NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 2052, 8 November 1919, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF.

It is proposed lo electrify (he Paris-Lyim-Alediturrancaii, the I’y-renoes-Orienlales, and Midi railroads —5,500 miles of track —thus saving 3,000,000 tons of coal aium.ally, it is claimed. A wounded English soldier has a collection of handkerchiefs ' which must be unique, (jueeu Alary accidentally left hers on his bed when she wa.s visiting his hospital, and when he timidly asked if he might; keep if, she said, “Certainily.’’ He also possesses one of the King of (ho Belgians'—simple cambric, with a plain hem. The American Pacific battleship beet, while proceeding northward of Mexico, experienced a severe double earthquake shuck, and was considerably buffeted. The flagship New Mexico trembled from stem lo stem, and the “collision quarters” was sounded. .All vessels weathered the phenomenon without sustaining damage. What was apparently a body, or, rather, a skeleton, of a baby was discovered at Kingston, England. The remains were conveyed to Kingston mortuary, and the police and the coroner were apprised of the fact. When the post-mortem was about to be made by the doctor it was found that the remains, instead of being (iiosc of a-baby, were those of a monkey.