NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2750, 26 June 1924, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF.

The first' will in the English language, now lodged in the Durham registry, is the will of a chandler, who bequeathed candles to various churches, and some special ones that were over nine feet high to the Cathedral at York. Gallantry, flourishes in Hawaii. A few weeks ago a young man named Jesse Pacheco sprang out of an automobile on a Honolulu street to rescue the handkerchief of his fair escort. An auto truck struck him, inflicting fatal injuries. A lock of Milton’s hair which belonged in turn to Joseph Addison, Dr. Johnson, John Hoole, and Leigh Hunt, all famous literary men, is now in possession of a New York Hrm of book dealers. Kettles and pans made of cardhoard have been patented by a German inventor. The material is dipped in a mixture containing asphalt and resin, which makes it: waterproof and acid resisting. A cat which chased a squirrel along the slender branch of a tree in Rcjicnt’s Park, London, lost its nerve and remained in the same position for upwards of an hour. It was ultimately rescued by the aid of a sack attached to a long pole. Canaries arc being superseded as pets bubgcrigar, bv more frequently ly called “love bird,” because of its devotion to its mate. Pbe common green variety cost less Ilian Ids a pair, while a pair of white birds is priced at .C2OO and over.