It takes about a quarter of a century to get the elephant to maturity. It is said that 4000 duels a year, on the average, are still fought in France. The palace tt Versailles, France, which Louis XIV built, cost £40,000,000. Swiss authorities are arranging for experiments with carrier pigeons in connection with the postal 3tervice. The Persian Government will pay the tobacco corporation £500,000 indemnity for tbe abolition of the tobacco monopoly.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3112, 25 June 1892, Page 1 (Supplement)
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73Untitled Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3112, 25 June 1892, Page 1 (Supplement)
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