News Items.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43336, 11 June 1908, Page 1

News Items.

Only two ships in the British - Navy are armed with 1104oti guns ' \/C The dragonfly moves through the air either backward ot : forward. A bridge connecting Engs - land and France would cost £30,000,000 * Sf The fibre of the coarsest wool is about the 500th. part of an inch in diameter; In Korea bachelors wear skirts, and are not promoted to * trousers until they marry. The dog-tax in /Berlin is to - £ be increased from £1 to £1 10s. There are 38,000 dogs in that " . •: 'vU’.:

Two cigars are each day supplied to every soldier in the Italian Army, as part of his rations. ,

Sir Horace Walpole holds the unbeaten record of having been Prime Minister of England, for in all, 21 years. It is proposed to 1 erect a temporary hotel at Quebec to accommodate 3000 guests during the tercentenary celebrations in June.

'< The carp is a remarkable fish and moves no fewer than 4386 bones and muscles every time it breathes. It has 4320 veins, to say nothing of 99 muscles. : Antonio Fuentes, the Spanish bull - fighter, who has been immortalised in Baedeker, has retired at the age of 40, after taking part in no fewer than 800 combats. .

The age of whales is ascertained by the size and number of laminae of the whalebone, which increases yearly. Ages of 300 and 400 years have been assigned to whales from these indications.

Have you never noticed how dark and dirty looking tha ; linoleum has become ? Did it never strike you, when using the polishing paste, that you are. rubbing in the dirt and' polishing on top? Tan-01, which is a cream put up in bottles, cleans . the linoleum first and polishes afterwards. Just try it and you will soon notice its superiority to pastes Sold in bottles everywhere.— Advt.

Bulgaria has a centenarian to every 1000 inhabitants, andthus holds the international record for old people. In one year alone there died in Bulgaria 350 persons who had exceeded the century. An interesting form of museum is being planned for Bremen. In a public park old peasant houses are to be dotted about, each containing a collection of antiquities dealing with the history of the town.

A farmer entered a billiardroom at Youngstown, Ohio, and accepted a bet of 4s that he could place a billiard ball in his mouth. He succeeded in winning the bet, but had to pay a doctor £1 to remove the ball.

It costs less money, it needs less labour, it gives more satisfaction to use Tan*ol for cleaning and polishing linoleum and furniture than any other preparation. This statement has been verified in thousands of homes where it is in constant use. If you have any doubt about it try it yourself. If you want the best results then get the best article, which is the cheapest, viz., Tan-01. It is sold in bottles every-where.-—Advt.