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Taranaki Daily News, 19 March 1921, Page 10

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William the Conqueror is said not to have been able to write his name, and out of 25. barons who signed the Magna Chartp, only three could write their names, and six centuries after that half the people of the nation could not sign a letter. Of London’s thirst we get an Impressive conception when we find that the water drunk in a single day would fill a bath 200 ft. long and 100 ft. wide to a depth of 6ft., and that a day’s tea allowance 560,000 gallons) would fill a cup 60ft. in diameter and 50ft. high. The greatest single fall of rain on record is that which took place’ at Mahabaleshwar, in India, where on September 2, 1833, thirteen inches fell during a few hours, which is at the rate of over a mile a year. As a matter of fact, the annual average there is only 254 inches. Of many timbers tested in a Japanese investigation, only teak of cypress pine escaped attack 'by termites. The immunity seems to be due neither to hardness nor weight, but to the presence of some repellant—perhaps the large percentage of benzine extract of these two woods. In order to investigate the cause of a recent disaster in an English provincial town, 7 different departments of a certain Ministry sent down 7 different inspectors to report on the event, and not one of the 7 knew that the other 6 were jroing!