NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2922, 13 August 1925, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF.

During the last year there were launched 924 vessels of 2,247,751 lons gross, of which Die share ot' Great Britain and Ireland amounted to 1,439,885 tons. Teeth made from enamelled steel have been added to the products of: the Krupp plants at Essen. The melal is from the mixture formerly used in making German cannon.

In a buried city in Southern Nevada, wh icli is reputed to he 10,000 years old, there are staled to be indications that women ranked higher than men in authority. “in payment for a small cake taken by me when attending:, as a child, a cookery class," three penny stamps have been received by the Brighton Education Committee.

In most people Ihe hearing of the left ear is more acute than that of the right. This is said to he the reason that most people almost unconsciously use the left ear when telephoning. Three hundred and thirty-live men and live women have been executed in England and Wales since January, 1001. Altogether 021 senI cnees of death were passed in this period.

During 1924, 454 persons were rescued from shipwrecks arouud British coasts. The total from the foundation of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution up to the end of 1924 was 59,998. Lamb chops and pineapple arc the latest diet for “reducing,” as adopted in Paris. While trying this cure, one must not cut bread or vegetables, or drink any liquid exeepl tea. Manitoba JTesh fish are now delivered in New York by the Canadian National Railways on the third dav after shipping. This quick delivery has resulted in a largely increased demand for these unexcelled fresh water fish. Deaf and dumb for fifty-five years, a man rcovered his speech on coming out of the influence of ether after an operation at Bellevue Hospital, New York. The operation had nothing whatever to do with inducing the sudden Aoav of words.