NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 2345, 22 October 1921, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Nile is so low this summer that many thousands of acres of Egyptian rice fields cannot be wattred, and the crop may be ruined. The Belgian Government is about to enter into‘negotiations with the British and Dutch Governments for the abolition of passports. An armoured motor car, built by an American firm at a cost of £9,000, has been supplied to the Chinese Military Governor of Manchuria.

Eight crocodiles, which were left by a cinema company in a lake at Versailles, caused a panic among people who went there to bathe.

Small farms are the rule in Japan, and every foot of land is put to use. The farmer who has more than 10 acres is considered a monopolist. The “double”, a small bronze coin worth half a farthing, - and still minted in Guernsey, is the smallest coin in circulation in the United Kingdom.

A special coupe for card-players, seating four passengers, is a feature of the new train just built for the Continental service of the South-eastern and Chatham rail-

way

A man the police were wanting to arrest stayed up a great oak tree for 10 days in the wood of Jurbise, near Mons, and could not be arrested until the tree was cut down. ' A cheese is being manufactured for exhibition at the New York State Fair in Syracuse. It will weigh 12 tons, and will require 150,000 lb. of milk, or a day’s output of 7,500 cows.