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“New Zeelender.”—New Zealand's longest rivers are as follows:—Waikato -220 miles. Clutha 210, Wamranul 140. Waitaki 135, Taieri 125, Clarence 125.
“Curious. ” — ltaly declared war on Germany on August 29, 101 A. in the Great War, and the United States or America declared war on Germany on April 6.
“Mechanisation.” —Sixteen million horses were used on all fronts In the World War and 8,000,000 perished.
•‘B*adog. ,f —The shells used by the Royal .Navy in their lOin. guns weigh 24101 b. or more than a ton. The lain, guns lire .-hells weighing 10201 b. fclx-incn gun cruisers tire shells weighing 321 b.
“Scholar.” —The quotation you rerer to is, ‘•Who overcomes by force hath overcome hut half bis roes.” and Is from Nliiton’s “Paradise Lost.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21209, 4 September 1940, Page 9
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126READERS’ QUERIES Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21209, 4 September 1940, Page 9
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