NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 2982, 5 January 1926, Page 1

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Cabbages were first taken to England in the 10th century. Over 52,000,000 lemons were consumed in one month in Great Britain. * New recruits to the various Guards regiments must be at least six feet tall.

One lump of sugar contains the concentrated sweetness of two feet of sugar-cane. Some of the daintiest evening shoes now on sale are made in the East End of London.

Seventy-five per cent, of the tobacco sold in Britain is sold in the shape of cigarettes.

More than one-third of the illness in Britain is due to disease of the respiratory system.

Warsop, in Nottinghamshire, has still in use a two-manual fire engine

diich dates back to 1842,

In the pipes of the parish church organ at Steeple Barton 301 b. of honey was recently found. The swift is one of the fastest birds known. It can fly at a speed of 200 miles an hour.

Toothbrushes have increased greatly in popularity since 1913, according to official British statistics.

It is said that five out of every six people who go into hospital are now examined by X-rays. The infant mortality rate in Britain has fallen from an average of 140 thousand to about 70. Stray cats are so numerous in London that more than 100,00 are painlessly, destroyed every year. June, which had the coldest summer day for years, was also the driest month in England for 60 years.

A ship in St. John’s Harbour, Newfoundland, has brought in a million .seals since it began its

work. It is expected that nearly 200,000 houses will be built in Britain this year, which will be easily a record. It is estimated that 80,000 snapshots were taken of the Prince of Wjales during his visit to Johannesburg. A pied blackbird, a sparrow almost white, and a white chaffinch were seen at Walton-on-Thames recently. A bronze tablet in honour of Mr. Edison has been unveiled near where he made his first invention in New Jersey. Wireless has been installed at a height of 14,909 ft. on Monte llosa to summon aid in case of accidents

to climbers. England’s tallest clergyman is the. Rev. E. A. Causton, of Fairlight, near Hastings. He is Cft Bin. in height. The Prince of Wales received his Easter communion on the Gold Coast from the hands of a native African priest. A cow bought by a Berkshire farmer was missing the next day and was found back at its old home, 12 miles away. Ohilmington, a Kentish village, contains 18 houses, the inhabitants of which own more than 20 motorears between them. Ordinary sports such as cricket, tennis, and running are regarded as especially beneficial, as they cause no eye strain.