NEWS AND NOTES.
Britain entertains 350,000 foreign visitors for pleasure every year, while something like 1,800,000 go to France.
More than 5000 schools in Britain are now fitted with wireless sets, so as to make use of the broadcast lessons.
A stuffed great auk, which belonged to the late Mr. J. B. Nicholls, of Cedars Road, Clapham Common, S.W., was sold by auction at Covent Garden, for £O6O. The London County Council is considering the possibility of closing side, streets against motor traffic for a few hours in the evenings in .order to tsecure the safety of ehidren. Whether or not it was a sequel to the allegations of the Rev. H. G. Gilbert, of Hamilton, to the effect that Sunday drinking is very prevalent on iblie West Coast, is not recorded, but the fact remains that the Gfreyimoulh police spent a comparatively busy day on a recent Sunday (says the Star) visiting several hotels. It is rumoured that the uniformed “fishers of men” secured a good bag.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 40011, 17 October 1929, Page 1
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168NEWS AND NOTES. Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 40011, 17 October 1929, Page 1
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