NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2706, 11 March 1924, Page 1

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Holding oneself in an ereej atliInde i> more likely to bring pleasant thoughts than i- n slouching deport men). The silver mark ha- only been the standard coin of Germany for 50 years; previous to Dial the thaler was in use. An old purse bought for a penny by a woman at a Southland jumble sale was found to contain a 10/Trcasury note. Two Islington tradesmen —a poulterer and a pork butcher—won a lin-key ami a sticking pig respectively' in a Christinas draw. There must still be an Impression in some parts of England that newcomers to the Dominion are called upon to Pace wild and primitive conditions, and that the horse is the only means of locomotion, judging by the attire of some of the immigrants who reach these shores from time to time. Among the passengers on a liner which arrived at Auckland recently were two boys who strode I lie deesk in all the glory of corduroy riding breeches and leather leggings, which, however', looked somewhat out of place in the city surroundings in which they soon found themselves. Anollier and much older passenger was the proud possessor of a furious looking sheath knife, which he carried in full view at his waist. He will have to go far hack into Ihe Imsh before lie linds t!ii> Servian ble blade an essential part of his every-day equipment.