Professor Suess, in bis recent treatise on values, has drawn attention to the steadily diminishing output of gold, and has given his conclusion on geological grounds that the day is approaching when all the gold mines of the earth will be exhausted. In St Paul’s a guide was showing an American gentleman round the tombs. ‘ That, sir,’ said the man, 4 his the tomb of the greatest naval ero Europe or the whole world hever knew —Lord Nelson’s. This marble sarcoughogus weighs forty two tons. Hinside that his a steel recepticle weighing twelve tons, and hinside that is a laden casket, ’ermetically sealed weighing over two tons. Hinside that his a mahogany coffin holding the hashes of the great ’ero.’ Well,’ said the Yankee, after thinking awhile, 4 1 guess you’ve got him. If he ever get’s out of that, cable me at my expense.'
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Kaikoura Star, Volume XIV, Issue 755, 13 July 1894, Page 3
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145Untitled Kaikoura Star, Volume XIV, Issue 755, 13 July 1894, Page 3
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