NEWS AND NOTES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2568, 17 April 1923, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

The longest reign on record is that of Louis XIV. of France who was on Die throne for seventy-two years. Queen Victoria ruled for nearly sixty-four years. Officials whose business causes them to remain overnight at Sing Sing, America’s great prison, have the right to demand accommodation in the institution. Although the kite was formerly a frequent visitor even to the streets of London, its nests in Great Britain can now be counted on the fingers of one hand. Seeds germinate more quickly, And some plants grow better and more quickly in moonlight than in sunlight, judging by experiments now being made at Liverpool. The last novelty is a walkingstick and cigarette case combined. The top of the stick screws off, revealing a “pocket” in which six or eight cigarettes can be carried. “Children who drink a glass of milk ox* more daily are taller, lieavier and more advanced in school work than those who drink none,” says American health experts. Londoners have lost the knack of laughing', according to a German business man who has been in the metropolis for the'first time since 1914. ‘ Nearly 1,000 band instruments of all kinds were made, a similar number repaired, at the Salvation Army’s factory at St. Albans, where nearly all the work is done by hand. Toys to play with, and a special little house for each dog, are included in the luxuries given to her Pekinese dogs by one lady who believes in bringing up her pets to act like children. Guns which weigh 130 tons each, and have a calibre of 10 inches are being made in Sheffield for our new battleships; they are the largest long-range naval gups yet introduced into the British Navy. Just before visiting a patient suffering from blOod-poisoning, Dr. Allan Lowe, a Cardiff practitioner, pricked his linger with a bradawl. A few days later he fell seriously ill and was removed to hospital where he died.