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Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43353, 23 July 1908, Page 1

News Items

■ " . ... ■ v-rjva An inoh of rainfall gives ;g| 14,500,000 gallons of water to s i the square mile. | A cyclone may have ans bia- v i meter from 300 to 300 riffles. J The usual dimensions are hetween 1000 and 2000 miles. Lobster-hatching is a pro ; nounced success. In American hatcheries no fewer than ; 480,000,000 have been savrid in one season %nd duly planted. ■ Cornwall has less crime for its population than almost any other g British county, while | and Monmouth are the most' criminal counties. The art of mixing unfading | colors was known to ancient painters, but iuvariably eludes the moderns. Probably the ingredients used were not similar. The French Minister of Marine has placed on the con-, demned list six battleships of about 10,000 tons, each which were launched between 1879 , and 1890.

France grows a great deal of tobacco, the crop averaging 16,000 tons.

There are more strikes in.the

building, trade than many other; ’ next comes collieries and the textile trades/ a : New York publishers have offered President Roosevelt V £12,000 for a description of liis forthcoming experiences in South Africa but the offer was declined. Mr Roosevelt has . arranged- with Scribner’s to accept royalties. The body of Kaiser, a white, fox-terrier, the property of Mr. H. P. Kingeland, of Now York, was taken 1000 miles to Long Branch, New Jersey, from St. Augustine, Florida, and was buried in the Kingsland dog cemetery. ' : / 2

A favorite ;dish the Esquimaux is aa ice-el’eam made of seal oil, into which Snow is - stirred until the desired consists ency has been obtained; then frozen berries of different kinds are added.

It costs less money, it needs less labour, it gives most satisfaction to use Tan*ol for cleaning and polishing linoleum and furniture than any ’ othiter preparation. This 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.-—Ad vt. ! • . Eight hundred and ninety French umbrella manfacturers turn out over 8,000,000. umbrellas yearly. Their average wholesale price is" 3a 4d apeice. : •

The familiar “three legs” were not always the arms of tbe Isle of Man. tip to the time of the Scottish conquest the island used a ship with sails furled.

The Court of King’s Bench (England) is so called because in olden times the sovereign used to preside in person, but the king did not interfere with the decisions of the judges. , Have you never noticed how and dirty looking the linoleum has become ? pid it never strike you, when < qsing the polishing paste, that i you are rubbing in the diift and ' polishing on top ? , : Tan*ol which is a cream put up in i; bottles, cleans the linoleum first and polishes afterwards .Just try it and you will 'soon . notice its superiority to Metes Sold in bottles everywhefe.'-r-Advf. ' 1 ,