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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 87, 7 January 1919, Page 10

The City Council notify that the dog tax for 11119 has been fixed at ten shillings, and in now payable to the registrar of dogs, Town' Hall, Wellington. '■ About 150 years ago, says the "Daily Chronicle," the world was set tulking by tl)o;,report that Frederick ihe Great hnil declared Britain a Prussian colony. This island, it was claimed, hod been settled by Angles and Snxons from Prussia, been protected by them against invasion, and defonded by Prussia in the . j recent war with France. Moreover, Britain had never definitely declared herself independent of the mother roun(ry. "An Edict by Ihe Kin;; of Prussia" was written by Benjamin Franklin, nnd published ns n journalistic "scoop" in 1773. It was thought genuine . for some time by many people, but was really Franklin's joke at the oxpciiso of our colonial policy. Inexpensive Table -Dainties.-—So very inexpensive are sucli dainty delicacies as jupket or curds and whey. Served with gooseberries, rhubarb, nnd the like, it, is a dish superb. UETTLE'S RENNET costs only Is. 3d., and goes a long way. Order from your grocer to-dnv. Insist on BETTLE'S, for Bcttlo's is Better ' Eenuet.—Advt.