NEWS CURIOSITIES

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 307, 28 December 1935, Page 4 (Supplement)

NEWS CURIOSITIES

JOTTINGS FROM WORLD'S PRESS

Wild geese which migrate from Scotland southwards at the approach of w«"« passed over the Riviera a whole moni" ahead of their usual time. Farmers i terpret this as the sign of a very eew winter. Other migratory birds, mcludmg plover and widgeon, were also com>iu ably ahead of schedule.

A negro with 24 Christian nam* ; been discovered at Houston. « x , a ?: K A lio „ are: Daniel's Wisdom -May f. ft Stephen's Faith and Spirit ChoOjejgJJ Divine Communion Seal Moses Weaß°. Joshua's Zeal Win the Day and ponmtfr All. His surname is Murphy. «°"?^ tian six children lias inherited his 2* W. names—and his friends call him Daniel

C-fi tankers may take on their %&#£ oil while anchored 1500 feet °™ f or r e nia . deep water at Morro Hay, w" , [ts They pick up a buoy and on the end£ chain find a valve which is the ter of a flexible pipeline which extends wards from the shore and carries tn e When the ship is filled the J*£ e the closed and dropped overboard w«" buoy.

In the Lower Saxon town of Ham in Germany, famed for the , le S e n nd n „usual Pied Piper, may be found an" memorial. This depicts the gooa <- Thiele Romer, accompanied d> 4 two sons, three daughters ana infants in arms. The '»s cr }^' o°ry0° ry 9, nounces that at 2 o'clock on 1000, Frau Romer presented her u with -"two youngsters and me maids."