Practically all tlie camphor in the world comes from -a single island, the island of Formosa, situated off the coast of China. ft is said that an average camphor tree, 12ft in „ circumference at its base, wilt . yield enough camphor at present prices to bring its owner £ISOO. .Railway signals originated 80 years ago on tho old Stockton-Hartlopool line, the -first being nothing more elaborate than a candle in tho window of a watchman’s hut. The light that trains were to stop, and from it sprang the hundreds of thousands of red and green lights that now twinkle every night all over the .railway systems. »
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New Zealand Times, Volume XLVII, Issue 10956, 19 July 1921, Page 6
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