News Items.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43330, 26 May 1908, Page 1

News Items.

The average annual eonsumjH tionof tobacco in England 30 ounces per head of thfl population. In the Turkish Navy th« crew and officers of a warshijß form a regiment, and the officer* hold the same rank as pn landifl The captain is lieut.-colonel,l and so on. v ' . - ;■ The Holland American linen Eotterdam, the deferred launch! of vfhich took place at Belfast! on March 3rd, has a displacer! ment of 40,000 tons. Among! the internal features will be spacious palm court and a pond,! from which passengers caul select their own fish. '-Kyi A gentleman told roe the! other day that a girl in his 1 service had succeeded in over*! drawing her account in the l Post Office Savings Bank! (says a London gossip). ; I darel say it has often been tried, butl I imagine that this is about thej first time that the attempt has|| succeeded. I , / '7'J Men are dressed as they are 1 (remarks the “ Court Journal!”) 1 chiefly because fewer of 1 themi look ridiculous so clothed tbanj| they would in any otherfl costume. Modern dress ,7hM merciful to men; it gives nO| undue advantage to the wellfi built and handsome—indeed, it " i detracts from their appearance and modifies the figures of those gj not blessed with a fine physique.g

Sir Thomas Lipton is a very I witty man, and many smart || replies are placed to his oredit;|| Here is one which occurred at j the time of the last Cup race, when he was in America. : His If host brought out a box of very v, choice cigars. , “ I do not know whether you will like the£e*y cigars, Sir Thomas,” be said- f| “ What do you generally’ J smoke ?” “ Bacon,”, was the quiet reply. ’

It costs less money, it needs -fl less labour, it gives more|f| satisfaction to use Tan*ol for JI cleaning and polishing linoleuni;|j| and furniture than any other M preparation. This statement || has been verified in thousands J of homes where it is in con-|g stant use. If you have any doubt about it try it yourself. If you want the best results 'fi then get the best article, which is the cheapest, viz., Tan ol.b|| It is sold in bottles where. —Advt.

An amusing instance of the use of trade labels is reported from a Crown colony in West 'M Africa. A commissioner asked a dusky chief to produce his copy of a trading agreement, .Igj and was amused to find that, tho “ honest ” trader who - had ?! secured the trading concessi n;| from the chief, had detached a Bass’s label from the bottle and affixed it to the agreement as a j Government stamp.

Have you never noticed how dark and dirty looking the . linoleum has become ? Bid it ' never strike you, when the polishing paste, that you 3 are rubbing in the dirt and polishing on top? Tan-01, which is a cream put up iu i| bottles, cleans the linoleum > first and polishes afterwards A Just try it and you will soon notice. its superiority to Sold in bottles everywhere.---- Jjg Advt. /•- — M