Sheet iron is rolled so thin at the Pittsburg milts that 12,000 sheets are required to make a single inch in thickness. Light shines as readily through one of these sheets as it does through general tissue paper. A Brnnnerton man, who used a defaced twrpmny stamp to pot a newspaper was lined nearly £9 for his indiscretion. All to save a halfpenny !
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 461, 9 April 1890, Page 8
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63Untitled Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 461, 9 April 1890, Page 8
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