The whirlgig of Timle works many changes. Forty-eight years ago yesterday the city of Paris capitulated to the victorious Prussians. Ten days previously, at Versailles, Wilhelm 1, of Prussia was proclaimed Emperor of Germany with great pomp and circumstance, and then was born the policy which, intended to make the Fatherland all-supreme, wrecked it. France was made to "eat dirt," and despoiled of two of her fairest and most valuable provinces. To-day the oncc-powcrful German Empire is a dream of the past. The nation is torn by internecine strife; it has lost all; France once more rejoices in the possession of her lost provinces, and a menace to the peace of the world has been effectively dealt with. Brocadero in all shades, the British wash fabric. Is 2id per yar.—The Big Sale.—Collinson and Gifford, Ltd. B’e judge and jury <and give NAZOL a trial. There can be only one verdict —'Absolutely competent to cure colds, influenza. bronchitis and nasal catarrh". 3
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Taihape Daily Times, 29 January 1919, Page 5
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161Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 Taihape Daily Times, 29 January 1919, Page 5
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