NEWS IN BRIEF.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LIX, Issue 10570, 3 January 1931, Page 3

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Poultry were artificially hatched | many years ago in Egypt _and in the j eighteenth century the scientist Reaumur introduced “incubation” into France. Greetings and Wish Wishes for 1931 are extended all readers by Guinness Bros., Ltd. It is estimated that if the annual earnings of the people of the United States were in one-doilar bills and pasted in a strip, they would reach 8,500,000 miles. Dental Patients. The perfect antiseptic and soothing mouth wash can be obtained at my Pharmacy. J. Wrigley, Chemist. Ants are credited with an instinctive knowledge of the general weather for a whole season. When they are observed iu the - summer enlarging and strengthening their dwellings, it is said to be a sign of an early and cold winter. The Seasickness Mixture is available, price 2/6. If posted the price is 3/6 plus postage. J.- Wrigley. Chemist. • 1 ) A certain problem was set in a J scholarship examination for London I school children of 11 years of age, | and 500 of them solved it correctly. I Later it was sent to America, where j of 700 school children 16 years old not one could work it out correctly.

For every six marriages in America last year there were six divorces. The marriage rate is decreasing, while the divorce rate is on the upgrade. When feeling languid and listless take my Special Nerve Tonic. Restores the vigour of youth. J. Wrigley, Chemist. • Tne pistol was invented early in ! the sixteenth century. i Foi all engineering work, marine, | stationery or machine, F. N. Christian ; and Co., the engineers.*

London’s transport figures are remarkable. There are 5500 buses, 118 miles of tubes and underground railway, and 2747 trams run on 345 miles of tram-lines. Mrs Edward Hardness, of New York, wife of the founder of the Pilgrim Trust, has presented £35,000 lor the erection of new buildings to acomomdate students at Lady Mar- : garet Hall, the senior women’s col-.j lege at Oxford (says a Rugby mes- i sage). i ' i A Canberra mesage says the cus- j toms revenue for the last six months j was £15,443,000, which was £4,407,1000 short of the estimate. j The Western Australian ArbitraUion Court has made an order coverling employees in the Government j service. The working week is increased to 48 hours. It seems almost incredible, but it’s a fact that in early Victorian days there were no smoking rooms, and •to be seen smoking in the streets was regarded as the worst of bad form. To-day no club-house, hotel, or large private residence is considered complete without its smokeroom, and for every man who smoked when Victoria was Queen, a hundred smoke now. Well, the more the merrier! Tobacco is no longer i considered a luxury. It has become | a necessity. But its purity is of I paramount importance, and as the I imported brands all contain, more lor less, an excess of the poisonous ’ nicotine, they cannot be considered | sate smoking. The world’s purest tobaccos are the New Zealand toast-' Jed ones. Toasting eliminates the j nicotine, so that you can smoke these : brands with absolute impunity. ■There are four brands only; Rivev- ! head Gold, Navy Cut No. 3, Cavenj dish, and Cut Plug No, 10. All are 'recommended for their flavour arid aroma. Of course there are iznitai lions! Be on the look out for them.