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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 204, 2 October 1909, Page 4

] nil hi produces about 7,000.000 tons of coal yearly. Four hundred and sixty-nine yards Is the longest gol( drive on record. Moro than r»0i).0(H) acres in India are devoted to thi» cultivation of tea. An admiral's Hag Hies at the mainmast head of hi* ship, and consists of a red cross upon a white ground. The largest elephant tusks known weigh 1981b and 17411). They were Loth taken from the same elephant. During the course of his career Lord Kdberts has gained nine orders, five medals, and nineteen battle clasps. Mr. Orville Wright, has declared that he could teach any young man the art of (lying within three days. The director of a matrimonial agency says the young girls ask only: "Who is.he?" The young widows ask: "What is his position?" The old widows: "Where is he?" Modern British .submarines have a surface speed of ll> knots an hour and a submerged speed of lo knots an hour. Their displacement is about 000 tons. The first ship in which AdmirafFi*hTr went to sea was a small sailing twodecker. fn a prominent place the inscription '"Silence!" was displayed, and beneath it "Deeds, not words." Every ship he has commanded has borne those words.