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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 277, 31 December 1909, Page 3

Rural residents are 'generally taller' Mil heavier than those in towns. I'elruli'iim was last year involved 11: »]4 oases »f fire, resulting in 18 deaths, f.n Loudon. Why slip'|ld a host ,iem ollcM ' a snl dlc'r :I fniit' it Christinas tinio? Hecauso ho ought not to be tempted -to desert. What man would make the best prompter for a dramatic soeiety? A billiard-marker; because lie could always' give the cue. Where is the best place for reflection' Before the mirror. There are twice as many sailing vessels as steamers in the world. Over two-thirds of the laud surface of the earth snow n.eycr falls. A fast locomotive consumes about 12 gallons of water per mile. r lakes a Persian rug-weaver about abf.i.t twenty days to weave a square foot. J A man's chanees of sfidden death arc i'eight times as great as a woman V.. 1 The Kniperor of Japan retains the | service* of thirty physicians and sixty piUrts,