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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 231, 28 March 1912, Page 8

Information from Mangaweka states that the mustering of sheep for shearing has revealed the fact that a, large number are yet unaccounted for. It was thought at first that death was responsible for the missing ones, but keen searching over the country the sheep were running on has not solved the mystery. '. Objection to the payment of taxes was las strong in ancient' Egypt as it is today. On a receipt for payment of a tax. I exhibited by Dr. G. Milligan, who lectured to the Victoria Institute at the Soj ciety of Arts, Adelphi, on Greek papyri, ,was written: "Here is for your dirty draughtsman." The Greek Egyptians, it | seems, were careless fellows. ' They left their waste papyri on scrap-heaps outside their villages, instead of burning them. To this waste-paper basket habit .archaeologists of to-day owe many di»icoveries. The heaped-up papyri were completely buried in the sand, and, in the dry climate of the desert, were preserved. On one occasion some archaeologists, searching for ancient records, were rewarded with a fine collection of [mummified crocodiles, and, but for the j disgust which prompted a member of the party to strike the head of one with his spade, one of the most remarkable discoveries of recent years would never have keen made. The crocodile's head was 'stuffed with valuable records, such a.i i the earliest known marriage contract in Greek of about 310 8.C., as well as a letter m Greek, dated B.C. 1, which threw a lurid sidelight upon certain social conditions of that time. SKIN DISEASES, including eczema, pimples, rashes, boils, chilblains, ringworm, shingles, ulcers, old sores have their remedy in Rexona, the Rapid Healer. Sold in triangular pots at Is 6d and 3s. Obtainable at Bullock A Warner's Rust-proof Corset will do more for a woman's figure than aay other corset made. Every pair guaran- i teed by local drapers.—Advt.