NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1735, 27 September 1917, Page 1

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Au investigator into the nodal customs of Cleopatra’s times gives chapter and verse in support of his contention that living was exceptionally cheap in those supposedly -luxurious days. Cleopatra could entertain Mark Antony during the time of his vivid courtship for a whole lot less than a workingman can entertain his wife at a picnic parly. Cleopatra could provide a sumptuous repast tor two for about live shillings. Halifax, Xova Scotia, which is to be perhaps the chief port of call for neutral vessels, has one of the limyA harbours in the world. Britain was slow, however, if not to reeognise, at any rate to make use of the advantages it offers. Perhaps this was because the ownership of the peninsula was in constant dispute between Britons and the French. However, it was finally vested in England at the Peace of Utrecht, and a generation later 3,000 British families were, at the cost of the British Government, conveyed thither, and then the town of Halifax was founded. It has steadily grown in importance ever since, and during the last century its population has quintupled. The United States Government is already (says a London paper ) asking the wives and mothers of American soldiers to make up their minds to stay-at-home sacrifice. Thousands of Canadhyi women came to Europe, naturally longing to be near their dear ones when they were wmmded. They had afterwards to he sent hack again, and this aggravated the shipping, trouble. The American woman is asked to do her “bit” by patiently staying at home.