NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3519, 3 August 1926, Page 1

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Psychologist states that all disease is a form of fear. Yachts of about 800 tons cost about £IOO a ton to build. It costs £l7lO annually to maintain London’s prison vans.

The memory is said to be stronger in summer than in winter. One of the earliest labour unions was formed by English footmen in 1700.

Fish which are found at a greater depth of sea than 600 ft. are not fit for eating.

It takes over 8,000,0001 b. of twine to bind the annual grain harvest of Canada.

Professor Joly recently estimated the age of the earth to be 80 or 90 million years.

A storekeeper in a London firm has a moustache that measures 20 inches from point to point.

Estimated by scientists to be a million years old a fossil tree has been unearthed in Bengal.

Oranges and. lemons are said to contain more “stored sunlight” than any other fruits.

Eighty-six barrels of oil, weighing about 14£ tons, is the average yield from an adult whale.

On certain American railways, steam is now being used to kill the weeds alongside the rails. Over 30,000,000 eggs were sent to England from South Africa during the last quarter of 1925.

Sepia is obtained from the cuttlefish, which ejects an inky fluid to hide itself from its enemies. More than two fatal street accidents occur every day in the London Metropolitan Police area. Greenwich has one of the oldest swimming baths in the country. It was established in 1851.