NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 1991, 17 June 1919, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF.

There were 1,252 strikes in Great Britain in 1918,

Snow, either fallen or falling, is a great obstructor of sound. At one time dried cod was used for money in Newfoundland. Only about 800 Germans in China remain to be repatriated. The German ex-Crown Prince is writing a book on the Avar. The number of deaths in battle during the war totals 7.354,000,

In Texas it is a criminal offence to swear over the telephone. The hay crop of the United Kingdom is worth £30,000,000 yearly. There are 3,234 knoAvn languages, or rather dialects, in the Avorld. Of the five mines at Kimberley and Beaconsfield, three are uoav working. Snake bite caused the death of 23,918 persons in British India in 1917.

Wild animals to the number of 19,476 Avere destroyed in India in 1917.

Married men in Afictoria outlive bachelors, according to official statistics.

Four thousand enemy aliens Avere interned in the United States during the war.

About 6,000 Belgian civilians died of German ill-treatment during the occupation.

Newfoundland seal fishing this season has resulted in the smallest catch for a eenhm 7 .

More than 110,000 Belgians were court-martialled during the German occupation of Belgium. Hungarian racecourses are to be

converted info market gardens by the Soviet Government,

Out of 49,000 articles held in the lost property department of Scotland Yard are 15,000 umbrellas. Houses constructed entirely of salt are a unique feature of some.of the villages in Russian Poland.

By the end of this year the United States will have approximately 300 destroyers in commission. Born in June 18th, 1815,' the day of Waterloo, Peter Egan, farmer, has died at Strokestown, England.

The British Government has scrapped nearly 4,000 aeroplanes and seaplanes as obsolete or damaged beyond repair.

A reforestation scheme for the devastated part of France comprises the planting of 250 acres annually for five years.

Nurse Cavell’s family is to be presented with an album containing photographs of all Belgians she helped across the frontier.

An international committee to assist all countries in treating shellshock and other mental defects has been originated in the United States. .

La Metropole, the Belgian newspaper, which has been published in London during the war, is reappearing in Antwerp as L’Action Nationale.

The three rows of tape on a British bluejacket’s collar are in commemoration of Nelson’s three victories—the Nile, Trafalgar and Copenhagen.

One of the five German submarines, Ull7, handed over to the United States, was engaged in mine-laying a year ago on the United States coast.