TROUBLE AHEAD.
"In my school days," said a storj i teller, " we used to have a lector© «v«i# Friday afternoon. One day the leo- ; turer was a geologist and chose Niagaaii Falls for his topic. - i "He told us about 'the geological formation of the F- Us, described **« different periods to be traoed in the] gorge and then went on to say that toj $ Falls were slowly wearing back towam".| BuflPalo, and that in the oourse of taa4\ ; \ \ 200,000 years they would bo worn bacft Ito Erie, Pennsylvania, and that th« -^; I town would be left high and dry. .^ | "Suddenly one of the gixte in njjj^ ! class began to sob conYulsiT'ely* ,■'.s " ' What is the matterP' n asked tb* I teacher in alarm. V t "'OV wailed tihe giii, 'my sfat* i lives in Brio.' " i
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9273, 27 June 1908, Page 3
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