NEWS CURIOSITIES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 193, 15 August 1936, Page 4

NEWS CURIOSITIES.

The "smallest woman in the world lias died at Bad Pyrmont, south of Hanover, at the age of 22. She was called "Princess Elizabeth," stood only 24.4 in in her shoes and was known all over the world. Although she weighed only 221b, she was the daughter of normal parents and sister of two wellbuilt brothers of normal size.

Claiming to be the oldest gipsy in " ie world, Ludvik Lakatos, who lives nea" Parkan, in Southern Slovakia, lias ju s t celebrated his 110 th birthday. In t' l '' course of his nomadic life lie has visiter most of Europe and Asia. ea ? speak six languages, including a littk English. He has. lie says, no fewer than 115 descendants.

Cameramen can now wireless pictures to tlieir newspapers fr-m t' l " scene of action with the aid of 1 remarkable new invention, «ay> a R tfr lin message. Tlie invention, a i lOl table transmission set, has been loped by a private firm in en-open '.io» with the German postal authorities _ can be carried quite easily in two cut cases and takes only a few minutes t'' 1 set up.

A dumb man who awoke after * short sleep able to speak normally is puzzling doctors at Izmir. Turkey. The man. a peasant of the Aidin -Province (some 80 miles from Izmir), named Husseyin. had been completely dumb for the last lfi years. He awoke from Jj mid-day siesta in his vineyard and found that he was able to speak again without any impediment. Husseyin relates that he lost his powers of speech as a result of a heatincr ho received when the Greek invad: 1 "-" entered Aidin in 1020.