l<\>r the second time in 300 years Buenos .Vires has been visited by iv snowstorm. The electrical current failed, and all work was brought to a standstill. There are to-day 84,000 Bed Indian children of school age, and three out of four attend regularly. One-fhird of the Indians can .speak English, and one-quarter can write it. About two out of three wear the clothes of whites, and four out of five families live in houses instead of wigwams. There arc no fewer than 227 inns in England which bear the sign of the Three Horseshoes; while there are 208 inns with the name of the Three Tuns.'' There are 270 inks with the sign of the Angel, 25 with Adam and Eve for their name, while--43 derive their signs from incidents connected with the Flood.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2183, 30 September 1920, Page 4
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135Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 Manawatu Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 2183, 30 September 1920, Page 4
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