NEWS IN BRIEF
There are now more than 150 authorised egg-packing stations dealing with British eggs in Britain. They handle more than 200,000,000 Brit ish eggs every year.
Women between forty and fifty years of age make very good and afe pilots of aeroplanes, although 1 hey may be slower to learn than i heir younger sisters. Gamblers at the 100 registered casinos in France lost £3,400,000 last year. Of this amount the French Treasury and the municipalities look £2,187,000 in taxes.
T,fird Brougham is said to have introduced the game of bridge into England. It came originally from Russia, it's name being derived from the Russian “biritch.” Building a modern giant liner means work in the shipyard for 2000 workers'for 100 weeks, while the outside work represents one year’s work for 12,000 men.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4455, 22 May 1930, Page 4
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134NEWS IN BRIEF Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4455, 22 May 1930, Page 4
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