NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3562, 13 November 1926, Page 1

NEWS IN BRIEF.

The British average stature is:— Scots, sft. BHn.; Irish, sft. Bin.; England, sft. 7.tin.; and Welsh, sft. (Urn.

Early in the Middle Ages, to use ce or snow for the purpose of cooling one’s drink was deemed a capiat sin.

Sturgeons are the weakest of all fish in proportion to their size. A sturgeon is helpless if attacked by a small swordfish. Bullets from machine-gun practice on the Downs north of Dover lately struck an Ostend steamer and wounded a passenger. Women are said to be more partial to flying than men. More than 60 per cent, of the cross-Channel passengers are women.

A speeialj typewriter has been invented for the blind. It places raised marks on the paper in accordance with the Braille system.

An employer has posted up the following notice in his works: ‘Any employee desiring to attend the funeral of a near relative must notify the foreman before 10 a.m. on tiie day of the match.” There are 186 registered Catholic schools in the Dominion, with an attendance of 20,582 children. It is reported that Lady Carroll, who already has a beautiful home in Gisborne, intends building a residence close to the tomb of the late Sir James on the private land she set apart for his burial place.