GENERAL NEWS

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2207, 3 June 1908, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS

Printing types nro not used for Persian uewfnnpors. Tho “copy” is given to an expert penman, who writes it out neatly. The various articles are thou arranged in page form, and lilhoginphy multiplies the copies. Japan has an avenuo of trees fifty miles in length. The trees nro the eryptomern. and every one is a perfect specimen, quite straight, from 130 ft. to 150 ft. in height, and 12ft. t ( > 15ft. in circumference. The avenue extends from the town of Numandn to Nikko. In southern California there is a basin of land between 200 and 300 fet below the sen level. About 1000 acres of the depressed area are revered with a deposit of salt. The expanse looks like a field of snow, and is one of the sights of California. About 2000 tons of salt are removed each The Admiralty has a surprise in store for the nation—and for other nations—it is stated, in tho solitary battleship to he built in the next financial year. It is said that she will he fitted with internal combustion engines of grent power. Funnels will he abolished, so that tho whole of her big guns can be trained in any direction.

Zymolo Trokevs are popular because they are pleasant in tnsto; they loose tight, dry coughs and strengthen the throat. A beautiful oil tankard has been found in tho Oornliill ward of tho city of London in a. safe containing some old records of the ward. By whom and whop is was so secreted is not known. There is nil inscription to tho effect that the cup was a gilt to the ward for use by the inquest. Tlio dato given is 16-1(5. The cup is valued at between £4OO ami £SOO.

M. Gaston Migeon lias been fortunate enough to discover among the odds and ends amassed by tho Ghizeli merchants certain manuscripts unearthed among the ruins of Akmin, in Upper Egypt. The first one, says the Tunes,” contains Deuteronomy and Joshua; the second contains tho Psalms, and is apparently more complete than the Vatican manuscript. The third contains the four Gospels, and tho fourth the Acts and tho Epistles. _L

Aged persons are peculiarly bonefiteil by Stearns’ Wine,as it possesses the stimulating properties of mellow old wino in addition to its value ns a hoily builder and strength renewer. liie women the United Kingdom have nearly twice as many chances ot being married as the women of smother nation in Europe. This is one oi the many remarkable facts shown in the annual statistical abstract for the principal nations of tho world, issued by tho Board of Trade recently. Tile period covered by tho figures is from 1893 to 1903. In each of these ten years there has been 14 or 16 marriages per 1000 of tho population of Great Britain, while in other countries the rate lias remained steady at between seven and eight per 1000.