NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2430, 18 May 1922, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF.

American Indians are rarely found with beards. Silk resists weather conditions better than linen. e Nairobi, in British East Africa, has now an important film colony. False fringes* and wigs were worn by women of Egypt 5,000 years ago. Ninepins, the indoor game of skittles, is said to be at least 7,000 years old. King George can trace his descent in a direct line from William the /Conqueror. There were, it is officially stated, 849 convictions for bigamy in 1919, and 670 in 1920 in England. I- Fulham Council proposes to reduce the charge of electricity from 7d to fid per unit.

The ostrich, the biggest bird in the world, has proportionally the smallest brain.

Wiltshire supplies London with one-fourth of its daily milk. In making tarred cordage, the yarns are passed through heated tar before being twisted. Among certain African tribes brides can lie purchased on the insialment system. Women are .not to he allowed to become barristers, magistrates, or judges in Germany. In the recent Lancashire County Council election, only Iff out of 103 scats were contested. i Chile has opened an official pawnshop to advance loans on reasonable terms to working men. Briar roots, weighing 0,000 tons, for the manufacture of pipes, are exported annually from Corsica. It is officially announced that the (ax upon Sunday travel on the Italian State Railways has been repealed.