Page 11 Advertisements Column 4

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12355, 27 January 1926, Page 11

L The Pioneers of Bulk Distribution The British Imperial Oil Co. (N.Z.) Limited, announce that as from Ist February— SHELL and POWER in MOTOR SPIRITS will be delivered IN BULK throughout the City of Wellington and Suburbs. The establishment of their large tank installation at Miramar, Wellington, has enabled them to take the first step towards the completion of their proposal to deliver Motor ‘ Spirit in Bulk by means of a fleet of Road Bulk Waggons throughout the Dominion. S&W/, The British Imperial Oil Co. (New Zealand) Limited

A CHERRY-COLOURED CAT IJj is said that the late P. T. Barnum, thdr famous showman, once announced that he would exhibit publicly at a certain hour on a certain day, a cherrycoloured cat. At the specified time a large gathering appeared. Mr Barnum appeared on the stage with his usual bland smile, holding a bunch of ripe red cherries in ljis hand, and talked for about five minutes about cherries. Then he said, "I have been at great trouble and much time, to procure a perfect specimen of a cherry-coloured cat." On opening a bag out stepped a large black cat, while Mr. Barnum held up a bunch of black cherries. The roar of laughter that greeted this appearance of the black-cherry-coloured cat proved that Mr Barnum’s opinion that the American people liked to he fooled had a considerable basis in fact.

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