NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2266, 21 April 1921, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Therc are no national legal holidays in the United States. The women of Finland have had the right to vote since 1907. No bank failure has occurred in China for more than 900 years. Circulating libraries wore established as early as 1750 in London. Every year no fewer than 30,000 persons disappear in London alone. New. postage stamp designs in France will be chosen from 1,135 sent. in. The population of Norway is 2,046,300, an increase in ten years of 254,524. Out; of house refuse salvage, Westminster hopes to make £0,500 a year, The doctor’s claim on the estate of a deceased patient ranks first in France. Bath-chairs used by invalids and others have to carry a motpr-license in England. Esperanto is to be taught in the

schools controlled by the Paris Chambetr of Commerce. Rutland, Britain’s smallest county, is also her healthiest, according to official figures. Shoplifters cost the shops and stores of New York about £250,000 a year for goods stolen. In Luxembourg there 4s a penally for those who do not record their votes during elections. Argentina has 22 public holidays during the year, Germany 10, Italy 10, Rumania 24, and India 21. The largest insect known, but now extinct, was a dragon fly, which had a wing spread measuring 2ft. Elephants are afraid of mice, while they also have a strong dislike for pigs, or even the smell of them.