NEWS IN BRIEF

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3638, 14 May 1927, Page 1

NEWS IN BRIEF

In India the average marriage age of girls is 12| years. Tlie average height at which migrating birds fly is 350 ft. There are still eight countries in the world without railroads. Denmark claims one of the lowest death-rates of any country. A professional player’s golf hall at Chipstead killed a sparrow in flight. Sixty-two per cent, of the families in Canada now own their own homes. The United States exports three hundred and sixty million eggs annually. The film of a soap bubble is one 2.500,000 part of an inch in thickness. A hyacinth bloom about eight inches in length was recently exhibited in a London show. Nearly 7000 Roman coins, of 300 kinds, have been found in a pot at Limoges, in France. The ancient windmill at Tiptree, one of the few left in Essex, is to be . dismantled. As much as £245 has been paid for an ice-cream pitch on the sands at Wnllasay next season. The largest theatre in the world is the Opera House in Paris. It covers three acres of ground. Over 4300 salmon were caught by the rod and 3000 by the net in the River Wye last year. Treatment of the spleen by application of X-rays is reported to have cured bad eases of asthma. It is estimated that in one year a sea urchin lays as many eggs as there are people in England. King Alfred the Great’e “clock” took the form of candles, which were marked by coloured lings. More than 7000 miles of roads were constructed in Canada last year at a cost of nearly £10,000,000. When a sheet of metal is rolled out to about one-millionth of a centimetre, it becomes transparent. A pneumatic cap has been invented for bathers, which is said to hold a swimmer’s head above water. Empire Day will be celebrated on Friday, June 3, 1927, in conjunction with the anniversary of the birthday of His Majesty the King, and that day will be observed as a public holiday in the Government offices throughout the Dominion.