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NEWS IN BRIEF.

Omnibuses first ran in London in 1820. The Bank of England originated in 1(504. Muslin was first worn in England in Kill). In Belgium there is a coalmine 8,400 feet deep. There are over 0,000 brass bands in Hie Salvation Army. The cotton-gin was (lie work of Eli Whitney, in 1703. The organ of sight is more developed in bird's than in.any animal. The best honey of Persia is collected from orange-groves at Kanycroon. Orange-blossoms as a decoration for brides came to us from the Saracens. The progeny of a pair of rabbits in ten years, will number 70,000,000. Calico-printing was first executed by the Dutch in 1(170; in England, in 1771. “Too much holiday is as bad as too little,’' says a well-known doctor. The most suitable sheet brass for making brass instruments comes from France. South Africa furnishes about (53 per cent, of the world’s supply of indin rubber.

There are about 30,000 bandsmen in the Salvat.ion Army, none of whom are paid. Women are said to be more particular customers in restaurants nowadays than men. The London Central Markets are the largest “dead meat" markets in the world. One million three hundred and thirty thousand persons have allotments in Great Britain.

The bagpipes, the favourite Scotch and Italian instrument, was invented in (.1 recce 200 B.C. The cost of distributing a ton of coal in London is 108 per cent, above pre-war level.

Infectious diseases are unknown n Greenland, on account ol the dry iml cold atmosphere.

Aerial ambulances to carry four .trctcher cases and two attendants, mve been built for the ILA.F. .Jewellery and silverware are said o be one-third cheaper in England ban they were two years ago.

.Monkeys are bred by a wellmown French Society woman to apply fur for trimming her dress-

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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2562, 3 April 1923, Page 1

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302

NEWS IN BRIEF. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2562, 3 April 1923, Page 1

NEWS IN BRIEF. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2562, 3 April 1923, Page 1

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