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  2. INTERESTING ITEMS.

    The municipality of Alexandria, Egypt, has decided upon a modern drainage system for that city. The work will comprise a general system of sewers, a pumping station ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 52 words
  3. DISPUTE OVER BODY BELTS.

    A woman called at a drapers shop in Stoke Newington, London, and bough the eutire stock of body belts which she said they had—120 dozen—at 6s. 9d. a ...

    Article : 159 words
  4. GRAIN DOCKS AND FLOATING ELEVATORS.

    The "dock of concentration" in Antwerp was, by the action of the city authorities just before the declaration of war, to have been a reality in 1916. The plan, ...

    Article : 165 words
  5. TEETH OF RECRUITS.

    At the distribution of prizes in the Royal Dental Hospital, London the Dean (Mr. W. H. Delamore), in presenting his report, referred to the condition of the teeth of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 233 words
  6. ROMANTIC INCIDENT.

    A London theatre was the sceue of an exciting episode recently. A gentleman was about to take his seat in the stalle when, to the amazement of all the audience, he ...

    Article : 119 words
  7. NOT STAMPED.

    One million toothpicks were held up in San Francisco because each was not stamped with the word "Japan," in accordance with the law requiring articles to be ...

    Article : 43 words
  8. CAVES IN CUBA.

    The wonderful caves ot Bellamar, Cuba, to the east of Havana, attract the attention of the ambitious tourist. They are located on a plateau as level as a table top, which ...

    Article : 93 words
  9. THE "TROUBLESOME SEX."

    Judge Lush-Wilson, K. C. said in Exeter County Court to a woman litigant, who interrupted continually:—"Madam, I run the risk, I kuow, of criticism from members ...

    Article : 66 words
  10. THE PRICE OF TEA.

    An English expert says that the 3d. increased tax on tea may possibly mean that the consumer will have to pay 4d. There has been in recent years very keen ...

    Article : 100 words
  11. THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES.

    The disturbance of the course of everyday life, which is one of the minor discomforts of war, brings curious facts to light. In a certain country district not very far ...

    Article : 125 words
  12. STREET LIGHTS AND THE WAR.

    One of the many inconveniences which Britain has to endure on account of the present war is a shortage of electric light carbon. This has become so serious in some ...

    Article : 102 words
  13. OUTPUT OF JAPANESE MINES.

    With the introduction of modern machinery, the output of the minee of Japan has increased in value in ten years from 28,500,000dol. to 66,000,000dol. The ...

    Article : 92 words
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