NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3528, 24 August 1926, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF.

It is estimated that a man’s heart beats .92,160 times a day.

The sootiest town in Great Britain is stated to be Rochdale. Good foxhounds have been known to sell for as much as £4OO.

■ Over 400,000 finger-prints are stated to be recorded at Scotland Yard. It is stated that there is no un-

employment in the Falkland ■ Islands.

Aluminium shoes with wooden soles are being manufactured in Germany. Teeth have been made from enamelled steel at a Continental steel works.

The average weight of a man’s brain is 3 Jib., and a woman’s 21b lloz.

Last year less bread was eaten in England than in any year since the war.

Worn gun barrels are said to be reclaimed by plating them with nickel.

There are 746 animals, 1791 birds, 622 reptiles and some 3080 fish in the London Zoo."

No less than £10,000,000 worth of tinned goods was imported into England last year. New alluminium alloy is reported to possess the strength and ductility of gun-metal. Nearly half a. million persons make their homes on the desert sands of the Sahara.

A person’s normal hearing should be able to distinguish the ticking of a watch sft. away. The heart makes ten strokes fewer per minute when a person is lying down than when standing. Beethoven, after having lost his hearing, is said to have composed some of his best music.

Of the 2,000 known varieties of bacteria, only about 100 kinds are believed to be harmful.

Cast from glass and over 24ft. high, a . statue of Shakespeare has been made for a London park. Timber in the world caused by boring insects amount to approximately £8,000,000 a year. In wealth per head of the population, Canada stands next to the United States and Great Britain. A new wire rope has been invented made of highly-tempered steel, which will not unravel when cut. Scientists have come to the conclusion that dust and fumes in the air arc often the cause of deafness.

Fuel has been made from scrapped rubber after going through a certain treatment at high temperature.

Scientists declare that granite dust from paving in Vienna lias been responsible for .an increase in tuberculosis. Rails in tunnels corrode more quickly .on account of the dampness and sulphur from the smoke of the engines.

Scarcity of insects and not cold weather causes birds to migrate in winter, according to a well-known scientist.

Most of the dental instruments and machinery used in Britain are imported from either America or Germany.

Coal used for producing gas approximates 2,000,000 tons per annum, yielding about 300,000,000,000 cubic feet.