NEWS IN BRIEF.
English oak used in building Westminister Abbey London was felled between 1393 and 1396. About twice as much power is necessary to stop an express train as is necessary to start one. Last year British railways carried 20,i)00,000 fewer passengers than in the previous year, Young oysters enjoy only fortyeight hours’ life as moving creatures; then they settle down for life.
A Christchurch hoy named Hill, about fourteen years of age, found himself in a predicament at Browning’s beach, Lyttelton. After climbing for about 20 feet up a steep cliff lie was unable to ascend further; nor could be get down. His cries for help attracted the attention of two fishermen in a boat, and they lost no time in pulling ashore. They just managed to reach the hoy in nick of time, as he had clung on until he was quite exhausted.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2530, 16 January 1923, Page 4
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146NEWS IN BRIEF. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2530, 16 January 1923, Page 4
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