Europe has 3,500,000 men under arms. The following are the figures of. the different armies on a piece footing: —Russia SOO, Germany 580,000 France 570 000 Austria 360,000, Italy 240,000, Great Britata 200,000, Turkey 180,000, Switzerland 125,000, Spain 80,000, Sweden and Norway 57,000, Belgium 52,000, R°« ma ™ a 47,000, Portugal 36,000 Greece 25,000 Holland 22,000, Senna 20,000 Denmark 10,000. These armies employ 550,000 hoxses in' time of peace. ,^ u Amongst the most distinguished of the old nobility of England to be entrusted with the "loyal Commission as Justice of the Peace was considered a high. distinction.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6231, 14 September 1898, Page 3
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96Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Star (Christchurch), Issue 6231, 14 September 1898, Page 3
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