HERE AND THERE
The gross'income-of Britain foil from .£2, 910,(538,272 in 102" to £2,00i,00.V i 000 last year. , Mprs than 5000 schools ia Britain >.ac now fitted vitJi v.ireless se*< so as to make iise of the broadcast lessons. Britain entertains 350,000 foreign visitors for pleasure every year, something lik<- 5 11,800,000 go to Frarce. Women no••'■ control near\v half the individual wealth of, XorKi America 1 women millionaires being' plentiful as men. : Members cf the. Confucian Society in China do not beliece in divorce. Tiw ■wife is subject to her husband's authority throughout her life. Voluntary hospitals in Englaii-d have at present to pay £63,000 in rates which averages about £1' 10a yearly per head. Seventy tons of soot fell on the city of London In.st November. New stamps issued for the Falkland Islands have, pictures of .penguins and whales. - . . livery foreigner who visits England _9pend on an average- £2 a day there; ,^ost of wlueh benefits British indua-r tries. In Moscow a person is fined 10 roubles (about £1) for calling a doctor unnecessarily. : There are nearly 90,000 shops, in London.
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Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 23, 31 October 1929, Page 8
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183HERE AND THERE Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 23, 31 October 1929, Page 8
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