NEWS CURIOSITIES.
Yap Ah Van;:. a voung Chinese, "•a 5 walking along a road at lYnaiig. «iraits Settlements, in a thunderstorm. A gust blew down a eoeomit, which -truck him on tlit- head, killing him instantly. A full-sized lynx Ills been capturou uciir Tcgcrnscc, in Bavaria. Over 3ft Tin km- and 2ft liish in the shoulders, it weighed about :;sii,. Though often found in the wooded regions of Russia, Hungary and Scandinavia, the lynx is almost unkiiowii in Germitny. ! All Dutch seamun mn-t know how to suim. This is the opinion of the Dutch Shipping Hoard, flowing an inquiry into the deaths of several Dutch seamen, who worn drowned because of their /liability to swim, ti Dutch sailors do not take the nocofjjiry steps, it will be the duty of the Government, the Shipping Board stated, to -'make stipulations."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 31, 6 February 1937, Page 4 (Supplement)
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139NEWS CURIOSITIES. Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 31, 6 February 1937, Page 4 (Supplement)
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