The mean depth of the Atlantic is estimated to be about 16,000 feet. It is estimated, that on an average, gold in circulation wears out in 240 years.
Berlin has a shorthand writer with a unique speciality. He attends all funerals of prominent persons, and takes down verbatim the addresses of the officiating clergymen. Then he prepares highly ornamental copies of the addresses and sells them to the friends of the eulogized dead. His business is so good that he has taken one assistant and has advertised for another.
A dog belonging to a farmer near Bishop Stortford, travels two miles across country every morning to fetch his master's newspaper. After traversing several fields he comes to the railway line, where he sits waiting for the train. The guard throws the paper to him, and he picks it up and trots off home. It has taken the farmer's -son two years to train aim.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/KCC19100302.2.21
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 238, 2 March 1910, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
154Untitled King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 238, 2 March 1910, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Waitomo Investments is the copyright owner for the King Country Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Waitomo Investments. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in