NEWS IN BRIEF.
A yoar's output of fotljpinrpieico Socds in England is over 7,029,---000,€00 yards, or 3,993,730 miles. In future blind persons will be allowed to travel free of charge on the Leicester Corfporatifon's .trofcnciirs. The total annual output of coal in the United Kingdom Is about 2£5,---000,000 tons, and the vnluo over 119J millions sterling. The London County Council has deriKied to promote logifilatirn dealing with the prevention of nuisonco fro-ra smoke in London. The total population! of the British overseas Empire was 343.000,000 at tho last census, of which over 294,---000,000 were in India. Over 7, 000 ,0001 bof tobacco was produced in tihe Transvaal in 1908. Over 39,000,000 gallons of oils are 'tfc'a'uiall^ protfjufejd from .abate' tq England. <A!boiufc 24 lout (of 'every 10O 1 ijon» of coal raised i^ the United King-! dom is exported. On the L.C.C. tramways j«i Tjotndoh «. wotkta&n afry travel newty 1 20 miles for 3d. " Alcoholic lijquors for the use of natives are not permitted to be importerl into Soonalilajul.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue XXXVIII, 18 April 1910, Page 3
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