Page 1 Advertisements Column 4

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1858, 27 July 1918, Page 1

NEWS IN BRIEF

Where the United Slates lias only ten multi-millionaires with £25,000,000 each, Great Britain has seven-ty-live; where America has nine with £20,000,000 there are sixtyeight in the United Kingdom. America leads the £15,000,000 to £20,0000,000 class with forty-five to Great Britain’s fourteen. A Western American motorist has what probably is the most extraordinary body a chassis has ever carried. It was hewed out of a single section of a giant redwood, and the interior is fitted up as a caravan. The timber when cut was 22 feet long, and weighed, 40 tons. Finished it weighed lest than 5,0001b5. The King’s Royal Rifle Corps (the old GOth), one of the most famous regiments in the British army, was once known as “The Royal Americans,” having been recruited almost entirely in New York and Philadelphia. The present 2nd battalion is also of American origin, having been raised in North America in 1758. Cupid, fashioned in marble in a statue which has been described as a perfect masterpiece, has just been unearthed at Cyrene, in Libya. Other important archaeological discoveries made in the same region during Italian occupation include statues of Jupiter, Venus, Mars, Minerva, and Apollo. The statue of Cupid will he sent to Rome. Let NAZOL protect your family against coughs and colds. One dose a day keeps colds away. Good for old and young. Sixty doses 1/U