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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16916, 31 January 1917, Page 6

; t~Ju ¥ cvf X°* recently the first edition ...of ThaokWs "Vanity Fair" in 20 ori£" "4 P rJt £430 ' The «!« inclS -Bacon, who had -written on the flyleaf "Francis Bacon's Booke," and had made .many margjnal notes in it. It was p≤ -in Latin, and it brought £130. A home- : U? d u °? - 15 shoets of "Paper, which eto. had bound m paper covers and sewed ■rSPfe j&er inscription read: 'ToernTbv : Charlotte Bronte, Printed by Herself, Soid 'by Nobody." It brought £104. --It is quite : a mistake to suppose that n ed * ln i, a "ous to the eves If Aβ light falls upon the open Book no more harm will come to the eyerf than from ifffSf t^^VK overhead It..is only _-when the bght casts a. shadow ~over'- fie book that the eyes can t£ injuriously affected. Heavy smoke from bash fires has overspread tho country during tho week-end • {says the New Zealand Times), light breezes having spread tho flames of many "bnrns" far beyond the limits originally intended by settlers. Across Wellington Harbour on Saturday evening tho hills toward Pcncarrow were in parts broad masses of flame. Reports from Mana-watu show that the record of dry,-weather has been responsible for extensive areas of old bush country bcin<* swept once again. Jn tho Manawatu Gorge for two days many men were engaged fighting for the safety of tho railway and bridges Fires on the Woodvillo side of the go%o were driven into tho narrow defilo through which the river winds, this acting as a ftnmcl and: causing a rush of wind that fanned tho flames to greater intensity. On Saturday night the fire leapt tho river. The coach road was blocked in places by heavy falls of earth and rock following the burning wooden retaining walls. On the opposito bank, along which tho railway runs, the j.firo got down to tho timber protection the ends of No. 1 tunnel, but gangs of men sent out to protect tho lino managed to get tho Haze under. Then tho timbering holding up tho earth at tho approaches "■; to: No. 2 tunnol caught firo, and wore still burning on Sunday overling, despite-valiant ~ -tsork by bucket brigade*.