NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1875, 10 September 1918, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF.

A postcard addressed to Monmouth, and bearing I lie Chepstow and Tideniiam official si amps id: Novemlier 13th, 1 SB!), and that of London, S.L.. April 22nd, J!)1S, was delivered reeenlly, 2!) years after it was written ami posted! As. nuudi as £(ls a ton is being 1 paid at the English mills for linen rags, and in view id' Hie paper shortage a house-1 o-honse collection is suggested. Old linen collars and old cotton curtains can he serviceably applied in the manufacture of liner classes of paper. While the amount of ozone in the lower layers of the earth’s atmosphere is now known to he negligibly small, this substance is abundant in the upper atmosphere, where it plays an important role in regulating terrestial temperatures by its absorption of radiation. Dr. C. G. Abbot, of the Smithsonian Institution, has recently suggested that if it; were possible to charge the lower air above citrus fruit orchards, for example, with a heavy dose of ozone its absorption of outgoing nocturnal radiation might help ward off destructive frosts. A new industry caused by the war and started in the southern part of Holland is attracting general notice and will probably spread over the entire country. It is the making of a slipper with a wooden sole, and with the upper and inner parts formed of various materials, such as twill, corduroy, and cheap woollen stuffs. All these materials are

relatively cheap, and yet make comfortable and durable slippers, selling for the practical equivalent of -Is 2d a pair for the best quality. It is claimed that they can be used generally where the occupation is indoors. Excepting the cutting of the wooden sole, which is done by machinery, these slipjK'rs are made by hand.