News Items

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4433, 8 July 1909, Page 1

News Items

The mortality among infant born in poor-law institutions i much higher than among thot born in other circumstances* ’

Fifty. foreigners,-money-lenders, have been fine' at Washington, for using Iris] names in which to carry oi their businesses.

It has been calculated that if all the newspapers which are published daily throughout the world were piled together their height would surpass Mon Blanc.

The most precious possessions of the Prince of Wales are said to be his big collection of post* age stamps, valued st £20,000, and an album full of photographs of the babies of all nations.

Out of 1400 villagers in the parish of Milverton, where the King is lord of the manor, there are 50 receiving pensions from the State, at least 90 of the iu< habitants being more than 70 years old.

It is estimated >that there are 45,000,000 tons of marketable coal in the Canadian NorthWest Held. The coal is bituminous geueially, but at Bankhead, near Bauff, a fairly good anthracite has been mined,

Statistics just completed show that 70 per cent, of Sicilians can neither read nor write. In Palermo, one of the most modem cities of Italy, fully one half of the children never go near a schoolkouse, their parents insisting upon seuding them into factories.

Nasal Catarrh or Cold in the head—with all its disagreeable symptoms —mav be quickly relieved and cured by “ Nazol.” It is simple in use, powerful in action, and harmless to the patient. It is worth trying, because it represents the latest advance in medical science. Each bottle contains GO doses, and is sold by chemists and stores *at 1 s 6d per bottle.

A player in a golf competi tion at liochford, Essex, drove a ball into a hedge bordering on a stream which intersects the course. On searching foY the ball it was found in a nest, resting on four eggs, the parent bird having been knocked into the water. Neither nest nor eggs were damaged.

The hiss does not always mean disgust and reprobation. In Japan it means delight, A Japanese in greeting one hisses. In West Africa the hiss denotes astonishment. In the New Hebrides they hiss before anything beautiful. The Basutos hiss in sign of cordial agreement. Among the ICabyles of Northern Africa the hiss denotes satisfaction.

Influenza often leads to bron* clrti3. When the first si£ns < f influenza appear —such as throat irritatioD, phlegm, dullness of the eyes, tightness across the chest—don’t hesitate, but get si bottle of “ Nazol.” It is wonderful how speedily Nazol gives relief and cures. Each bottle contaius GO doses, and i 3 sold by chemists and stores at J s Gd per bottle. i

The first needles made Wire in England were fabricated in Ohenpside, in the time of Queen Mary, by a negro from Spain ; but as he would not impart the secret, it was lost at his death, l and n< t recovered again Jiil 1 1586, in the reign of Elizabeth, j when Elias Growse, a German, taught ihi art to the English, wh ha Vi since brought it. to: i the lug he degree ol not Version,