NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2624, 25 August 1923, Page 1

NEWS IN BRIEF.

There are 10S7 varieties of pears, The Irish Sea is nowhere more than 710 ft. deep. There are more women than men voters in Sweden. The sun gives 8000,000 times more light than the moon. Horses know at onec when they have a nervous rider. Nearly one-eighth of the surface of Sweden is covered by lakes. Vultures are said to fly at times at a rate of more than 100 miles an hour. An earthquake travels at the rate of between 470 ft. and 530 ft. per second. llats which live in the London “Tubes” are said to avoid the live wire by instinct. Elementary education in England, it is estimated, will cost £33,009100 during this year. Natives of the interior of Africa hoard cattle as their wealth. They never kill or sell an ox. In 12 hours 35,000 vehicles pass the Mansion House. London, and 30,000 pass Ludgate Circus. Cigars, 18in. long, weighing half a pound, and priced 355, were recently exhibited in London. Only nine deaths occurred out of a total of 784 street accidents in the City of London in 192.1. The average size of family in the County of Kent, England, has decreased from 4.24 in 1911 to 4.09 in 1921. In Russia there are 1229 women to every 1000 men. Germany comes next with 1100 and Austria 1009 There are altogether about 400 street telephone kiosks in England, practically all of them in the provinces. The latest circular saw is a disc of paper which, driven at high speed cuts through a plank of wood as easily as a steel blade. Coal dust powder, specially prepared, is the latest aid to beauty. It is placed round the eyes to enhance the whiteness of the orbs. Juvenile crime in England is decreasing. In 1913 there were 37,520 cases; in 1917 the worst war year, 51,323; and in 1920 30,253. When does a boy become a man? A committee of the Camberwell Borough have decided that the change takes place at the age of 18.