News Items

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43338, 16 June 1908, Page 1

News Items

< ,♦ '■,■'■ *•*;."> ;,.«•••'.’» A church of solid coral is • ] be seen on the : Isle of Main whiohisone of the Seychellc group. .’A.

Mrs Francis Ilrig,; the W< Viginia “ Oil Queen,” has i< £20,000 to her solicitor beeaii

she found him honest.

Japan’s chrysanthemum fla| is probably the • oldest ' ratioha banner in existence! That p; Denmark < is ?thef oldest? |hmon£ European - nations; ;;

Parses bettei educated than any other Indians IA - every men 4075 kno\y ; *Englisln- Among the Hindus only M in 10,000 speak English.' ‘

Of every 1000 inhabitants of live in Asia,’ 242 in Europe, 111 in Africa, 32 in America, five m Qceanica; and the Polar regions, and only two in Attteli|.-f. j ? iM In Paris people give on average 3s 6d a head yearly*? tp; hospitals. This is sixpence more than the average given by Londoners; but in New York the average subscription is 7d only.'' r j-y : m

In order to popularise vaccination among the inhalntantS; ofvMadrid, the-ma^r-Offers! every one:’; beeh vaccinated w a%ee' : ticket' in a lottery, the principal ■ prize in which is,£loo.. J ;w g

A curious well in Canada produces sand instead of water. This sand conies up - in a fine stream, like a fountain. The force which drives; it; to the surface from a depth of 100 ft. has not been discovered;

It costs less money, -it need? less labour, it v gives> -moral satisfaction to use -Tan-dlUor? 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 everywhere. —Advt.

The remains of all the Czars, of Bussia since Peter the Great are interred; in v a Memorial! Chapel "built on one. of the; islands of the ISTeva. All the cenotaphs are exactly alike, each being a block of white marble, ! without any decoration whatever, bearing only the name of the deceased Emperor.. ’ 8

The lovers’ alarm clock is a device to : refresh the memories of happy couples who are too absorbed in each other to notice the passage of time. As the clock strikes 10 p.m. two little doors open and;a; small man in dressing gown and cap glides out, holding in his hand a card with the device, “ Goodnight 1” r • '

Have you never noticed how dark and dirty looking the linoleum has become ? Did it never strike you, when using the polishing paste, that you are rubbing in the dirt and; polishing on which is bottles, first . Just i i\JB notice itlH Sold in Advt.