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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 179, 24 April 1908, Page 9

Tf womenfolk wero wise, they v.'oulil moid liko the plague all men who have a facility for- stringing rhymes. Tho turpitudes of poets in relation to the sex are as multitudinous as the stars of a summer jiiirht.— " Sketch." , I

Mr. 11. Brougham lias had a somewhat singular experience in connection .'with the hot-water system at his residence/ says the '*' Mnnawatu. Evening Standard." On' Wednesday it was discovered that something lias wrong with the service, k block having occurred in one of the pipes, and the confined sjtoam was preating a sensation. As there ivas a prospect of tho hot-water tank bursting, .1 plumber was sent for, and immediate steps taken to set things right. It was not until the system was pulled to pieces that tho -cause of tho trouble was discovered. It war, tho remains of an col, which had blocked a circulating pipe,'and .prevented the oscapo of water, tfow tho eel, which was apparently about 10 inchcs long when alive, got iuto' the systiom is a mystery.