NEWS IN BRIEF
Until 1555, farthings were made of silver.
One ton of coal yields 10,000 cubic feet of gtis. The Polish alphabet contains for-ty-five letters. A large nest of wasps will .account for 24,000 Hies in a day. An ounce of gold could be drawn into a wire 50 miles long. Mars lias a day forty-one minutes longer than our.own. Linen fabrics have been found in tombs thousands of years old.
The cards containing finger-print.-' at Scotland Yard number 250,000.
One herring will produce between 20,000 and 30,000 eggs in a year. Linoleum, a preparation of ground cork and linseed oil, was invented in 1860. Hearths in the centre of the room were built as late as the -16th century.
Football in various forms has been played for nearly 700 years in England. The lirsi flight of 100 miles'by aeroplane was made by Henry Earman in 1909.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2423, 2 May 1922, Page 4
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148NEWS IN BRIEF Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2423, 2 May 1922, Page 4
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