NEWS IN BRIEF.
Tile definition of 'the word “Eskimo” is: “Eater of raw flesh.” The British, National Anthem has been in use for nearly two centuries.
British oysters are said to be losing ground in both quantity and size.
Even to-day there are stated to be still 3,000,000 human beings held in slavery. The British Army to-day has 234,500 fewer men than the establishment set U]) by Lord Roberts before the Great War. London’s famous Territorial regiment the Honourable Artillery Company, is believed to have been in existence before 1537.
The claim, of Mr. and Mi's F. S. Shepherd, of Te Atatu, to be the first New Zealand-born couple to celebrate their diamond wedding is challenged by Mr H. Howell, of the Veterans’ Mount Roskill, who states his sister, Mrs li/lizahetli Lister, who was born in New Plymouth in 1847, celebrated her
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3604, 26 February 1927, Page 4
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142NEWS IN BRIEF. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3604, 26 February 1927, Page 4
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