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“Ourens.” —The quotation “We wish you good luck in thy name or the Lord” 1.from Psalm 429, verse 8, as printed in the Book of Common Prayer. In the authorised version of the Bible the translation is, “Bless you in the name of the Lord.” j “Politics.”—There are only two ex-Pre-miers of New Zealand alive now. They j are the Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes Ulurunui), who was New Zealand’s Prime I Minister from 1930-5, and the Rt. Hon I J. G. Coates (Kaipara). who was Prime l Minister during the years 1925-8. Great Britain still has three of her ex-Prime Ministers living. They are the Rt Hon. D. Lloyd George (1916-22), Lari Baldwin of Uowdsley (1923-1. 1924-9 1935-7) and the Rt. lion. Neville Chamberlain (1937-40). “Maritime.” —The depth or the sea varies considerably in places, The deepest reading was that uf the “Challenger” Expedition In 1873. near St. Thomas’s in the North Atlantic, when 387 5 ratnoms were sounded, but since then a depth of 32,089 reel has been touched off Mindanao, in the with a lead and line.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21227, 25 September 1940, Page 9
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