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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 261, 4 August 1928, Page 13

The smallest coal mine in England is a tunnel, two miles long, dug into a hillside at Tan Hill, North Yorkshire. The coal is retailed at £1 a tou. but buyers have to go to the mine for it. Bristol (Eng.) still maintains tlie famous “Mnjores Kalendar” which the town clerk of Bristol began to write in 1479. From Henry Ill’s reign until the present day

tlie mimes of eacli mayor and his brethren are entered in this book, with the chief annual events during their term of office. Under tlie new marriage laws in Hungary the furniture and effects in a home are considered to be the property of tlie husband unless they are actually marked with tile wife's monogram. In families where Hie wife is employed or assists

the husband in business enterprises the money earned during married life Is n joint possession. IVe are growing so accustomed now to flyers going east and west, men and women crossing continents and oceans, that, nothing which touches on flying can surprise us very greatly. But it is interesting to know that lately two letters hare been racing round the world by established air, water, and rail mall routes. The letter which won. Ihe first letter to go all the way round the world In the open malls, finished at Seattle (U.S.A.) in 78 days, 1 hour, and 30 minutes.