NEWS IN BRIEF.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3721, 24 November 1927, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Wireless is taught in 100 London County Council schools. Mian is claimed to have set the fashions prior to Paris. Hence the namq “milliner.” In Deptford, London, there are 3000 houses condemned as unfit for human habitation: The British birth-rate last year was the lowest since 1860, except for that of 1918, a War year. A person with normal hearing should be able to distinguish the ticking of a watch five feet away. The purple finch is not purple but is a rich rosy red. The female is streaked with grey and olive brown. A five-valve portable set, with loud-speaker, is at the disposal of travellers in a motor-coach in Monmouthshire. Laughter in excess mav le'acl to a disease which causes the patient to remain in a cataleptic state for a short period?' The Coronation' Spoon, in the Tower of London, is believed to be the oldest English silver spoon still existing. A greyhound racing track in which the hare will take hurdles and water jumps is to be onened at Southampton. Oak trees take so long in attaining profitable size that it is not considered a business proposition to grow them. The black python or dormidera — snoring snake —so called by the natives —when breathing makes a loud snoring sound. A man suing his employer at Eastbourne for wages in lieu of notice admitted that he had 288 situations since 1913. The largest halibut ever landed at any West Coast fishing port was brought to Fleetwood recently. It weighed 3291 b. The Wanganui Hospital Board recently received a letter of thanks 'from a woman who had derived financial benefit from the board in time of sickness. Following is an extract from the letter: “I asked my useless husband to write and thank you,, but he would not, but you know what sort of a pig he is, so you can’t expect anything from him but a grunt.” Isac Wyber, aged 50, a motor lorry driver residing at 40 South Road, Masterton, was found hanging in a washhouse on Sunday morning. He rose at six o clock and two hours later-the body was • found hanging by a rope from one of the rafters. Wyber was married and has a grown-up family.