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Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43367, 3 September 1908, Page 1

News Items

Jamaica is expected f io m high presently as a il Turkey can produce rm cases of longevity than any ofl country. 1 There are over; 30,000 hm bands in England, compriJ 250,000 musicians. x |l The English Channel is *9 where more than 900 ft. detl the Irish Sea is 2130 ft., I Marriage is the only contn minors can make which hold good in a court of law. I John' Milton’s autogral i appended to a marriage contrl ! dated 1623, was for 4322. ' M j The most expensive ohail the world belongs ito the Pol It is of solid silter, and cl £IB,OOO. 1 The Russian Empire hoJds tl record of having under its swj 65 separate and distinct raci groups. j In Thibet it is a sign of poliij ness, when meeting a hold up the hand clasped ail protrude the tongue. I The railway at Galera, in Pei 16,635 ft. above sea ievel, is bJ lieved to be the highest habitl tion in the world. It is proposed to paint the gd ports of the Yiotory yellpw* theJ color at Trafalgar, and to re-ij the ship as she was in Nelson time. ' j Berlin will presently the largest hotel in the Work The building now in course "< erection will be able to ‘acodD modate 2000 visitors. > ftfiSlpi A Hungarian has invented : washing machine, which, wif electrified water, wiU fcloufil 300 garmeuts in less than / i minutes without the aid of soar ■p • j , c ,, V'gj Residents of EugluiifejM £110,000,000 iuufyed in mm gages in foreign coyiitriol Tnese investments i drain the foreign countries about £5,500,000 in gold ciisij A fnshior'ably dressed w?iu4l drove up to a store in Newpofi Rhode island, la«t tSjrjl tied two icecreams, and pl.ieoi thenijiefore her pet dogs, ff was very indignant when tffi manager iuWered. /