A man, sued for broach of promise the other day, told the court that even after he broke off his engagement the ,’girl insisted on trying to kiss him. She §indignantly denied this, but he insisted : “ You used to fight like a veritable Jap to plant one on to me. France has 800,000 pet dogs, on which £400,000 is paid in taxes. Three hundred and fifty per 1000 of London’s inhabitants are country-born. A cow’s hide gives 351 b of leather, while that of a horse yields only about 201 b. t Five hundred trading vessels leave the Thames (London) daily for all parts of the world. Hme. Patti, tbo famous singer, has just been decorated with the Cross of the Legion of Honor. Bussia sells more eggs in a year than any country in the world, her output being 150,000,000 dozen. The oheapest gas in the United Kingdom is sold at Sheffield, where the price is lsild per 1000 cubic feet. The most valuable feathers are those of the mirasol, a bird of Argentina. They are worth about £220 a pound.
PIANIST. fTURST-CLASS PIANIST (late of Sydney) JD open for Engagement, Balia and Parties. Dance Music a Speciality. ERNEST C. CLIFFORD, Oare of Messrs Primrose and Leslie, Saddle THE CERTOS TOOTHACHE CURE. THOSE who suffer from Tnothaohe must try CERTOS TOOTHACHE CURE. Taken internally, cures a new way. The remedy is absolutely harmless, it can do nothing but cure toothache, and it does that promptly .'every'-time. . Try this remedy onoe and you will depend upon it and recommend it ever after. Priae Is. Chemists and 'Stores.'.' . . . . - >- --
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Gisborne Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1478, 12 June 1905, Page 1
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