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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 183, 23 April 1918, Page 5

A one horse-power cngino means that it will l-aiso U tons per minute through a height of lain. This is twelve times as much as n man could do. 'Men. of tho London Scottish to tlio number of 1650 havo to dato been granted commissions from tho ranks in the Regular Army and Territorial Force. I'ortobello Pier, on tho Firth of Forth, is to bo demolished. The pier stretches a quarter of a milo seaward, and is tbo finest structure of its kind in 'Scotland. Both in the number of subscribers and tho amount—over .£l,Goo,ooo,ooo—the second American' Liberty Loan is described as the largest in the history of tUe world. Government figures ; sliow that for the last few years (no price of bread in tho United States has been steadily rising through a reduction in tho size of the loaf. Proposals are under consideration at Birmingham for tho establishment in different parte of the ( city of entertainments for the education and instruction of children, Japanese children begin lo go to school when six years old. During the first four veal's they learn Japaneso and Chinese; in the next four every child has to learn English. Wale 3 is the richest part of the kingdom in' mineral wealth. England pro»duces annually about £2 to each acre; Scotland a little less; but the product of Wales is over .-G-l per acre. A practically unsinkablo boat lias been invented, which rests on parallel airtight cylinders divided into sections by bulkheads, while pontoons above thijm add to their bnoyancy.