NEWS IN BRIEF.
The latest use for rubber is for making bathing costumes. Brazilian coffee, which could be bought wholesale before the war for 31/- a owl., now costs !3(i/-. Spurs made of stainless steel for the use of ofliecrs, have been approved by the War Ollier. Aliens maintained by London parishes in mental hospitals numbered 002 at the end of last year. The Salford Council‘lias decided to increase the salary of the Mayor from £SOO to £IOOO a year. Flag day collections in London during last year brought in £ 1 SO,700, which is an advance of £2743 on 1023. At an old folks' dinner at Camp Lon-on-Tluini.es a mother of 21 children took the prize for the bigest family. Alderman D. 11. Malt by has been voluntary organist at the Manslichl United Methodist Chapel for 52 years. . .
Across word puzzle competition is to be run by Brighton authorities, with a week’s free holiday as the prize. A “tube” railway is proposed for Venice. It wuld cover the length of the city, a distance of eight miles.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2865, 31 March 1925, Page 4
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177NEWS IN BRIEF. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2865, 31 March 1925, Page 4
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