The Forth bridge contains 48,000 tons of steel. The average depth of the English Channel is 110ft. A lady's foot should equal in length oneseventh of her' height. There are only three silk-spinning mills m Japan, and two weaving mills,-* both on a very small scale. The sea-otter's skin is the costliest of all n™ • ' skm has been sold at £80/ and ±>oU is a common price. < of Yorkshire is to be provided with a motor car, at a cost of £500. : orJifmT trees " in Si ? i! y bear as many as 20,000 lemons a year. Notwithstanding its thickness, the elephant e 6kin ae very sensitive. • • *
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Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 211, 18 May 1909, Page 2
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106Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 211, 18 May 1909, Page 2
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