NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2790, 27 September 1924, Page 1

NEWS IN BRIEF.

■ Measuring only 18in. in length, (he wrasse, a fish found in Brifisli waters, lias such strong 1 teeth that it can crack the shell of a crab of quite a fair size.

Two more vitnniines have been discovered, according to a report from the University of California. One is found in tea. and the other is a substance extracted from wheat. A blue light placed above the wind-screen will enable the police to distinguish at night any of the magnificent new Daimler ears belonging to the King. Canada leads the world in the per capita consumption of electric energy. There is an electric meter for every five inhabitants and 454 h.p. is installed for every 3000 population. Westminster Hospital, London, was founded in 1715, when four philanthropists met together in a Fleet Street coffee shop to discuss a means of earing for the sick. Rain measuring 4Jin. fell during a thunderstorm which broke over Kensington, London, on -Tune 16, 1017. Other parts of the metropolis were not affected.

Volunteer workers from among the Baptist- congregation have just built a new church hall at Biggin Hill. Kent, The work has taken six years to complete.

Three golden rules of life of a centenarian who recently died in England, aged 107, wore: Never to enter a ball-room 5 never to talk scandal; and never to enter a bar. One hundred sailors and marines recently helped to lift a tramcai at Torquay to set free two midshipmen on a motor-cycle who were caught under tlie heavy vehicle.

One of London’s worst ‘‘black spots” from the slum point of view s Ware Street, Iloxton, where marly 2700 persons will have to he loused before the slum eleaianee •an he. made.

Glasshouses and forcing frames covering three acres are hidden away in the centre of Hyde Park, where all the bedding plants are grown for the flower-beds in Loudon’s central parks. While on duty in Sheffield as dawn was breaking, a constable noticed a horde of rats approaching in regular formation along the tram track. They vanished down the bank of a river. Turkey’s only woman doctor arrived recently in London. It is only a little over 12 months since the Turkish Government allowed women to practise medicine in the Ottoman Empire.

After thirty year’s service as steward of Brighton Beach Swimming Club, Mi'. James Hatton has retired. He bathed every day summer and winter, for forty years, until quite recently. The atmospheric pressure on the body of the average man is calculated at 52,40011). The ordinary rise and fall of the barometer will increase or decrease the pressure 2,5001 b.

Lord Morris, of Newfoundland, speaking at Wembley of the seal fisheries, said the young seal presented one of Nature s mysteries. Wlien it was born it weighed only Jib., and 12 days later it weighed 701 b.

After being 64 years in the service of Messrs, Prince Smith and Son, textile machinery makers, of Keighley, Mr John Shuckleton has just retired, lie is 78 years of age. iiis father was for many years employed by the same firm.

A Nottingham girl preacher, Miss fda JVI, Womb well, who is only fl, recently conducted a successful If nays’ mission in Lire V eslcyun lteiurui Chapel at Eiustuwn, Leicestershire.

.Necklaces ol wild birds' eggs arc uuw being made, ike eggs, alter blowing', are treated by a cliemicui process and me msides tilled vvitii a light-weight compositiou to give inem solidity. As me siieils all base dtllerent markings novel eilects are produced. Xiie prices vary Irom ib to ilbOU and more. Constable J. kerguson, who bas letired irom tlie .Durham County Constabulary, alter Having HZ years' service, is tire heaviest policeman in mat county, lie weighed list. when he joined the lorce in luaroU, lSbd, and now he turns the stales at H-isi. bib. lie has been several times commended lor meritorious work.

A trip to the clouds in a roaring aeroplane and a sudden dip ol several thousand leet will cure deainess, ll one doesn L die ol heart iaimru. ikis was the declaration ol Cilcnn iunnison, who claims that he nas been wholly cured ol dealness by two last deseenLs Irom dmisy heights. ihe lirst experiment reheveu him greatly, while the second restored ms Hearing completely, He said, "it's the rapid change ol ah' pressure on the ear drums that hoes it, - ’ declared Tunmson.