NEWS IN BRIEF.
Only two croquet lawns now exist in the London parks. One is at Clissold, and the other at Peckham Rye.
Railway lines are said to lengthen approximately 50 yards to 100 miles of line in summer owing to expansion.
Although seventy years of age Dr. Collier, of Burnley, is still an enthusiastic climber of the Cumberland mountains.
Only three varieties of roses are natives of Britain. They are the dog rose, the double Scotch rose, and the sweet brier.
Built only sixty years ago, Langton House, a mansion in Berwickshire, was recently knocked down at auction for 15s. On the back of the honeymoon car there had been flixed what had first appeared to be a special num-ber-plate similar to those used by the trade for demonstration. A second look dispelled this: “We 2 r 1,” it read.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3514, 22 July 1926, Page 1
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141NEWS IN BRIEF. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3514, 22 July 1926, Page 1
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