— A brigand lately captured in Turkey had in his pocket a note book containing the names .of 192 persons whom he claimed to have killed. — Cable termites are very destructive creatures. The French cable at Tonkin a few months after it was laid began to show signs of decay. On examining the cavities in the old cable, Professor Bonvier, of the Paris Academy of Science, discovered that thov had been made by a new termita.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2287, 30 December 1897, Page 23
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75Page 23 Advertisements Column 1 Otago Witness, Issue 2287, 30 December 1897, Page 23
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