Leather boots and shoes exported from tlio United Kingdom last year reached the record number of !,OSS,OOO dozen pairs, the value of which was doclared at over three million pounds. Drinking is on tlio decrease, but bettins is on -the increase, said the Hccordcr at the Old Bailey in sentencing a'potman to nine months 1 imprisonment for theft. A snow bunting, witli nest and eggs, lias been found on Flatkolm, an island near Cardiff, in the Bristol Channel. Hitherto it has not been found breeding farther south than Sutherlaiilshire. Motor Cycles may come and Motor Cycles may go, but the l-cyl- F.N. Shaft Driven 5-0 horse-power machino goes on for ever. It is built for permanency, hard wear, and utility. It is economical to run and a pleasure to ride. Ask ns, we'll gladly tell you about it. E. REYNOLDS AND' CO., LTD., Wholesale Agents, Weilington— Advt. The ceremony of blessing Ihe crops was observed recently at Dinley, Warwickshire, when an abbreviated form of sorvico was gone through, and prayers were offered in different parts of tlio parish. According to the records kept by Mr Challis, a Wiltshire man, for 17 years tho averago annual rainfall frcin ISG3 t.o 1910 in his country was 32.015 inches. At a'recent Old Bailey trial it wan stated that St. Augustine's Church, ITon our I'ark lioad, London, had been broken into by burglars no fewer llian 24 times. Galled to Iho Bar in lS.'iS, Mr. William George Hake, who recently oclobratod his Joot.li birthday, is tlio only English barrister who over reached his century. Tor the traffic ccnsus of tho City of London nearly 300 observers were required to watch 52 roads, U otlicj walking ways, 18 railways, six tubo stations, and two stairways.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1180, 15 July 1911, Page 5
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290Page 5 Advertisements Column 7 Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1180, 15 July 1911, Page 5
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