General News.
An American paper writesY—The total yearly charge of the royal family and immediate relatives is as follows, the pound sterling being reckoned as f!5 : V ■&* The Queen .„ §3,096 915~~T Prince of Wales ... ... 606,335 Duke ofJEdinburgh... ... 132,880 Duke of Connaught ... 145,000 Princess Royal of Germany 40,200 Princess-Helene ... , 30,000 Princess Louise ... ... 30,000 Ducheie of Albiny, widow of Prince Leopold ... 30,000 Duchess of Cambridge ,. 30,000 Princess Augusta ... ... 15,400 Duke of Cambridge ... 111,015 - v Princess Mary (Duchess of ■ , Teck .., ' 3,400 Total ... ... $4,268,145 Germany stands at the head of air European nations in the matter of Koyal expenditure. That Empire, with a popu* lation of not more than 45,000,000, has to support 22 Royal, Princely, and Ducal families, and the direct cost of their maintenance is £3,000,000; . The Montpellier Medical thinks that whether or not smoking is an exciting cause of cancer, the use of tobacco often preserves peopleffrom contagious di» orders. When a wedding m»st be gone through with, anyhow, isn't it foolish for the bride not to marry the " best man?" "Botoh o» Oobnb."-—A»k for Welli " Bough on Corns." Quick relief, compleW. permanent cure. Corns, warta, bunions.--Zempthorne, Prosier and Co., Agents, Auok* 'land. ' ... ' ■■"-.■ . ■„■ ;■;••■■■
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Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5141, 9 July 1885, Page 2
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192General News. Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5141, 9 July 1885, Page 2
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