Faraday could only turn the most delicate, needle at first -with his electrical current: yet to-day an electrical engine is hauling a train of forty cars. One must not despise the day of small beginnings. ■= » According to the report of the Select Committee on Public Accounts, .' it costs .£1299 in fees and expenses to become a duke, a marquis pays J21128, an earl .£957, a viscount .£BOO, a baron .£642, a baronet .£534, and a knight £87. .",
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5690, 8 October 1896, Page 3
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