NEWS IN BRIEF
A goose owned by a Harrow man enters the house each evening, settles down close to the wireless set and listens attentively to the music. Earl Fitzwilliam has closed Edlington Woods, a Yorkshire beauty spot, owing to damage done by picnickers. Special tyres, 7Jf't. in diameter and 16in. v in cross section, have been made for the world’s largest aeroplane. A bronze head of a wolf, with a ring between its teeth, has been recovered from Caligula’s galley in Lake Nemi. The Earl of Tankerville, aged 77, recently sang at a 'benefit, concert in London, and proved a great success. Bath’s six toll bridges were freed on June 20, when school children were given a holiday in celebration of the event. ( Among house refuse collected at Stoke, Newington, there were found a box of revolver ammunition and two lib. shells.
At a. Lancashire fete a novelty was introduced by a tobacco-chew-ing contest. Three of the competitors were afterwards taken ill.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 4006, 5 October 1929, Page 1
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163NEWS IN BRIEF Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 4006, 5 October 1929, Page 1
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