NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1860, 3 August 1918, Page 1

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Tomato seeds are being collected in Germany as a new source of oil production, and apple parings are being used as a substitute for tea. Miss K. Wallas has been appointed deputy chairman of the London County Council. This is the first time a woman has occupied that position. An old Exmouth training ship boy, Sgt. 'J. Vincent, serving with the New Zealanders, has won the M.C., the D.C.M., and the Belgian Croix de Guerre. Typhus and plague are said to he rapidly spreading throughout Rus--5 sia, and unless something is done to j check the diseases thousands of ) lives will be sacrificed. At Westminster House, London, the headquarters of the Minister for Pensions, the girl messengers have been dismissed, and their places given to one-armed discharged soldiers. The eagle is able to look at the sun without blinking because it has •’ thin, semi-transparent veil which ’( can draw instantaneously over its :;ye. It does not obstruct the sight. The Government has taken over a factory in Liverpool Road, London, for the purpose of utilising the waste products of slaughter-houses by making black puddings, faggots, etc. Not having eaten meat or. meat products for thirty-five years, four vegetarians at Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire, have been granted extra butter and margarine cards in exchange for their meat tickets. The total payments in respect of income excess profits tax collections from firms and individuals of New York City will be nearly £1(10,0(f0,000, according to the prediction of the Internal Revenue officials. Since August 30th, 1914, the London Ambulance Column of the Red Cross has carried 500,000 wounded. There are 208 honorary drivers, who may be called on to meet a hospital train at any hour, day or night. Valuable violins were overlooked by a thief in Chicago the other , week. He stole an instrument worth €2OO from a music college, but in his I ignorance overlooked two violins, ! one worth £2,000 and the other , €2,800.