NEWS IN BRIEF.
Goods transported loy road in Great Britain lias doubled in t He* last four years. The stormy petrel is so named heeanse it appears to walk on the sen, as did St. Peter. Norway is one of the countries most suited to the rearing of silver fox'os for their fur. The decimal point and its use are said to have been invented in Iblby Barlholomacus. The average woman, it is stated, should never lift more than fdilh., or :■ bout half her own weight. Mav was the wettest fifth month of the year experienced in the South of England for forty four years. , Smokes, frogs and tadpoles are deaf, hut lizards have Very keen ears. Turtles can hear well, even under water. Britain’s present form of Government, with an Upper and Gower House, dales hack to the fourteenth eentnrv.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4487, 5 August 1930, Page 1
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141NEWS IN BRIEF. Manawatu Herald, Volume LI, Issue 4487, 5 August 1930, Page 1
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