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Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4431, 3 July 1909, Page 1

News Items

—; —♦ Men below the rank of ofl comissioned officers in fl Household Cavalry will H future be known as “ troopers! The Tui’kish Empire 'll Europe was founded in the 14! century, when the Turks wel driven out of central Asia by tl Mongols. ! The “Merry Widow” hi been given in 423 German, l! American, and 135 Engli! towns, has been translated in 13 different languages, and, 111 been produced in 30 differe! countries, including China, Hi! dustan,and Siberia. ■ JM The greatest surrender in t! annals of warfare' was that I Metz, cn October 27 187| The surrender included 3 fiel! marshals, 66 generals, 60® officers of lower degree, ovm 4000 guns, 100 mitrailleuse! nearly 60 standards, and 173,0C8 rank and file. I The Duke of Abruzzi reeentll telegraphed to King Yicto! Emanuel- announcing that hi and his party had arrived at thl foot of the Himalavers, aad thal he was making the necessarl preparations for an early ascenl of Mount Kanchanjanga whiicll is more than 28,000 ft. high. I Of Sovereign States, Switzerl land gives the best militar! training to its boys. Althougil the maintainence of a standin J army is not sanctuated by thi Constitution, every able bodietl male citizen from 20 to 50 iJ liable for military service, anti boys at school begin at the cgj of eight to be trained as soldiers! There still lives to-day, halJ and hearty, a man who first wool the Diamond Sculls in 18441 In those days it was considered! very bad form for a gentlemanl to row in anything but a topi hat. Aud when one is continl ually hearing about paid amaj teurs, it is interesting to noSa that in the thirties and forties! amateurs rowed for moneys aa well as professionals. Leandetj for instance, rowed Oxford University for £2OO in 1831. In the thickly populated] district uf Burnley (Eng), tha clanging of thp anvil late at] night caused the policeman on] beat to call at the blacksmith's shop. He found a competition in process between two smiths as to which could make 17 pairs of horseshoes 'in the shortest time. Each man was allowed an assistant as striker. The contest was for a wager, aud each contestant had his backers, there being nearly 100 spectators. It was not untill ono o’clock iu the morning that the competition was over, he winner having accomplished ihe fie it in hours, and his rival in two and a half.