand Times, Volume XLIII, Issue 9900, 20 February 1918, Page 2

Of the 12,500,009 population of Russian Poland, the scene of the great battles in the hast, about 1,01)0,000 are Gerninns who have settled in the towns. The Poles are a peasant people. The •rural population is about 7,000,009, the peasants owning about 50 per cent, of .the land. The history of the country has h»pn a very chequered one. It had a separata constitution from 1815-3 J, and a separate Government from 1830SI. Ultimately Russia acquired the country, abolished trial by jury, and prohibited tko omcial use of the Polish ilanguage. The men-of-war of the ancient Ro■mnns had a crew of about 225 men, of whom HI were oarsmen working on •three decks. The speed of these vessels Was about she knots an hour in fair i weather. Let all the people rise and shout, For we have found the secret out. The secret that from ago to ago Has puzzled many a learned sage. To cure a cold and cure it quick. Hurrah! at last we’ve done the trick. For eighteenpence you can procure A bottle of Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure,