Cocaine first obtained recognition as a medicinal ding about 35 years ago, ami the commercial supply was derived from leaves of the wild coca plant of Peru. Now the shrub is cultivated extensively in Java, which will export this year about 4,500,0001 h of Ihe leaves. . , ~ . „ ~ , , The aborigines mhab'ting tho Malaoar Islands speak to ouch other at a distance by whistling, the whistlers being selected for their ability to whistle loudly. They make this their livelihood. Cardinal Wolsey’s 'seal-ring is preserved in tho Tower of London. It is sot with a peculiar stone, the nature of which is unknown, hut which was believed by his enemies to possess magical powers.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18757, 10 January 1923, Page 3
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