Of London’s thirst it is possible to get an impressive conception when it is stated that the water drunk in a single day would fill a bath 200 ft. long and 100 ft. wide to a depth of Oft., and that a dav’s tea allowance (500.00(1 gallons! would fill , t „,, o c.off. in diamo*er and 50ft. high. Mr. Thomas Leonard, of AVnrrenstown, Ireland, who left a fortune of .£378,732. bequeathed .£5O each tn all labourers of five years' service working on his lands "who have never gone on strike while in my employ."
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 108, 31 January 1921, Page 6
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93Untitled Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 108, 31 January 1921, Page 6
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