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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 696, 6 October 1909, Page 6

Itj the United Kingdom there are 3,420 persons in ten square miles; in Australia, thirteen to ten squire miles. At the Skerryvoie liglvhom-e a t'oice of wind of nearly three tons to the square foot has been regi-itered. At an American athietic meeting the programme include! a Sal me race, which is thus desciibed : " After ten yaids, coats go ; after twenty yards moie, shirts aie abandoned ; hi othei twenty five yards, all but the tights " It ih said that only two kinds of bird- are absolutely peculiar tu Britain. These are the red grouse and the coal tit. About 1,000 ships pass up the English Channel daily. Common house flies sometimes live fur ever five years. One third of Germany's popula'i n is Unman Catholic. A Yoikshire collier raises about two tors of jj"ai a day. Consumption is most prevalent amonyst people between the ages of 25 and 30. Not 1 per cent, of Britons are vegetarians. There are bix insane females to five insne ma'es.