The output of sandbags in Scotland has been prodigious, and the following marvellous calculations made in France have much interest-It has bee*, figu»d out that our sandbags on the AVestcrn front if piled up in a corneal heap assuming thorn to be full, would make a hill 900 feet high and seven miles round a the base. There total weight would be more than 800,000,000 tons, if la d endto Id, these astonishing bags would encircle the earth 136 times or reach n o e than one thirtieth of the way to fte sun. Laid on the ground they would occupy 000,000 acres.
GHIUHLAINS! You suffer WhyTCold wwttar j bad circulation. Have then* every Winter, -an't banish them, only endure them. Ai» reasoning is foolish. Rexona wiH drive away your ailblaane. Many wiw havi suffered for years, and endured agonv .every Winter with "■?*!«"' avoiding the good cheer of the fireside mirrina their cracked and bleeding hands in the coldest quarter of the'room, now thank Rexona for Winter comfort. Kexcna rer feet, hi wUlftMs woTsaiv'e means foot comfort all next day. RiAbod gently into the akin of poor suffering hands, a pair ot soft, loofe gloves to protect them, the unsightly ohiMaias must vanish, lbe hands neither hurt nor cause you to blush by their appearance. Winter wore andfWinter sports may then be indulged in without fear of resulting agony, tor this should bo the healthful time of the voaT when we are storing up strengtn and energy for tihe ®~Jj Rexona is sold in triangular tin* at l/G aA Bs. Obtainable averjTriMJfti
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Taranaki Daily News, 31 July 1917, Page 5
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262Page 5 Advertisements Column 7 Taranaki Daily News, 31 July 1917, Page 5
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