NEWS IN BRIEF

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2420, 22 April 1922, Page 1

NEWS IN BRIEF

On the east coast of South America the potato is considered a European vegetable, and is cultivated -only by those gaining their experience from the Old World. Solomon’s Temple, for the building of which practically the*whole manhood of Israel was commandeered, would have cost £1,000,000,000 to construct at present prices. A group of Swiss financiers is said to lie arranging to huv the Hofburg,‘formerly the Imperial Palace of tlie Hapsburgs, at. Vienna, and to convert it into a hotel. On the death at Glasgow of Flora Hamilton, a dressmaker, aged 70, the police are stated to have found hidden in some old corsets bank books and money totalling £254. , Charged at North London Police Court with embezzlement, a young porter was bound over on condition that lie joined a ship forthwith, and remained at sea for 12 months. • Sacrilege in Cardiff churches, taking the form- of tearing hymnhooks and breaking stained glass windows, is believed to have been done by a man with a ear, for whom the police are searching. The first adaptation of the wireless telephone to a train enables passengers on the Berlin-Hamburg express to talk to other telephone subscribers as easily as though seated in their offices. Chinese Emperors are never mentioned by name from the moment of their accession, and are generally alluded to by some such' title as “Lord of a Myriad Years,”- or “The Son of Heaven.” Golden eagles increased in. number in the Scottish Highlands during the war; their nests have been observed as the only black objects for miles around while snow lay 3ft. deep on the ground. Buddhists of Tibet make use of prayer-wheels—cylinders inscribed with jSaered formulas. By causing these to revolve, worshippers are .supposed to gain merit and help to secure their desires. With a voice ranging over five octaves, from one note higher than Madame Patti’s highest, to lower than the previous record bass, a 44-year-old Viennese male singer has been attracting much notice. A Bill is to he submitted to the Manitoba Legislature to provide a fund of approximately £222,200, from which small sums could he advanced to farmers threatened with foreclosure on mortgages.