NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3715, 10 November 1927, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF.

More meat is being- eaten in Great Britain, the consumption last year working out at 1000 tons a week more than, 1925. The first of the season’s Canterbury grown strawberries made their appearance in the Christchurch auction marts last week. Probably the oldest factory of its kind in England, the Fulham Pottery, London, has been turning out its wares for 250 years. , Compared with the year before, there were 13,000,000 mor? bus passengers and 9,000,000 fewer railway passengers in Lonnon last year. iFog is a costly nuisance; the recent six-day fog in England resulted in an extra expenditure of about £4,000,000 in London alone. Ulkeston, the Midlands mining town, has an art club with 120 members, including local tradesmen, miners, and metal workers. _ London has one of the finest main drainage systems in the woild. There are 370 miles of main sewers, and 2000 miles of local sewers. .

It is reported that during the last fortnight 1000 bullocks have been bought in the Waikato for export, which development is expected to improve summer prices. Only two bankruptcies Avere filed in Napier during October, compared with five for the similar month last year. So far this year there have been 41 filings, compared Avith 50 from January to October last year.