A centipede about six inches long tumbled out of a box of bananas on to the hand of a fruiterer in Colombo Street, Christchurch recently. The bananas had just been received from the Cook Islands. The extraordinary tenacity with which these creatures ding to life is shown by the fact that tho head was cut off when, it was discovered, and tho body was fjty.l very, much alive, and able to move % mailv feet, when the specimen was , a o]f .into tho “Lyttelton Times” v/rtico forty hours later. For Influenza take Woods’ Great Peppermint Our©. Never fails. Is 6d and 2s 6d. •
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2542, 1 July 1909, Page 5
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102Page 5 Advertisements Column 2 Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2542, 1 July 1909, Page 5
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