NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2507, 16 November 1922, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Dennis McCrossan, the oldest inhabitant of Strabane, Co. Tyrone, has died, aged 100, 1 Experiments prove that ants identify friends and detect enemies by the sense of smell. In the past generation or so America has become (he world's leading diamond customer. In a. fortnight 138 (ramps mostly ex-service men, were relieved at Blean (Kent) workhouse. Portugal contains only two cities, Lisbon and Oporto, with populations in excess of 50.000. •Illness and disablement throughout Great Britain costs £150,000,000 a year in actual cash. Lack of sweets during the war has greatly improved the teeth of (lie children of England. May Walsh, 7ft. din. tall and -aid to he the tallest woman in the world tins just died at Chicago. Fishes’ ears are beautifully formed plates of pearl-like substance which lie close to tin* brain. A storm at St. Quentin wrecked several post-war houses and did damage to the amount of £20,000. Mary Piekford, the ruinous film actress, has started n factory for making dolls which are replicas of herself. False finger prints are now being used by burglars and other criminals to |>nt the police on the wrong seenl. Street hawkers in Geneva are pushing their -ales by wrapping customers’ purchases in Russian paper money. Edinburgh Castle is to be used as a.'barracks -no longer, but is to be turned into a national war memorial. Dr. Harvey, who discovered the circulation of (be blood, is said to have been the first coffee drinker in England.