NEWS AND BRIEFS
The giant bamboo, which sometimes reaches 120 ft., grows about a foot a day.
A cow’s hide gives 351bs. of leather, while that of a horse yields only about 201bs. Paris authorities have decided to install elevated moving sidewalks at busy crossings.
Fine-edged tools lose their tempei if exposed to the light of the sun for a considerable time.
After a recent big football match in Manchester special tramcais fox women only were run.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3584, 8 January 1927, Page 1
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77NEWS AND BRIEFS Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3584, 8 January 1927, Page 1
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