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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 256, 4 December 1909, Page 4

A hundred pound* of raw bft;l will lose 3311> in masting and 'ililli in boiling. lln JS7-I, at liristol, a -Vliss llichnrds gained i U.H) for her aged parents by walking 1000 miles in 1000 consecutive hour*. The I'niU'd Kingdom produces about ■IO.OUO tons of cheese a year. Jn one your 70,000 tons of sugar are used by British breweries). ■Ninee 1811! London has spent over GVfj millions sterling on bridges. Kixty-s'ix out of every hundred persons in Kngland have light-colored eyes. Two-tliinls of the world's total beetroot crop is used for making sugar. Firty years ago 32 ISritish soldiers in every 100 could not read and write. Last year the trains of the United Kingdom carried 2,625,532,805 people. An offer of £SOO for a Persian cat at the Sydenham show in 18(19 was refused. A City of London alderman holds office for life. In 1007 1449 London bachelors married widows'.

The only European country which has suffered depopulation in the present century is Ireland. Ordinary marching in the British Army is 3 miles an hour, quick marching 3 3-10, and double-quick marching 5 miles. In the French Army the figures are, 2 7-10, 3 3-10, and 5 miles per hour. Cuts came into England before thol Conquest, '