GENERAL NEWS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 135, 29 May 1908, Page 2

GENERAL NEWS

The oldest living Scotsman is said to be Archibald McCrunnion, of ISkye, aged 10!) ye-ire. . ° The men of war of the Italians had a crew of about 225 men. of which 17-1 were oarsmen working on three decks ■l.'"' speed of these vessels was about six miles an hour in fair weather. Cermany's colonies are live times as big as herself, those of France eighteen times, and Jlritain's ninetv-seven times bigger than herself. The United states army is the smallest in proportion to the size of the country. It works out at one man to every twenty square miles. I The largest cabbage farm in the world is near Chicago. If j H mil acres in extent, and yields nearly one and a quarter million cabbages to each crop.

.Speaking at Coggeslmll. Sir .lolm Cockhuvn said llmt every minute diti-iii" tlic twenty-four hours of each clay the toast of "Tin! King!'' wa s being honon red somewhere in llis Majesty's Dominions, The normal number of telegrams sent daily tluough the London CentraKJilice, which is the largest in tile world is about 10(1,000. About 500,000 words arc sent every night in the form of l'ross telegrams when Parliament is sitting. it is estimated that Xeiv Zealand has an available i-o.il supply of 1.200,000.000 tons, of which not more than 20,000,000 tons have been touched. This wn w the hrst of the British Colonies to try the experiment of Slate ownership of colliery property. The llsv. Angus Betbune. vicar of .Seaham, who has attained the age of nine-ty-seven, is liolievcd lu lie the ohlest cleigyman in Knglaml H till fiillUJing I active duties, lie was ordained in JSII, and lias held his present charge since 185!). ° I •- - _= I