Cable Jottings
EXTRA HOLIDAY. A Royal : Proclamation appoints Tuesday, De- : cember 27, a Bank tloliday in Great j Britain. This makes up for the holiI day lost through Christmas Day fallI ing on a Sunday.—A., and N.Z. TURKEY'S POPULATION. The recently conducted census in Turkey shows a population of approximately 14.000,000, of which Constantinople has 1 550.000. Females preponderate. —A. : and N.Z. X I-UV BRITISH COINS .—A Royal Proclamation determines the new designs for the crown, the half-crown, the florin, the shilling, and minor changes in the sixpence and the threepence. The reverse of the latter two | coins will bear representations ot acorns interleaved with bak branches, i —A. and N.Z. NEW ANTISEPTIC. —Presiding at a luncheon to scientists, Sir Alfred Mond announced the perfection of .a new antiseptic, which is a derivative of coal tar, called Monsol. LieutenI ant-General Sir Arthur Slosgan says Monsol has great virtues. It could be ! applied to the skin or throat, taken , internally or injected into Lie blood, i thus being used to attack three-fourths ;of the known infectious diseases. A. 5 and N.L.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 194, 5 November 1927, Page 9
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