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Gisborne Times, Volume XXX, Issue 3467, 6 March 1912, Page 7

Australians will be interested in* the announcement that they are the greatest meat-eaters in the world. This fact is revealed/by some which the United States Department of Agriculture has just completed. These figures disclose that the annual consumption of meat is 262.61 b per head of the population in Australia, 220.51 b in the United States, 212.-5 in New Zealand, and 105 lb in Great Britain. A dog belonging to a Coventry newsagent attends every evening at the publishing department of a local newspaper and acts a s a messenger. A small bundle of papers is attached loosely to the dog's collar, though, dog-like, the terrier insists upon carrying the package in his mouth. Then.' without a moment's delay, he rushes off to the newsagent’s shop with the papers.

An amusing incident took place in a New York department store a few days ago when a plainly-dressed little woman who had been noticed by a woman detective wandering from one department to the other without buying anything was asked what she was looking for. “Nothing in particular,” she said, “Just looking round.” The woman was closely watched, and when a member of the firm appeared near where she was standing the detective stepped up and whispered her suspicions to him. rt Don’t bother,’ ’he said, “she is your new extra side partner.”

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