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There has lately been much speculation regarding the origin of the work " tip." The truth is that in an old English tavern a receptacle for small coin was fixed in a conspicuous place, over which appeared in writing; "To insure promptness.' Whatever was placed in the box waa divided among the sorvants. Other taverns followed the example, soon the words were abbreviated to T.I.P. The fisheries of Canada uiold annually L 5,000,000, of which one-half conies from the deep fisheries. The bicycles used in the French Army each have an electric light, which can ba turned on or off the wall. The largest blocks of copper ever shipped from the Rooky Mountains averaged in weight 36001b; and measured 6 I.3in thick by 49in square. The prison population of India, large aa it is, is only thirty-eight per 100,000 inhabitants, or less than half the proportion that prevails in Great Britain.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXII, Issue 6792, 18 January 1897, Page 1
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