Asked what he thought would be the chief invention of the present century, Mr Edison made particular mention of two. One was that steer should be substituted for wood in the manufacture of furniture, and would be five times cheaper and much stronger and lighter than the furniture of to-day. The other was thatpaper books would disappear. “Nickel leaves ” said he, “two thousandths of f .% millimetre in thickness, will take the place of costly sheets de luxe, dangerous vehicles of infection. The leaf of nickel takes the printing ink as wdll as paper, and a book two centimetres thick, weighing less than a pound, will contain 40,000 pages, and may be sold for 5/. . Singers and public speakers find f NAZOL” unequalled for preventing’ or relieving huskincss and soreness in the throat. Can be taken anywhere. Advice has been received by the ©ffn&rs in charge of the Salvation Army at Taihape that the Palmerston North Salvation Army Silver Band will be in Taihape on Saturday and Sunday, 23rd and 24th October.. The ®and w iil be present at the open-air meeting at 7.80 p.m. on Saturday, 23rd Snst., ana at the 11 o’clock and 7 to’clock meetings in the Town Hall. A sacred concert will be given in the Town Hall on Sunday, 24th inst. at 8.30 p.m., and in the afternoon on the - Oval at 3 p.m. Users of NAZOL keep free from colds and influenza. NAZOL nips a cold in the bud, soothes, relieves and heals. 60 dose's 1/6.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3602, 14 October 1920, Page 5
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251Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3602, 14 October 1920, Page 5
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