NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1849, 6 July 1918, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF.

There are only 32 towns and cities in England having more than one member of Parliament each.

During 1917 lifeboats of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution saved 1,156 lives and 21' vessels. Wales is represented in the House of Commons by 30 members, Scotland by 72, and Ireland by 103. Postage of letters by the New York-Washington aeroplane mail, which began on April 15th, costs Is lid. King George V. is the thirtyfourth King who has occupied the English throne since the Norman Conquest. Of all the workpeople engaged in the cotton industry oT England, Lancashire alone acounts for about 83 per cent. Of thirteen male members of the village church choir at Kilhara, Yorkshire, twelve joined the army, and live have been killed.

During recent years the exports of Canadian apples to the United Kingdom have totalled about 1,500,000 barrels per annum. Boseobel ’manor house, Shropshire, in which Charles 11. hid after the battle of Worcester in 1651, has been sold for £IO,OOO. Victoria Colliery, Ebbow Vale (Monmouthshire), where the Princd of Wales first cut coal, is to be called Prince of Wales colliery.

A purchaser of American War Savings stamps Avas an aged negress, aa t lio stated that she was Robert E. Lee’s cook for the Civil War, No horse has ever succeeded in Avinning the five classic races —the Derby, Oaks, St. Leger, One Thousand, and Tavo Thousand Guineas. A big Avolf, one of a pack that the cold Aveather had driven doAvn frony the mountains, attacked a little girl in a suburb of Rome, It was shot.

An experimental vessel of the neAV unsinkable cargo type, uoav being constructed in America, is said to have successfully Avithstood the explosion of five torpedoes.

One of the longest bridges in the world, the raihvay bridge over the Amur River at Khabarovsk, Siberia, has just been completed. It took five years to build, and is 7,593 ft. long. Over 26,000,0001b5. of fresh vegetables and fruit have been supplied to the Fleet through the Vegetable Products Committee since August, 1914.

Ragtime is becoming more popular in China, where the people are noAV said to be turning from the weird tangle of sounds which passed for music in that country for centuries. Deserters arc no longer being shot by the military authorities in Germany. This is partly on account of their large numbers, and partly because their compatriots refuse to shoot them.

Visiting justices at Mount joy Gaol, Dublin, state that prison bread, of whieh English conscientious objectors complained, is better than that the justices gel in their oAvn homes.

Satisfactory experiments are being conducted on Canadian Government raihvays with a telephone apparatus that permits verbal messages to be transmitted to and from moving trains.

There is a huge mountain near Piichucit, Mexico, Avliich has the appearance of being covered Avitli spikes. They are natural formations of rock, the origin of which is someAvhal involved in mystery. Included in the exhibition of Avar photographs at the Grafton Galleries, London, is one said to be the largest photograph in the world. It is 22ft. long, lift, high, and Avas taken at Vimy Ridge.

The German Finance Minister estimates the total cost of the war to European Powers at £27,500,000,000, and (he cost per head in Germany at £BO, in England at £l2O, and in France at £125. The United Stales Railway Administration will soon call for lenders for railroad equipment totalling approximately £20,000,000, and including about 2,700 locomotives and 45,000 freight cars. Fruit stones, systematically gathered hy Germany’s school children, are turned over to chemists, avlio are converting them into rich lubricating oils. Cherry and plum stones are said to ho the host for this purpose.

The War Committee of the Canadian Cabinet has had a conference with 60 representative Avomen from till over the Dominion in regard to war problems, more particularly the labour supply and food conservation.

The London Safety First Council has awarded a prize for the practical suggestion that women should Avear belts with smiphooks to

MUSIC IN WAR-TIME

The present is essentially a time, for home-enjoyment —for simple diversions that keep the family circle in courage and good cheer. Nothing so admirably meets this need Us a high-grade English Piano, such as one can easily obtain at “The Bristol.”

Of the many famous instruments stocked by this popular Musio Warehouse, none enjoys such an enviable reputation as “The BroadAVOOd.” Another notable Piano at “The Bristol” Is “The Sames.” Its exceptional durability is a tribute to the thoroughness of British craftsmanship. Prices are most reasonable, and easy terms of payment can be arranged, if so desired. The Bristol Piano Co., Ltd., Wellington. North Island Manager, M. J. Brookes.—Aclvt,

which they can attach their handbags, and so leave their hands free when entering vehicles. India is to issue a second war loan in the form of short-term Bonds and Post Office War Certificates, the proceeds to be handed over to the British Government in further liquidation of India’s Avar contribution of £100,000,000.

Judge Duff, of ■■the Canadian General Appeal Tribunal, has decided that theological students in missionary Avork or probationers in the Presbyterian, Methodist, and Baptist Churches are not entitled to exemption from military service. “You have given the entire Avorld a shining example of the most energetic and knightly cruiser Avarfare,” said the Kaiser, in conferring the Order Pour le Mei’ite on Captain von Muller, of the raider Emden, who is interned in Holland.