NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2709, 18 March 1924, Page 1

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Another addition t<> London's liarl)oiu' is n, suggested deep-water wharf near Tilbury. It is designed to be one mile long, and able (o accommodate steamers of any size.

Among I lie oldest packs of bounds in England are the Holcombe Harriers, to which James 1. gave permission to hunt three days a year for ever in the Royal manor of Tottinglon.

Birds living in a state of nature produce more cocks than liens, except the linnets, which favour foods such as. mustard and cress, which are rich in nitrogenous properties.

Babies eighteen inches long at birth will grow up to be adults of medium height, while one twenty two inches long will be taller than the average when it is eighteen years of age.

Pokker, the Dutch inventor of aeroplanes, whose machines became famous during the war, holds the opinion that British makers produce the linesi aeroplane engines in the world.

Arrangements are being made to hold the World’s Sunday School ( onvention in Glasgow in June when delegates will attend from 24 European countries, including Prance, Germany, Russia, Czechoslovakia. and Hungary.

While the new German liner Columbus was on its five-days trials between Danzig and Bremen, the guests on board, it is staled, were entertained each evening by concerts broadcasted from London and Gasgow. about -tilt) mies away.

Three canals, each wider than the Suez Canal, will carry the waters of the Indus mid bring into cultivation an area eight times the size of Kent, due to the erection of a dam across the great Indian river. This is the biggest dam in the world.

The, Rev. Canon Poole, Rural Dean and Rector of St. John’s. Lewes, died from injuries received through being knocked down by a cyclist when returning home from an early service at bis church, a week previously.' He was 71 years of age. With a view to combating the smoke nuisance, Mr. Arnold Tankard, Hull City analyst, suggests that houses with smokeless appliances should have lower rates. The Hull Corporation is making experiments with smokeless fuel at public institutions.

At Kinver, a little village near Stourbridge in Worcestershire, there is a colony of people who have made their homes in caverns in the sandstone rock, which is a feature of the neighbourhood. The bouses are cut out of the solid rock and are equiped with windows and doors.