— The centenary of the late Lord Tennyson's birth is to be celebrated Iwo yo.irs hnnce at llnsle'npro. when scene* from tlio "Idylls of the Kin#" will probably be performed.
—A. patent has jurt been granted in fiermany for an invention for Me rsil'l* facture of elites telegraph and telephone poles. A company has been organis"d, and a. factory for tl)i> manufacturing of >"> s ' poles has been built at C!ro?6-.Vlmcr xK near Frankfurt, The plass mass of wh'fli the poles are made is strength nod bv interlaying and intertwininc with str.ng wire th-cads. One of the nrincipu! n'lvatitages of these poles would be their wn in tropical countries, where tho wocden polm jro soon destroyed bv tho rsv.vcs of '"awts and climatic influences. The prtlw are very cheap, posting' 25? -dch »mle of 23ft in length. The Imperial T"o<t IJjpoiitncnt of fiermany has ordered a largo supply. —Ho stutters so it took him n. *cek r ta uk a girl to many him."- I "And I ssppoet when lie got tfcrocghphe esid
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14087, 16 December 1907, Page 5
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