News Items.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4450, 17 August 1909, Page 1

News Items.

England’s first Sunday newspaper appeared in 1780. Oranges are grown in every continent of the world. , , j

Your Majesty, the racehorse, last year won £19,286. About 100 years ago the Income Tax was 2s in the •£. ' J

Jersey’s early potato' [crop brings in'ahout £250,000 yearly,

Scotland’s population is esti* mated to be close on £6,000,* 000. . vj

Last year 2998 alien crim'd inals were received into British prisons. "

About 160 years ago Bright ton iEng.) was merely a fishing village. 'll In the last 30 years the trade of England has nearly doubled -itself. : Great Britain ha 3 spout £95, 000,C00 in naval construotioi in nine years, ’ . v af. Fully one-thmb of the female population of France 'are la> I bourers on farms. By nibbling matches, mice recently caused a serious fife it a post office. ■ Great Britain possesses ovef £31,000,000 of shares in the Suez Canal. . , 1 | •' Scientists say that no negr* j ever tamed an elephant or anj wild animal, though, negroei often perform with wild animali after they have been cowed iht< subjection by white men. Nasal Catarrh or Cold , in \ till head—with all its' disagreeafeli symptoms—may be quickly re : lieved and cured by “ Nazol.l It is simple in*use,' powerful ii actiou, and harmless to the pa tient. It is worth trying^'be cause it represents the Jajhej advance in medical science. Ead ( bottle contains 60 doses, and i sold by chemists and stores 1 $ Is 6d per bottle. . ' It is estimated that a, millit; pounds sterliug has been realise •in the last 25 years by the si '.of postage stamps by >pubii ’auction. ( The record for the longest ah : quickest non stop run in En,£ land is hold by the Grei \ Western Bailway vyith tl I ) addingtcn''Ply mouth expre j which travels 225 f miles at £ | average of 54.1 miles j i hour. | The thumb, according to . professional palmist, is au unee iug index of the mind. If person is trying to deceive yo !he will invariably draw h j thumb in towards the palm. ( J the other hand, if he is telli-l the truth, the thumb will be r j laxed, and point away from t j palm. Influenza often leads to bro chitis. When the first signs influenza appear—such as thre mutation, phlegm, dullness the c/es, tightness across t chest—don’t hesitate, but gel bottle of “ Nazol.” It is wo derful how speedily u Nazo gives relief and cures. Ea bottle contains GO doses, and S)ld by chemists and stores | Is Cd per bottle.