NEWS IN BRIEF
Knives were not used on the laities of England until 15<><l.
The first lunacy laws in England were made in Die reign of Kdwnrcl HI. A witness named Stone at the Reading County Police Court Had the Christ ion name of Cherry. In his garden at Beaeonslteld, Mr. George Child turned up it gold coin of George 1., dated 1726. George Lattgridge, who fought with the South Wales Borderers in the Zulu War, has. died at Sevenoaks. Nine hair-cuts and shampoos was the mystery prize won by a Ha HI piayer at whist drive, at Richmond, England. At llu l Revision Court in Cornwall a vote was'given to a man living in a tent in a Held with His wife and 11 children. War Bonds and oilier securities to the value of €2OOO were found in a pillow, purchased at a -ale at Elio. Firth of Forth. .John Sloan, an American pensioner, of Gateshead, believed to he the last survivor of the Mexican war of 1845, has died, aged 95. Found dead in his hath at Davenport. England, a motor engineer named Gordon "Webber is said to have been poisoned by fumes from the geyser. Among the recent applicants for (ho post of assistant clerk to the Hull Guardians, with a salary of £250 a year, was a 15-year-old junior clerk. The Lancashire Education Committee admits sons and daughters of agricultural labourers to courses at the County Council farm without payment of a fee. The VoddaSj now an almost extinct race of Ceylon, have two remarkable charaeterisics. None of them has boon known to laugh, iilicl they seem unable to tell a lie. A large flock of flamingoes, 150 strong, has arrived in London from Egypt.’ The birds will be supplied to private menageries and parks all o\er the country. Moon light bathing was so popular at Palm Bay, Margate, last vear that brilliant electric lights are to he provided on moonless nights during the coming summer.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2741, 5 June 1924, Page 1
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330NEWS IN BRIEF Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2741, 5 June 1924, Page 1
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