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NEWS IN BRIEF.

Silver to the value of about 12cl, is contained in a shilling. A flash of lightning lasts for about oneniillionth part of a second. From frog’s skin is made the thinnest and toughest leather ob- . tainable. 'Street accidents in London are increasing at the rate of 10,000 a quarter. The eye of a butterfly contains about 5000 different lenses and 50,000 nerves. A German preparation claims to increase the hardness of cement by 90 per cent. Only one out of every thousand married couples live to keep their golden wedding. Dust from volcanic erujptions has been known to travel 500 miles through the air. Wood yields one-fourth of the heat of coal; charcoal about the same heat as the heart. The blood in the human body travels 61,320 miles during a gear’s beating of the heart. The first telephone exchange in London was opened 47 years ago. There are now over 500,000 subscribers in the 700 square miles of (he London district. Largest of all privately-owned yachts is the Areturus, an oilengined boat of 2522 tons, which belongs to an American whose hobby is deep-sea fishing. Instead of using thermometers Chinese incubator caretakers test the temperature of eggs by pressing the large end of the egg against their closed eyelid. Now that the warm weather is near a good way to purify water for drinking is to stir in powered alum, a tablespoonful to four gallons. Allow it to settle for a few hours, when all the impurities will be found to have settled to the bottom of the vessel, leaving the water fresh and clear. One of the. greatest highways in the world now links Winnipeg with Vancouver. This road crosses Canada from east to west and is 1500 miles long. The King of Spain owns more yachts than any other royal person. He has one" motor and two sailing vessels, while two racing yachts are being built for him. By replacing lifts with moving stairways the London Tube railways have been made even more popular among what are known as “short-distance” passengers.

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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3570, 2 December 1926, Page 1

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347

NEWS IN BRIEF. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3570, 2 December 1926, Page 1

NEWS IN BRIEF. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3570, 2 December 1926, Page 1

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