Dock means the water between piers and wharves and not the pier itself. *.♦ ♦ *
Water, on freezing, expands about 1-llth of its volume.
Pogonology, should anyone ask you, is the study of beards—if you can imagine anyone making a study of them.
The’first message ever sent over a telegraph wire was “What hath God wrought.” The first message over a telephone wire was, “Mr Watson,. I want to see you.” And the first message despatched by wireless was the letter “S”.
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Southland Times, Issue 23676, 26 November 1938, Page 13
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