NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1872, 3 September 1918, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF.

There were 2(i,000 fewer male students because of the war in 30 of the large American universities in 1917 than there were in 191(1 American officers abroad want universal training in the United States, and say that hraggadicio at home is doing more harm than the Germans. A Sheffield youth of Ki employed in a local munition factory has created a record by earning ,€lO for a full week’s work of 53 hours. Eor the firs I time in history, British Empire Day was celebrated in the United States, on May 20th, at a huge mass meeting in New York City. On tile strict understanding that in future they “cut each other dead," the North London magistrate dismissed two bad boys on probation. Europe and Africa are the only 'Continents that have -more women than men, and the reverse was tho case in Africa until within recent years. Cotton plants have been found growing among the heather round Sheffield, and (experts who are experimenting wilh the staple attach great importance to the discovery. Canada's next war loan will he (toaled in October, probably for €50,<100,(1(10 nominally, hnl with a real objective of £100.000,000, or over £lO per head of the population. On a new style of uniform for (he American Ai'my there is a saving- of a. third of a yard of material in each suit and £-1,000,000 a year in cost for an army of 2,500,000 men. A wave of joy swept through the American forces in France .when it was announced that they would he given an American tobacco ration, as French tobacco is not liked. Old clothes are being commandeered by the German Government for the .-mke of the wool (hey contain. Also, wool mattresses are being sen! hack from occupied sections of France. An overturned milk pail and the sun's rays caused a tire which destroyed a home at Overton (Fa.'). The rays were deflected by the paii against I lie side of the building and (lie wood was thus ignited. There arc now in (treat Britain over 900,000,000 cubic feet of wood suitable for pitwood. exclusive of \oung plantations which have not yet reached pitwood size. This quantity is equivalent to six years' supply. The war-lime “standard” hoot in Great Britain has now developed into 79 varieties. Of these, between 30 and 40 patterns are for women and girls, ranging from heavy riveted ankle hoots to (irst-grade glace kid. A cemented tunnel has been discovered tii Ivreuzlingen, on Hie Swiss-German frontier, connecting two houses, one on Swiss and one on German soil, by which largo quantities of contraband of all kinds have passed into Germany. After having made an outward ,i<mrney covering 10 miles in two hours, a balloon from a British military aerodrome was piloted back to ils starling place by manoeuvring in (ho varying air currents found at differenl altitudes.