Grandfather: "What! You fallen in love with Signora actress at the Pantheon Theatre? Grandson (excitedly): ''Yes. jjra»i 1pa and if you have anything to say against the voting lady you had better wait till I am out of the room." Grandfather: "1 say a word against },. rWin . niv dear fellow. I was over head and' ears in love .vitii her myself when I was your age " M. Jacques Flach has just brought under the notice of the French Academy (if sciences documentary proof that during the Siege of Paris in 1>!K) tho Parishes invents the lirst- bombs ever used. Heine short of ammun'tion with which to repl.V to tho artillery of the Bernais, they set to fabricating it as best they could. Old nails and bits of wire, copper. and other metals wore rolled up in leaden envelopes, and t.ho cannons were loaded with the.se improvised projectiles.
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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 14, 19 February 1915, Page 3 (Supplement)
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147Page 3 Advertisements Column 3 Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 14, 19 February 1915, Page 3 (Supplement)
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