Notes and Events.

Manawatu Herald, 17 February 1898, Page 2

Notes and Events.

0 Some interesting fossil remains have recently been found in the course of the excavations in connection with the sewerage works at Carehalton, in Surrey. The fossils were found in a pleistocene deposit at a depth of about 14ft., and have been identified by Mr Newton, of the Jermyn-st Museum— where they will be preserved— as a large skull (81in long) and limb bones of a rhinoceros, an elephant's tusk, and bones of 2 or perhaps 3 horses.

California has a young girl engine, driver. She is Miss Lola M. Coulter. She is a fair hai.ed girl of 14. She has always taken an interest in machinery. She made the acquaintance of Engineer Brown, and after 3 or 4 lessons she could manage the throttle and the brakes. Engineer Brown says she learned bow to handle the engine much quicker than any fireman.

Messrs Henderson, of Glasgow, ha^e booked an order to build an 80 ton yacht for the Prince of Wales from designs by G. L. Watson. This is to replace the Britannia.

Mr Phil May ha 9 informed an interviewer that be is to illustrate an edition de luxe of Dickens' works, which George Alhn will publish gome time this year.

In Antwerp alone nearly 4,000 horses were slaughtered last year for human consumption. Tbe number of rhops dealing exclusively in horsefiVflh in tho Belgian ports exceeds th : rly. *

A paper watcb has been exhibited by a Dresden watchmaker. The paper ia pr. pir d in such a manner that the watch is said to be as serviceable as those in ordinary use.

In some London hotel* the waiters receive a 9 much as £500 a year in tip?.

An excellent way to test the purity of water is to fill a clean bottle three p^rta full with tbe water, and dissolve it in half a teaspoonful of purest sugar. Cork tha bottle, and place it in a warm position. If in 24 houn the water beoomes cloudy it is unfit for use.

One pound of oork is sufficient to support a man of ordinary size in the water.

Tbe number of sheep in tb« worM i« estimated to amount to 650,000.---000. Of this number, between oae 'hird and one half are believed to bt

merinoes. V The largest room in the world under one roof and unbroken by pillars is at St. Petersburg. It is 6201 1. long by 120 ft in breadth.

Over 100,0001 b. of human hair Iran nu ally required to meet tbe de mand of the British market. .' ■ • i Th° skeleton of a Moa Diornis, an extinct New Zealand bird, was sold hy auction in London for 48gs. In old times card-playing was regarded a*! essentially a Chriatms pastime, and a statute of Henry Vlf forbids card-paying, save during lh»Christma*) holidays

A new ptdlock ha« been invented, with a chamber which carries an ex plosive to bp fired by a hammer inside the lock, and (rives an alarm when the lock is tampered with.

The Queen resigns over one con tinent, 100 peninsulas, 500 promon tnripo, 1,000 lakes, 2,000 rivers, and 10,000 islands.