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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVII, Issue 14, 6 April 1899, Page 6

Japan is to send to the Paris Exposition a huge house, hexagonal in shape and composed entirely of porcelain. It measureseveral yards in circumference, and its \\fi"ht will not be ie-^ than seventy tons. One touch of solution makes the whole world kin. This is from II hahnij . — II.K.H. the Prince oi Wales .set an excel 1 nt example to his fellow wheelmen one day la-t jear. A eycii-^t punctured near Sandringham, and, as usual, found he luul no ltpairing outfit with him. An elderly gentleman, cycling too, cume up, and on finding what wan the matter, placed hia "Dunlop Outfit ' at the disposal of the injured one, and watched the operation of repairing with interest, remarking that he might have to do it himself one day. The tyre being right again, the younger man expressed his thanks and a wish to meet his friend if ever he should happen to be in town. The other replied that ho was occasionally, and would be sure to call, then, with a quiet smile, handed his own card in return, bearing the simple inscription, • The Prince ot Wales, — *%