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I> the Great Au iik-'t valuable bird, contributor to tlie still alive: journal of A Royal Society for tile Protection of nrds .'•rates that while he was stay.njz recently on the l.etendvii I stand. a lonely group erf Norway, the discovery of an unknown hint was reported to him by two Norwegians. Their description tallied with that of the Great Auk. and when thev wore shown a picture 'U one both said it was identical witn tlie bird they had stvn. Ihe hist known Great Auk was killed in 1-S4'j. Since then the species has heen eonsideied extinct. A stuifed specimen sold in London this year realisod AGc'd. Dean Inge has pointed out that the average man wasted two years of precious life in putting on and taking off clothes, and women wasted 10 yea is in the same way. Sidney Smith drew up an elaborate estimate of this kind in a letter to a girl friend. "Do you ever rotioec how you puss your life:" he wrote. ‘‘lf you live to be seventy.’,we, which J hope you may. your life is passed in the following manner. An hour a day is three years. This makes twenty-seven years sleeping, nine walking, drawing and visiting: six years playing with children, six years shopping. and three years uuari oiling.'’ Commenting on this. Sir Henry Holland added: "I have heard him similarly estimate for himself ■ the portion of life he had spent in shaving, always a long ecoupetiou. with kin:' Wonder-workers among Worms— WADE’S WORM FIGS. ' Sure and «afe. Safe even for the vouugest.— WADE’S WORM FIGS. WORMS IX CHILDRFN. A very annoying yet common complaint with children is worms. Dispel these parasites quickly and effectively with WADE.’S WORM FtGS. Absolutely reliabV. No bad s?rereffects Obtainable at all oltt Mists, and stores HEALTHY CHILDREN. Keep your children ' free from worms. At Hip first signs give them WADE’S WORM FTGS—a sure, safe remedy. . Children love it—it’s so pleasant to take. Contains no harmful’ • ingredients ‘ and t>o bad after-effects. • Keep “WADE'S” - always in your medicine .chest. All chemists and stores. i

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Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11126, 8 February 1930, Page 12

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Page 12 Advertisements Column 3 Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11126, 8 February 1930, Page 12

Page 12 Advertisements Column 3 Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11126, 8 February 1930, Page 12

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