NEW'S IN BRIEF.
The recent drought in London was the worst 'known for 120 years. Many well-known bulbs, including the jonquil and narcissus, contain poison.
Official rat-catchers in the City of London destroyed 24,748 rats last year. Raspberry canes at Harrow, England bore a second crop in late September.
Of the arrests for drunkenness in Britain, GO per cent, take place at the week-ends.
For burying a dog alive a man has been fined only £2 at Hastings, England. " The Mansfield Corporation in England, is to build houses to be lot at Gs Gd a week.
New telephones are installed in London by the post office at the rate of 1100 a week.
A free pailk for his customers’ .cars is provided by a draper in Kingston, 'Sunrey.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 40037, 10 December 1929, Page 4
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128NEW'S IN BRIEF. Manawatu Herald, Volume L, Issue 40037, 10 December 1929, Page 4
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