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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 221, 23 October 1909, Page 3

l ; ive feel is the average height of ft Japanese man, and about (ft Sin of a woman. The Chinese language has tIU.OOO characters, and there arc six different styles of writing. A famous Chinese proverb says, '■Everything is easy at first." Japanese children between the ages of six and ten have to attend elementary schools for thirty-two weeks a year. Japanese sovereigns form an unbroken dynasly since fiOfl TS.C. and the present | Kmperor is the 121st of his race. I At a Turkish election the ballot-lmx is carried about on a triumphal car, and is guarded by little girls dressed in white. On great occasions it is perched on the hump of a camel. There are nearly WOO miles of railway in China. At one time tramears In London were drawn bv mules.