NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1699, 17 April 1917, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Victoria Cross Avas instituted sixty-one years ago. Tight, unventilated hats are one of the chief causes of baldness. The Lake District has the greatest rainfall in the British Isles, Baked potatoes are more nutritious than those cooked in any other way. The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Ncav York, has opened a cigar shop for Avoraen smokers. Portland cement is made of lime and clay, and was invented in Leeds in the year 1824. A man’s brain attains to its maximum weight at the age of 2$ years; that of a Avoman at 17 years. A company is being formed for the cultivation of flax on an extensive scale on the Canadian prairies. Hard beds are recommended by many physicians as conducive to the most refreshing kind of sleep. The Belgian Minister at Washington says that 120,000 people have already been deported from his country. The average duration of human life is 45 years in Great Britain, and 50 in Norway, but only 32 in Spain. The golden eagle is possessed of such strength that it can lift and carry off with ease aVeight of 80 lbs. ' The ex-Tsar’s crown is said to bo the finest ever Avorn by a. sovereign. It is in the form of a bishop’s mitre. In order to preserve 1 the grain in Lancashire, it is proposed to make systematic warfare on rooks and pigeons. An American recently gave a dance party at Topeka, U.S.A., to celebrate the latest defeat of tho CroAvn Prince. From a cliff one thousand feet high, a person Avith (dear vision could see a ship at a distance of forty-two miles. Most American skilled tvorkers now ride in their own motor-cars — generally two-seaters of the “runabout” type. Thirty-six cats have been rescued from the ruins of the East London explosion by the London Institution for Lost Gats and Dogs.