NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1894, 24 October 1918, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF.

A posleard addressed to Monmouth, Wales, and heaving the Chepstow and Tidenham ollieial stamps of November 13th, 188!), and that of London, S.E., April 22nd, 1918, was delivered i'eeeiilly, 29 years after it was written and posted. Begun five years ago as the connecting link between California’s two world expositions in 1915, a coast line state highway between Los Angeles and Fan Francisco will be completed this year, and will constitute 500 miles of Hie finest highway in the world. St. Paul’s tomb is being sought for by archaeologists in Rome. Excavations which have been made near the basilica of St. Paul have revealed interesting pagan and Christian tombs, dating from Hie first period of Christianity in Rome. Professor Lnnciani hopes to dis* cover the tomb of Si. Paul. - Out of 1,25 G essays submitted by Japanese schoolchildren in a competition on the coming of Prince Arthur of Connaught, I0(i were selected as good, out of which six won prizes. The 10(i'essays were presented to Prince Arthur in a box on which was inscribed:- —“An allium of expressions of the true sentiments of Juvenile Japan.” The Japanese industry of making buttons, scarfpius, shirt studs, cuff links and the like from sea-shells brought from the Indian Ocean, the Philippines, and the South Sea Islands, has made mighty strides these last few years. Millions of the shells are gathered from the ocean bottom by women divers, who work without (he aid of any diving apparatus whatever. The “kamohoko,” or “lUk sausage,” of the Japanese is described in a consular report as made by chopping the white meat of any fish, passing through a colander, and making into a paste, with a llavonring of sugar, salt, and a rice-brew-ed alcoholic beverage called “miriti.” The paste is -made into loaves, steamed mi hoards an hour and ahaff to three hours, and at once packed in cans. The Liederkranz Club, one of Hie largest German orgauisalions in New York City, lias unanimously voted to make English the official language, and to select a new American name for the'society. There are now 7.099 members of I lie Typographical dissociation .serving in the wav out of a total membership in England and Wales (excluding London) of 23,583. Five hundred and sixty members have been killed. The American Red (boss in France has already provided over 4/5,000 meals to men mi I heir way to and from the front, nearly 235,OOOib. of supplies to French and American hospitals, and 200,000 pairs of liannel pyjamas.