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An amusing incident, suggestive of the : romantic serenading of some Spanish ■in one <>f tire quiet side’ streets i not far from Queen Street, Auckland, the other night. Dusk was falling when a young khaki-clad territorial appeared at’the gate of a house in this quiet street. .Soon lie made the night vocal with peculiar and involved whistle-calls, waiting, doubtless, for his inamorata to “come into the garden.” But all at once he must have received the surprise of his life, for the gate opened, and a wrathful father, carrying a heavy stick, was speedily in whirling action on the body of the unwelcome lover, who, to use.*a colloquialism, “went for his life,’ and made speedy going through the gathering darkness, while pater speeded his steps with threats that if he appeared there again he would get miich worse. A lion tamer in a Paris menagerie. Louis Juge, who invented an act called "The Circle of Death,” found its name almost fulfilled when, in riding a bicycle round a narrow ledge in a lion’s cage, he lost a pedal and was thrown with his machine on to the floor of the cage. Many women fainted, expecting to see ! pieces. But the lions were too astonished to move, and Juge, whose leg was broken, was quickly rescued. mentioned at a meeting of the Insurance Guild in AA’ellington. The policy covered the contents of a tombstone-maker’s yard against loss by fire. It seemed to the "easy money,” but, a fire in an adjoining building proved that the monument maker was as hard in the head as his wares, as several of the stones were knocked over and broken bv the highpressure water used in fighting the The proof of the reliability of Sharland’s “Moa” Brand 'Egg Preservative lies in the fact that it has been on the market for over 20 years. It keeps eggs fresh and sweet, and without the s lightest smell or disagreeable taste. ' Eggs have been kept for over 2 years, , and were quite sweet and without taint. It costs «/ s d to Id per dozen eggs, according jackage bought.

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Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Taranaki Daily News, 2 September 1922, Page 9

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Tapeke kupu
351

Untitled Taranaki Daily News, 2 September 1922, Page 9

Untitled Taranaki Daily News, 2 September 1922, Page 9

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