CASUALTIES.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11400, 18 April 1899, Page 5

CASUALTIES.

(Per United Pukss Association.) AUCKLAND, April 17. Hugh Kane, aged 45, a labourer, was found dead on the road near Howick. It is supposed that a vehicle went over him. NAPIER, April 17. An inquest was held to-day on the body of Maud Payne, four years old, who died at the hospital from the effects of burns through her clothes catu-hiiig fire.

— A shell-fish of the Mediterranean has the power of spinning a viscid silk which in Sicily is made into a very handsome fabric. Tho silk is spun by the shell-fish for the purpose of attaching itself to the rocks. This material is gathered at low tide, washed in soap and water, dried, straightened, and carded. |

— More than 2000 people earn a living in Paris by fortune-telling, and their total yearly earnings arc estimated at £100,000.

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