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THE TUTURUMURI A and P Show is on again come and enjoy some real country at Tururumuri School on Friday 24th pet animal judging commences at 9.30 am. Country entertainment from 11 am.

THE DOW JONES index which measures the rise and falls of the American Stock Market was created by financial journalist Charles Dow in October 1897

THE NZ STATISTICS DEPT was established 100 years ago. Stats show that in the ‘boon years’ of the 1950s eggs, flour, butter and sugar were all more expensive in real terms than they are today.

IN TERMS of tensile strength human bone is similar to cast iron, but is only one third the weight.

‘POLITICIANS can forgive almost anything in the way of abuse, they an forgive subversion, contradiction,. even ridiculed. But they can never forgive being ignored’ – Auberon Waugh.

OVER HALF of the United States coastline is in Alaska.

IN THE YEAR 1614 the big news was that prince William and his wife Kate were expecting another baby

‘ONE SHOULD not pursue goals that re easily achieved. One must develop an instinct for what one can be just barely achieve through one’s great efforts’ – Albert Einstein.

THE WORLD Hotdog eating championship has been held since 2007 by J Chestnut of the U.S.A. who consumes 69 hotdogs in the specified 10 minutes

THE BACTERIA which live in and on your body out number your own cells by ten to one.

AFTER almost twenty years of wrangling the Sydney Opera House was eventually opened on October 21st 1973. The cost had soared from the estimated seven million to one hundred million dollars.

EAST GERMANY holds the greatest number of Olympic rowing Gold Medals

THE MOSQUITO is an insect which makes you like flies better.

DON’T argue with an idiot, he will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience
with 33, followed by United States with 32 and United Kingdom with 28

IN 1971 TAIWAN was expelled from the United Nations to make way for the People’s Republic of China.

UNABLE, after several attempts, to gain a conviction of gangster Al Capone for organised crime the U.S legal system managed to make a charge of tax evasion stick resulting in an eleven year jail sentence.

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