Some -wonderful stories are t-old in regard to the number of black swans at the Chatham Islands. Those birds were introduced on the islands about fifteen years ago., and they are now present in countless numbers. A gentleman who. visited the islands recently was told by another visitor that he had seen the birds sitting nine, deep in a great continuous line several miles .loner. It is stated that last year 20,000 swans’ eggs were exported, from the Chathams to New Zealand. For Children’s Hacking Cough at night, Wood’s Great Peppermint Cur©, Is 6d and 2s 6d. c There are 9.000 different kinds of fish in the Nile. . It takes twenty men to make a thimHospitals in England spend £1,250, 000 yearly. ... n Australia is twenty-six times laigcr than the British Isles.
L AND gents a.* '■ ;■ AUCTIONEERS, II AYE.' REMO VET ■;, .. . To / _ . THEIR NEW PREMISES . ' ' ,In MESSRS BLAIR & SASNSBURY’S BUILDINGS* CHILDERS ROAD. • .. ■
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2488, 29 April 1909, Page 6
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152Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2488, 29 April 1909, Page 6
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