NEWS IN BRIEF.
Water-pipes of load were first made in 1893. There are 7,000,000 farms in the United States. It takes 3,600,000 grains of oats to sow an acre; 2,800,000 of barley. The tone of a piano is best when the instrument is not near a wall. Nearly one-seventh of the population of the United States are foreign born. In 1820 forty-six persons were hanged for forging Bank of England notes.
Eighty-live per cent, of the people who are lame are affected on the left side. Half the human race die before they reach 17, and only one person in 1,000 reaches (10. In the buffet of an hotel at Middlesbrough, hangs a notice, “Officers and Civilians Only.” Of 2,585 Old Haileyburians who have joined up, 1,373 have won honours, including three V.C.’s. Horses, giraffes, and ostriches have the largest eyes of land creatures, and euttle-lish of those in the sea. A clock which has run for 28!) years exists in Kansas City. The clock was made in Plymouth in f (128. It is 70 years since the Hrst railway in the world was finished, and now some 400,000 miles are in existence. The copper mines of Cyprus, which in ancient times were considered among the richest in the world, arc to be reopened.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1814, 16 April 1918, Page 4
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214NEWS IN BRIEF. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1814, 16 April 1918, Page 4
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