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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 359, 26 March 1903, Page 7

SUIT CASES FOE WOMEN. At last manufacturers seem to have accepted that women nord suit-caees quite as much as men. Some of the new ones seen in the shops are designed specially for the convenience of women and are fitted on the inside with numerous leather pockets for gloves, veils, ribbons, etc. These replace the set of close-fitting straps needed in a men’s case, but only in the way when a woman is packing this convenient receptacle. 100 English houses hold 532 people on an average, Holland is the only European country that admits oeff-.e duty-free. 2,530 000 people live in countries not their own in Europe. Britain’s colonies, including India, have 256 million people, six times the population of the United Kingdom. England’s largest foreign population is German, of which nation we have 50,600 J Russians and Foies come next with 45.000, There is usually a smile in human d Hairs, if one takes the trouble to look for it. Life is not dated merely by years; «veoto ace sometimes the best calendars. England uses 3*3,000 tons of hops, but grows 0n1y27,000.