NEWS IN BRIEF.
No fewer than 130 London elementary schools attributed low attendances in September to the number of children away hop-picking. Bobbed hair is shown on a wall painting in Wymington Church, which was built in 1380. The picture is reputed to he as old as the church. A national museum of sport, to include portraits of famous athletes as well as thy hats, racquets, etc., they used, has been suggested in Britain.
Ships numbering over one hundred juid carrying l 30,000 passengers, pass up and down the English Channel on the trans-Atlantic route every month. Cider merchants in the West of England, owing to the poor prospects of tile apple crop, have been importing cargoes of cider and apples from Prance. Waterloo Station, London, deals with 1,400 .trains daily. Waverley Station, Edinburgh, handles .1,000: Liverpool Street, .1,250; and Clap ham Junction, 1,800. “(treat. Toni," Oxford’s famous bell, booms 101 notes every day, to proclaim the number of:, foundation scholars. This custom dates back to Henrv VIII. Mr James Bennie, of Hitchin, who erlebra'ted his golden wedding last month, during his work as a colporteur, has sold 30,000 copies of the Bi]de. Scotland Yard possesses the most up-to-date photographic department for police work in the world. It includes scores of thousands of portraits of known criminals. Three scholarships of £240 each tenable for five years at French Universities have been presented by the Governor of British Columbia.
Mr George Reeves, of Finsbury Park, who retired after 54 years’ service .with the Great Northern Railway Company, worked for 50 years in the same signal box. The white rose was considered the emblem of the House of Stuart and June 10 was long known as White Bose Day, (that being the birthday of the Old Pretender. A new fashion of hairdressing is being seen in Paris. The hair is swept up to a height of six or more inches above the forehead, with an effect similar to a guardsman’s lmsby. An ancient pillar, beautifully moulded and dating back to the 14th century has been uncovered by excavations in Worcester. Many coins of Queen Elizabeth's reign were also found.
The Dead Sea contains only 25 per cent salt. There is no known fish that is able to live in so strong a salt solution.
Probation officers connected with the British Children’s Courts, say they would rather supervise twenty beys than six girls. About 1,500 million gallons of petroleum are produced in the United Slates every year. Based on dances 3,000 years old, a new form of tango has been introduced into London. The. sea covers three-fourths of the earth’s surface, or a total area of about 145 million square miles. America is the first, nation to build a racing aeroplane capable of flying at a speed of 200 miles an hour. Electric eels found in the River Amazon are said to he capable of discharging a shock sufficient to stun a man. German thoroughness is not infallible. Monday’s mail brought to tlie New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition Company in Dunedin, a letter from a Leipzig publicity firm addressed to “Dundee, Dunedin, New Zealand,” and in the letter the writers state: “We have heard of the International Exhibition which shall take place in Dundee, and would be obliged for information.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2815, 25 November 1924, Page 1
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548NEWS IN BRIEF. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 2815, 25 November 1924, Page 1
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