NEWS IN BRIEF

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2560, 27 March 1923, Page 1

NEWS IN BRIEF

During one week Jest August, 33.180 mol or vehicles passed through ('olw.vii .-Bny. Books .uml scienlilic publications !o Ihe valiie of. .4,000,D1M) gold murks have been suggested us. port payments ol.' I lie reparations due to Italy from Germany, Kills did damage to the ex lent of £5,000 in a. recent year in New York Zoological Bardens. Children in Middlesex County schools are to learn the songs of the various wild birds of their county from gramophone records. The depth of the ocean at any point can now he ascertained by echoes through an instrument used in the war for locating submarines. Of every 20s received by one of the large English railways* in 1921, 10s 7d went in salaries, and wages, and 2s 9d in shareholders dividends. To every 33 married women teachers in the employment of the London County Council there is born each year only one baby un an average. An aeroplane just built for the French Air Service is constructed entirely of steel, and carries one of the famous French “75” held guns. The square mile of the City of London is divided into 27 wards, with such quaint names as the Portsoken, Vintry, Gordwainer and ' Candlewick Wards.