NEWS IN BRIEF

Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4446, 1 May 1930, Page 4

NEWS IN BRIEF

(•'ui'ei-asts for l lie near future ini tilde universal language by radio, world peace among nations, factory farming, Sim miles an hour tra - velling speed, more time for research, anil a chance to see and hear anything anywhere on the globe at (he touch of a. button. The largest “family” in the world is lo be found in Dr. .Baniardo’s I lomes, where 1.8,003 children and voiin gpersoiis were dealt with last \e.ir, 1(173 being permanently ad milted. There are always SIlOl) children in these homes, and on an average live are admitted daily. The metropolitan district of London will soon lie dulled with S.O.S. police boxes, where members of the public, as well as policemen, can quickly summon help by lifting a receiver off u hook. By this system a cili/.en can quickly set a score of i.dicers racing for a given spot in high-speed police ears.

There were 300 jewel robberies at: shops and private houses in London daring LI months of 11)2.3, and llie '.able of stolen gems was estimated el more than £ 1,000,000. A few arrests were made, hut nine-1 cuths of the robberies remained on the police books, neither the thieves nor the stolen properly being disiovered.

Two years ago a. gardener in Georgia, United States, found in i lie woods a white blackberry Imsh. lie look a culling from it, and lias succeeded in cultivating white blackberries, the latest freak ol horticulture. The new fruit has a, line blackberry llavoiir. hut is white, and it has not vet been disevoeivd whether the hushes will prove fertile.