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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 213, 29 August 1908, Page 3

Excepting grape wine, the oldest alcoholic beverage, known, to man is saki, a rice wine. It has been used by the Japanese for over 2,000 years. Steam has by no means made sailing vessels obsolete. The total number of the latter in the world is still 05,03-1, as against only 30,501 steamers. Between 30,«W and <W,IIOO breechloading ritles and n large quantity of ammunition have been smuggled int.) Afghanistan from the Mekrau coast during the current year. Heavy rains extinguished the great Canadian bush, fires. A punch-how! licit belonged to tlr ■ poet Burns was sold the other dav for ,t!>. A dog wearing a miniature Panama hat was seen in Ihe streets of Glasgow one day in July. The managers of a Paris I heat re have paid M. Edinond Kostand lln.ilWl for the world's rights of his new play, "Chanticleer." The books issued lo boys and girls from the Liverpool free libraries during 1007 showed an increase of 47,482 over the previous year, Amongst the " rubbish " cremated in the Blackpool diesfruc-lor during l.lic year were 301 dogs, S donkeys, I lions. 3 porpoises and 1 bear. This seems rough on the dogs. Lord Robbery, alluding in a speech to the desire of the House of Commons to put an end lo the flou-'- of Lords quoted the lines on a m.i.l :"i:: --"'l.'ii man recovered fro.u (lie bit.-. ;... \->: : - was that died." A leading London physician says: ■ bedroom windows wore always op. (here would not be half as much illnf-s-, as there is."