NEWS IN BRIEF.
An express train weighing 354 tons, recently travelled at 74 miles an hour between Grantham and Newark.
Fresh milk can be sent by aeroplane from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast in America without turning sour.
A parson in an American city, who made a practice of “splitting” his marriage fees with the taxi-dri-vers who brought him clients, is estimated to perform, ninety per cent, of the weddings in his town.
Flowers are subjected to all sorts of tests in a new laboratory at a London women’s college. They are tested with electric lamps of various colours to see what effect these have upon growth.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2951, 20 October 1925, Page 1
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108NEWS IN BRIEF. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 2951, 20 October 1925, Page 1
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