The ordinary speed of the house fly ia 2oft a second ; but -when chased it often attains a speed of 190 ft a second. A bicycle maker says there arc 12,000,000 wheels in aotual uso in the •world, and were they to bo placed in single file they would reach right round tho earth. Some interesting facts have been published respectii.'g the teetotal colliery village of Roo Green, in Lancashire. Twenty-five years ago the houses of the villago belonged almost exclusively to the Bridgwater trustees, who employ most of the men. To-day, out of HO houses, 81 are inhabited by their owners.
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Waikato Argus, Volume III, Issue 210, 16 November 1897, Page 2 (Supplement)
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