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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 158, 24 March 1916, Page 3 (Supplement)

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Employees in .stilt works never get choloraj scarlet fever, influenza or colds. # # # Furniture and works of art in the I'nited Kingdom are valued at between i:5S0,0O0,0OO and £020,000,000. In China a man pays his doctor only while lie js well. soon as lie falls ill the physician's salary stops. A lady in Philadelphia is uie patentee of a bracelet to which \s attached a chain to prevent a wearer lusiiig her muff or purse. The first mention of the pipe organ iu history is in connection with .So' in oil's temple, where there was an organ with ten pipes. The eye of the vulture is jo c,instructed that it is a high-power telescope enabling the bird to se v objects at an almos incredible distance. * * * Lava retains its heat longer than :.\:y other known substance. It has boon known to remain at boiling point a loot bc'ow the surface for 53 years. * x- # Every single man in the village of Great Ormesby, near Yarmouth, England, is either serving in the Army or Navy or has been attested under Lord Derby's scheme. * * * Sausages made of the flesh of dogs were being offered for sale at a shilling a pound (says " Grocery"), by a firm in Landsbergerstrasse, Berlin, recently, "and were being eagerly bought.'' * * * * If a thread is pulled out of a khaki oat, unravelled, and examined closely, the khaki shade will lie found to be composed of thread.', of bronze, light olive-green, lavender, and brown. * * *■ The war has uad a remarkable effect en the dairying conditions of the I nited States. The export of cheese now equals in a single month the average annual total of the six years ending December. 1913. * * * According to reports from Berlin, more than one hundred thousand reindeer will be slaughtered for export in Scandinavia during the present month. Several train-loads have already been sent to Germany. * * * * According to news from Addis Abeba, German attempts to organise a movement in Abyssinia against the Powers of the Entente have completely failed. Great enthusiasm for the cause of the Allies is observable throughout Abyssinia. * * * It is said that only one woman is liable to sudden death to every c'ght men. * # # An elephant has more muscles in its trunk than any other animal possesses in its entire bodv. * *" * * The first organ, built in the eleventh century, had keys five inches in width, which had to be struck with the fist. * * * * Hunting for old coins is such a profitable business in China that it s taught as an accomplishment in some of the schools. * * * * Nine households in Caterham, Surrey (with a population of 4000), have contributed no fewer than sixty-four men to the King's forces. During some recent explorations at Pompeii, an ancient kitchen was unearthed.' In the fireplace there was a kettle on the grate, just as it was left one thousand eight hundred odd years ago by some cook residing in that old city. * * # A plan to enrol a volunteer army of 1.000,000 American boys and tram them for national defence is now under way. Many prominent Americans are supporting the movement which has been incorporated under the name of the National School Camp Association. * * * Private W. Page, 2nd Battalion, Devon Regiment, writing to his sister at Horwood, England, from France. says : " I must tell you that we have a 'mascot' in our regiment. He is a little French boy, only nine years of age. His father and mother were killed at Armentieres. The tailor has made him a suit of khaki and he is learning to speak English rapidly. He -mokes cigarettes like the, rest.''