News Items

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43350, 16 July 1908, Page 1

News Items

Smoking is permitted, in the •prisons in Belgium as a reward for good behaviour; : J There are 3064 languages in the world, and its inhabitants profess more than 1000 religions. *

Rear-Admiral Kingsmill has been appointed by the Canadian Government to the command of the Canadian Marine Forces. Rear-Admiral Kingsmill has only just been promoted to flag rank.

Mrs Wade, a leader of Boston society, engaged six doctors to perform an operation on her favorite dog, which was threat* ened with blindness. During the operation,, she had .two trained nurses in attendance.

The art of making unbreakable glass was discovered by a Roman inventor, who was put to death for his pains by Tiberins, lest this discovery should depreciate in value the'elaborate gold and silver goblete,: gem bestudded, which were then id fashion.

The report of the" ifegistrarGeneral on the births, deaths, and marriages in Scotland during 1907 shows that the population of the country was estimated at 4,776,063. -The birthrate for the year, 26.97,, was the lowest yet recorded in Scotland. In i 1906 it was 27.9 per 1000 of the estimated population. The deajthrate for the year was 16.18 per 1000.

The average storm-wave is 30ft. in height; the "hightett storm-waves ever measured were between 44ft. and 48ft. high* The gigantio force of stormwaves is shown by the fact that at Skerry vore lighthouse, off the west Coast of Scotland, a mass of rock weighing 5J tons Was once hurled to a height of 72ft, above the seh-level, whilst a mass weighing 13J tons was torn from a cliff 74ft. high. 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 top ? Tan-ol which is a cream put up .in bottles, cleans the linoleum first aud polishes afterwards •Just try it and you will soon notice its superiority to pastes Sold in bottles everywhere.— Advt.

!T wo Philadelphia inventors haye perfected a device for re- A pealing talking machine records jby telephone. At a demonstra- | tiou given on an estate, Caruso’s ....... ' voice came from a receiver hidden in a shrub, and Tetrar - / rzini’s trills from the top of a tall •pine. It has been reckoned by , an i gcnious handler of figures, that Stratford-on-Avon .gains £25,000 a year by .Shakespeare. : Every year from * 30,^ ; 000 people go to Str4|fprd from' /ill parts of the world, and a trifling average i from each makes up the aurcr i naned. ■ v ' It costs less money, it needs j less labour, it gives most ' satisfaction to use Tan-ol for J cleaning and polishing linoleum land furniture than any other 1 preparation. This statement vei ified in thousands of homes where it is in con-

j stant 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.

J For Ladies, Neckwear, Belts ■ Laces, and Ribbons, a large variety ;at less than Auckland prices. Try

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