NEWS IN BRIEF.
The skin of the human palm is seventy-six times as thick as that of the eyelid.
There is a species of ant which carries an umbrella of petals of leaves when it rains.
In the London elementary schools over one thousand new teachers are appointed each year.
The. last of the -British-owned four-masted sailing-ships, the Garthpool, was built in 1891.
The loss of the world’s wealth represented by the rusting of iron and steel is about £500,000,000 per annum.
Widows are more sought after as wives than spinsters by the men of Ulster, l)oth bachelors and widowers.
After April 30, the New Zealand “Referee,” which now forms part of the “Weekly Press,” is to be published as a seperate journal in Wellington instead of Christchurch. It is understood that a new company has been formed which takes ov v er the “Referee.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3602, 22 February 1927, Page 1
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145NEWS IN BRIEF. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3602, 22 February 1927, Page 1
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