INTERESTING ITEMS.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 8, Issue 30, 12 April 1907, Page 2

INTERESTING ITEMS.

New York consumes 5,000,000 pineapples during the season. England lias 250,000 factories, employing 4,700,000 hands. Japan is now making her own steel rails out of Chinese iron ore. * Sea post-offices are now established upon the White Star and American liners. .] Holler skates were invented by a Dutchman named Merlin about 150 yours ago. ,t« England is importing nineteen motorcars daily, of an average value of over £IOO apiece. The dipper is a curious instance of a bird which is not web-footed, yet swims and dives with absolute case. There are now more than twenty Esperanto journals, and over 150,000 ]ample speak the language, *** There is no instance of modem seven-inch armour of host quality Inning been pierced by even the heaviest guns, ,r. More than nine and a half millions of people have deposits in the Savings Hank. To each is due an average of £ls (is. Bd. It gives some idea of the enormous length of United States railways to hear that of sidings alone there arc 0*1,500 miles. Not only is England’s supply of ironstone almost exhausted, but the United States expects an iron ore famine in less than fifty years. j The finest graving dock in the world is at Southampton. It is 875 feet long, UI feel deep, and is owned by the L. and S.W. Uailway. The length of that part of the Channel 'runnel which is already bored is 2 miles (570 yards. When completed (if ever) it will be 28 miles in length. f In 190-1, 1,598 would-be immigrants into England were refused upon the ground of trachoma, which is a terrible and highly inb ctious eye disease. I In every single one of the five Test matches of last summer the English captain won the loss. Of the matcher? three were drawn and England won two. jo”?,