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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1446, 22 May 1912, Page 7

The passage through the Suez Canal, ninety-nine miles long, feduccs the journey to India by four thousand miles. King George tho Fifth's subjects, num-. Bering four hundred and ten millions, form nearly a quarter of the world's population. Post office messenger boys are not sup. posed to walk more than ten miles a day or to rido mora tlwn.v twenty-four miles on a bicycle. "Chiao jen-kou," meaning "man-biting dog,' T is I lie name of a. long-leaved tree found in Formosa. It possesses the properties of the stinging-nettle, and when touched sets up an irritation of tho skin. The "papave" is th 6 name of a liew" fruit which has recently become popular in Par-is. In appearance it is liko tho melon.its odour rivals that of' the banana, its juicy flesh is more luscious than that of the orange, and it is endowed with pepsin, whii.li makes it valuable irotu a medicinui point of view. Wl'K TONr, OIiGAXS. The Ueii Organ and Piano Co,, Guelpb, Canada, ni'c the largest makers of Organs and Pianos under tho British flag. Tho Diadem, the Student's, the Chancel, and the Mission Organs are the best instruments for the home, (he school, and tho church. "The Dresden" will give you easy terms. Sole aeents, The Dresden Piano ' Co., Ltd., Lambton Quay and Brandon Streat, Wellington, if. J. Brookes, Xorth Island aaiiißOTi