Denmark’s army is the cheapest in Europe. It costs only £24 a head, against ;£ll3 spent by Great Britain.
A man won a smoking contest in Paris by keeping a cigar alight for two hours and 29 minutes.
In France, for the privilege of wearing men’s trousers, the French Government charges women a tax of about £2.' The United States now has 47 typewriter faotorie3, and these export £504,000 worth of typewriters In a year.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1409, 21 March 1905, Page 2
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