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Tlie two-cable aerial ropeway designed by an English engineer for removing eight tons if coal ashes per hour from a power-house has a length of 180yds with a maximum apan of 566 ft, and is supported on four steellattice towers. Started by a push-button the bucket is transported, tipped, and returned automatically, power being supplied by a 10 horsepower three-phase 400-volt motor. A curious Asli Wednesday custom is Still observed in Spain, called "The Burial of the Sardine.” The principal feature of this ra the carrying in procession of a small papercovered coffin containing a small fish or morsel of sausage, which is buried with great ceremony. The ceremony is regarded as symbolical of the burial of all worldly desires and pleasures during the coming fast. At Madrid a vast concourse turns out to watch the burial of the sardine on the banks of the Manzanares. At the. first signs of influenza taka “NAZOL” —a simple, safe, speedy, and sura specific. Penetrating and germ-killing-; Is 6d for 60 doses. —Advt. The Rev. H. Greatbach, rector of Pt. Mary’s Church, Bom, makes an appeal in hia parish magazines for (be return of two candlesticks stolen from the chtaria,

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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19476, 11 May 1925, Page 7

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Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 Otago Daily Times, Issue 19476, 11 May 1925, Page 7

Page 7 Advertisements Column 3 Otago Daily Times, Issue 19476, 11 May 1925, Page 7