NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2679, 5 January 1924, Page 1

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Viscount Lnscelles has one of the host Gnornsry hsrils in England a.f Goldshoronah Hall.

Two separate programmes an hriny hroadsasf in dilTrrrnt wave lengths bv one New York station.

England has suffered from fi ft \ - seven great famines in the last flflf) years; Ireland from tliirtv-fonr.

Aged 1500 years, a famous dragon tree in TenerilTe is now in flower for the first time sinee 1,823.

Tf the whole ocean, evaporated the salt lemaining would cover the lied 1o an average thickness of IfiOff.

At a recent fair at Portsmouth. England, there was a ha by show, for which no fewer than 1,5(10 ha hies were entered.

London has fortv-fwo theatres and mnsie-halls. 420 cinemas, 45 places for public dancing, and 13 museums.

Iron has for ages been a favourite medicine. Nearly a hundred different preparations of iron are now known to chemists.

Of the idlest troubles among a dnlts in one town, 20 per cent, of the eases were due t.i bad boots, slated a medical officer.

__ Forks were not commonly used m England until about 1700; before dial dale knives and spoons were Ihe table utensils.

Modern girls need instruction in shaking hands, sitting down, bowing standing and walking, says a wellknown dancing instructor.

With a proportion of one white person to six coloured people, the British Empire comprises one-four-th of the population of the world.

Felt and velour hats are being imported into England from the Continent in such numbers that the British factories are being seriously affected.

“Wrong numbers" and other telephone delays are stated to be increasing in England in spite of efforts made to improve the service after the war.

Relics have bpen found in Celebes which seem to prove that tobacco was used for smoking in that island so long ago as tile dawn of the. Christian era.

Pensions and annuities to the Royal Family and for naval, military. political and judicial services, cost the Exchequer £366,4(56 in the year ended March last.

Passengers on the Underground in London are not yet favouring the automatic ticket machines; out of every five tickets sold only one is procured from the machines. In railway collisions nearly all the passengers who are asleep escape tn a great extent the bad effects of shaking and concussion, Nature’s invn anaesthetic preserving them. Tn feudal times, soldiers were not paid directly, because they owed military sendee to their lord for the tenure of their houses and lands just as the lord owed if lo the Sovereign. Among the “rubbish” saved from Newark’s dust destructor during a recent year were a grandfather’s clock, a bronze urn, antique cups, knives; spoons, and coffee and tea pot.s. When a sperm whale caught off Natal was opened at the Durban whaling station, the workers found nearly halt a ton of ambergris in the intestines. It is estimated that the catch is worth £240,000.