NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2500, 31 October 1922, Page 1

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Condemned ns an involuntary carrier of typhoid germs, a wonmn of Illinois, U.S.A., lias been ordered by the Slate Oovernmeni to live alone in her cottage and prepare food for no one but herself. An Atlantie eruise which may provide important eontribulions to the met ecological and wireless sciences eonimeneed recently. when Senator Marconi sailed from Southampton for America on his private steam -yacht, the Electro. The greatest known depth of the ocean is midway between the islands of Tristan d’Acnnha and the mouth of tlie Rio de la Plata, South America, the depth of water being nearly nine miles. This distance exceeds the height of Mount Everest by more than 17,(500ft. A summary of the latest returns of unemployment in Germany shows that out of a total trader union membership of (5,284,233, 71,004 were out of work. This represents 1.1 per cent. The corresponding percentage for the end of February wa> 2.7. and for March, 1021, 3.0. A dub for women where the members will be able to live and board very cheaply is about to be opened in London. Primarily only nurses and other professional women will be admitted to membership. Tts existence is due to the generosity of Lord and Lady Cowdrav. About L' 100.000 lots been spent on the premises. At the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland at harness, it was reported that 22 persons had been awarded diplomas for repeating the Shorter Catechism at one sitting without committing any mistake. Of the successful competitors there were four generations of one- family —a great grandmother. SO years oi age, grandmother, mother, and daughter.