NEWS IN BRIEF.
More than 250 brands of Empire tobacco and nearly 50 brands of cigarettes have been placed on the British market.
Arrangements are being made for the operation of a dying-boat service across the Irish Sea between Liverpool and Belfast. A cencus of traffic, recently taken on all the main roads in England, called for the services of 15,000 men working in relays. By law, beggars in England must either sing or play a musical instrument if they wish to ask alms from passers-by in any public place.
A few days ago a young couple were married in Hamilton, the names of the contracting parties being Fear and Fow respectively. A Hamilton resident asserts that one of the hymns sung at the Wedding ceremony was the wellknown “Abide With Me,” one verse commencing “I fear no foe.”
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3868, 8 November 1928, Page 1
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139NEWS IN BRIEF. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3868, 8 November 1928, Page 1
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