NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2758, 15 July 1924, Page 1

NEWS IN BRIEF.

The London underground automatic machines issue 250,000 tickels n day. Orders placed, which will increase this (igure to 350,0011

‘■’l’liere are plenty .»t‘ peoj)ie who si ill believe yon can cure whoop-ing-cough by tying a hag containing a dead mouse round a child's neck,” declared l)r. Felton at (irinisbv.

When a train of cni].»ly waggons <rashcd into derailed trucks near Caerphilly, <llamorgansliirc, two 10ton wagons were hurled over a bridge into the roadway JO feet below.

A piece of steel weighing a ton was hurled in the air from a mill engine, near Ammanford. Carmarthenshire. It fell where two workmen had stood less than a minute previously.

After an unsuccessful attempt to strangle a cat, a Mnnslield youth, Arthur Bramwell, trod it to death BramwelJ, who said ho lost his temper, was fined 20. - and 15/- costs.

In a town not far from Nimes, France, a competition for big eaters was held. The wiifner consumed four legs of mutton, live bowls of salad, live pots of lea, and four pounds of small biscuits. At a North London dance a woman wore a neck-wrap with a ticket on ii marked i/’llij. I .ate in the evening a. man drew the woman's attention to it. She retired in confusion. A scheme to advertise on loaves of bread is being considered by the bakers of Lombardy. The revenue acquired from advertisers would prmit the bakers to sell bread for a lower price. Owing to the lack of fragrance in (lowers used for table decorations in London hotels and restaurants, the blooms are being fortified by synthetic perfumes which stimulate tlie natural odours. Jolly and Merry were each fined at Tlmmas Police.. Court recently for drunkeness. At the same court, in connection with a horse cruelty cose the owner was named Patient and the driver Patience. e