NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2554, 13 March 1923, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF.

William Hollambv —“wanted” in connection with a burglary—was invited to go for a little spin in a side-car by an Epsom plain-clothes p.c., who took him to the police station. . The red hackle, or plume worn in the feather bonnets of the Black Watch Highlanders is an honour conferred upon the regiment, then the 42nd, in 1795, -for bravery in Flanders. The sea covers three-fourths of the earth’s surface; of a total area of about 145 million square miles. In'Great Britain the winter months are usually held to be November, December and January; in the United States- of America December, January and February are regard* eu as winter; A train drawn by a single engine recently brought 165,000 bushels of

grain over the Canadian Pacificlines. The train was 0.9 mile long. The gross weight was 686,000 tons.

Gems worth many thousands of pounds stolen in September from Lady Max-Muller, wife of Sir William Max-Muller, British Minister to Poland, have been returned to her through the post. A policeman, Alister Mcllardy, was sentenced to three years’ penal servitude at Edinburgh for having struck a girl of twelve on the head with his baton and left her unconscious in a wood. A decree has been passed in Athens imposing the death penalty on those liable for military service who do not present themselves, if living in Greece, by December 28, or if living abroad by January. The Lancashire County Council' proposes to undertake the construction of 27f miles of road from Manchester to Liverpool at a cost of £3,000,000. The road is to have a width of 150 ft., of which 30ft. will be a set-paved carriage-way. About nine per cent of the milk samples tested by the Middlesex inspectors during 1922 were found to be below standard.

Silver is being recovered from the waste hypo used in developing film photogi’aphs. At Los Angeles alone alone £2,000 a month is saved in this way.

At the inquest on the body of the child found at Stanley Bay beach, Auckland, on February 19, it was stated that its parentage had not been traced. There were no marks on the skin indicating violence. The body had not been long in the water, and death had occurred from 24 to 48 hours previously. The Coroner returned a verdict of death from asphyxiation at yesterday’s inquest.