NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3703, 13 October 1927, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF.

There are 626 railway stations in Greater London.

A psychologist states that all disease is a form of fear.

The Royal Cork Yacht Club is the oldest yacht club in the world.

Blocks of salt were once used by the Chinese for paying taxes. The memory is said to be stronger in summer than in winter.

About 150 species of fish are said to belong to the shark family.

The average pressure of the atmosphere is 151 b. to the square inch.

Codfish in Iceland are dried and ground into a flour for use is bread. The dragon-fly is able to fly backwards at the same speed as forwards.

Unlike some varieties of snakes, the anacondas can never be tamed.

The police officers in Italy wear different uniforms in cities.

Watches were not successfully manufactured by machinery until 1840.

There are approximately 4000 known languages and dialects in the world.

Nearly all snowflakes are shaped in some variation of a' six-pointed star.

An American .woman who recently died at the age of 90 left 191 descendants.

According to statistics, England is the most crowded country in the world.

Forty-four muscles are called into play in the production of the human voice.

Birds have three different classes of notes —alarm notes, call notes, and song. The average yield of oil from an adult whale has been estimated at about 14J tons. 'The smallest cows in the world, found in the South Sea Islands are only 4ft. in length. According to certain scientists dust and fumes in the air are often the cause of deafness. Pepy’s Diary was written in shorthand and had to be deciphered after the diarist’s death. Of the 2000 known varieties of bacteria, only about 100 specimens are believed to be harmful.