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Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4419, 3 June 1909, Page 1

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•v., v-^^H * " : : %|jH Taximeters were used otfl Chinese chariots in the fourth! century. I Florins are more frequently! counterfeited than any other! coin, I France spends £300,000 a! year in improving the breed of! cavalry horses. I Journeys made by the London® Fire Brigade last year totalled! 120,916 miles, ■ There are £40,000,000.wor$l|! of gold in the vaults of the Bank! of England. I . . c I! “ Slay I print a kiss on your lips ?” l| . said, And she nodded her sweet permission So wo went to press, and I rather guess H We printed a full edition. ! Frances guillotine had its! origin in the old West Biding! gibbet, removed from Halifax! in 1620. 1 Out of the 6500 prosecutions! for Sunday trading in Englanij! last year, 4,500 took place ail Hull.’ ■ The Sjogren automatic! systemM of fire-arms gives a rifleman the! power of firing 1125 shots a,hi hour. I The perfectly round pearls are! the most valuable, next come! the pear-shaped, and, lastly, the! egg-shaped. "* I ITandsome cabs are not 1 all present at a premium, for a cab! which cost its owner £BO will! now only fetch £3. Jj Brandy and water is suppjrfH free of charge to all membe£|H the Belgian ParliamentAHU make a long speech. At present the Pnrliatqfl|Hj| electorate of Lontlon 664,204, or a decrease omBBII on the number last yeai^BßH The largest J world is found in Sum jHNHHH size is fully 3fc in about the of a wheel. Good Friday '• Long Friday J; by our|jg|lfo|pfc forefathers, on account length of the offices ings enjoined on this day. Of a total of cigars exported from Cuba year, England imported 000, or double the taken by any other two nations,! One smile makes a flirtation.* One flirtation makes two acquainted. Two acquainted makes one kiss. One kiss makes seve*| nil more: Several kisses make! ]an engagement. One engagement makes two fools. Twofj fools make one marriage. One marriage makes two mothers- irO law. Two mothers •in - lawf ! make a red-hot time. A KISSING EPISODE. Beneath a sli.-uly tree they sal, • lie hold her hand, site held his hai, Zil j J breath and laid right flat ; O ' ■ kis. eil— I sa\V them du it.. | ?I< U-hl that kisiing was no crime. 1 Sii l.i>-ld lie;.- head up every t-rne, 1 1 i.>i«Mnv ]< ■-, >e and wrote, this rhyme, U Ibi.- tli-v i.l'.iniyiil. !>.. ;ic knew it. Wr.A. ilciutyre, S’ • Land, Thames, j\ X., say.- " Some imej ago I had a very had cold and a >o; ed throat, and seeing: Chamberlain’s Ccugli ltemedy advertised thought I would pi o' 1 what it would do for me A few dot cured the soreness in my throat and n.y cold soon vanished. I must say that JtS was jih used and surprised at its healing . | proper!ice. Since then I have recom-f I mended it to several of my friends and': I t hey all speak in the highest praises of | j it.” Km- sale hy -J. ii. Johnson. j 1 n past 1 ime the first thing done to a$ j Imm or scald was to exclude tin? air. | To do this the victim had to either ap;]v ia paste of oil and tiom- or else bandaeog the scalded part, thus adding to his§ sufferings- All that is now necessary is:! ’to apply Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. This! ; liniment gives immediate relief, alsp;! j lards the part in one-third the tinie| taken by any other application'X biiffl j what is more wonderful still is that j is never any scar left after ChfimberlaipjP j Paiu Balm is used. For sale bv J Bi Johnson, A?ls!