News Items

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4470, 2 October 1909, Page 1

News Items

Altogether, the British Fleet carries 144 I2in guns.

~Of every 1000 recruits in Eussia 700 are illiterate. Each time a shell is fired from a Dreadnought it costs £IOO. There are over 50 authors and journalists in the House of Commons. !

The Standard Egg Preservative, is Sharland’s Moa Brand Egg Preservative. Years of experience with it only strengthens its claims. At all stores. See that the full name is on the label*

Nearly <£6,000,000 a year is spent on the police forces of England and Wales.

No left-handed batsman has ever made a century for Eugland in a test match.

Each Dreadnought has a bakery, a barber's shop, a tailor’s shop, a boot repairer's a canteen and a hospital with accommodation for about 60 patients, with twG surgeons.

Yon know alt about it—you have tried it befoie. and we are only reminding yon that it is now the season for Sharland’s Moa Brand Egg Preservative. At al? stores. See that the fuH name is on the label.

As a protection against heavy guus, battleships of the Dreadnought. type are armoured wilh a belt of Krupp steel llin thick. The main turrets have walls made of the same material 12in thick.

Emigrants are not allowed to land in the Cape Colony- or Natal, or to enter Rhodesia or the Transvaal, unless they have secured definite employment in the colony, or possess sufficient means of support. Flowers can now he kept bv freezing. They are picked in the bud and preserved by refri-* gerator while being transported. When unpacked and placed in water they slowly awaken and come into full bloom. Nasal Catarrh or Cold in the head—with all its disagreeable symptoms—may be quickly relieved and cured by. “ Nazol. 1 ’ It is simple in use, powerful in action, and harmless to the patieut. It is worth trying, because it represents' the latest advance in medical scieuce. Each bottle contains . 60 doses, and is sold by chemists and stores at Is 6d per bottle.

Rabbifs are not fond of water.

yet they can swim under com* pulsion. They look very odd when swimming. They keep their heads and tails above the water, while the fore part of theii’ bodies is deeply merged. In order to supply the 10.000 Territorials, who have been camping on Salisbury Plain with food for a fortnight, 250 tons of meat. 250 tons of bread, five tons of coffee, GIO,OOO eggs, and enormous quantities of other provisions were utilised.

Thousands of pounds aro saw 1 ovary vo,'ll- to the Poultry Knopors of Now 7, >nlaud l»v tho use of Sh'srhinrl’s Molt* Uriind Eis; Prosorvativo. If you wont to share in this, use it this yoar to prosorvo your At nit S'ce that tho full namo is on the label.

It appears that the authorities rf the German State railways have concluded that incandescent gas lighting is superior to electric light in railway carriages. No more carnages' are to be equipped with electric light. The engineers are now changing over the equipment at the rate of 500 to 600 lights a day. ‘ ! Influenza often leads to bronchi! is. When (he first signs of influenza appear—such astir oat. irritation, phlegm, dullness of the eye®. tightness across the chest—don’t hesitate, hot get a tie e -Xfzol.” It is won • , p nl how speedily “ Nazol ” gives relief and currs. Ero’i bottle contains 00 doses, and is sold by chemists and stores at Is 6d per hoi tie.