' A surprising connection has been discovered between France and the French island of Martinique in the Lesser Antilles. A swallow habitually built her nest under the eaves of a certain house at Saint Avoid, near Metz. The owner decided to try an experiment, and shortly before the annual migration toward the end of the summer attacae3 a message under. the .swallow’s wing. The message read: “During the summer of 1927, I lived with M. .A., R. at Saint Avoid, and when I return to him I am to let him know where* I have been in tlie interval.” The Swallow came back and bore a fresh message homeward, which says: “During the winter I have had my nest on tne ■house of M. Bady, in the island of Martinique, and he sends by me his sincere greetings to my former host.” Martinique being. several thousand miles in a south-westerly direction from France, this proves the swallow to be as adept a trans-Atlantic flyer as the pilots and aerial navigators of to-day.
Avoid coughs and colds this: winter—“Nazol” is : a sure, safe preventive; Equally good tor young or old. Joses for 1b 6d. : —Advt.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 August 1929, Page 3
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193Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Hokitika Guardian, 17 August 1929, Page 3
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