TO CORRESPONDENTS.
Inquirer. — We are not Japanese linguists. " Puff " m the Wellington Evening Press says the meaning' of the word Tsukuba, the name of the Japanese training ship' now m Wellington, is •• the cucumber." Amateur Ped. — We have found the information you asked for m the Auckland Herald, and believe it can be relied on as correct. It is as follows : — A. Norris, of Brentwqod, England, on February 15, ran 19 miles m lhr 49mins Issecs, which is the be6t on record for that distance. . He also broke the records : ,for: 17. and 18 miles, running the former m lhr 36niins 7secs, and the latter m lhr 42mins 33se.cs,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1710, 17 May 1886, Page 2
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109TO CORRESPONDENTS. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1710, 17 May 1886, Page 2
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