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Dunstan Times, Issue 3133, 4 September 1922, Page 8

The National I'hysical [,al>oraloiy. which u;is eslahlishcd near London hy Iho Hi'itisli (iovoniniciiL. has produced (|iiiti< a i)u 111 l)i rof s< ieiitilic instrumonlri ol the hijjhesl value. One of Uiosc was recently shown at ;i scion! ilic exhihitioii in London. Its purpose is lo rcmler ;i rotating olijcct continuously visihlc: ii-liili. H :i in mil re: t.i l„. -it rnwl ' 'I he me-

win If il appears to in- ;ii rosi, i lie mcllinil adopted i- different' from I'hiit of illuminating tlii' iiliircl l»y ;i series <il lirirf (lashes of light. The principle 1 made use of is a properly •»!' relied ion from a smootl) surface which is rotated round an axis parallel to the surlacc and in line with the axis of the object. When this reflecting surface is rotated at half the speed of the ohjeet itself, i he image in Ihe reflecting surface appeal's stationary. This instrument is expected to prove useful for measuring speed and for studying the phenomena of vihratioii and slra.iu in rotating objects. The Anieriean Treasury Departnieiit announce* thii't the income tax returns for the i'kM-a! year 1920 shows that there were thirtv-thice incomes of a million dollars (C2()0,(K)0) or more, compared with sixtv-five in 1919 and" sixty-seven in 19IS. 'On the other hand. 6.578,00(1 people reported income-; of between C2OO and CIOOO, compared with 4.67.1.000 in 1919.

Bibles wckc so scarce in the village of Belle River, when the first police court case in twenty years was beard there, that, police magistrate Gundy was comnelled lo adiourii the hcarinir of the

ease until one of the villagers could borrow a Bible from a neighbor. 'I lie village turned out en masse to hear

red against Harris Lesperancc hy Charles Taylor, who alleged that Lesperanco assaulted him during a village council meeting. Squeaking \rooUi and barking dogs interrupted the cotirl from time to time, and the local "constable" was instructed to practise the

"Order in the court !" command below another sitting is held there. forgers and cheque raisers got more than 1'T.000.000 every year, because people are careless in writing cheques, according to Burgess Smith, former inspector of technical work in the United States bureau of engraving. By wrapping up each ounce of tobacco in ;i Russian rouble note an American tobacconist is doing a roaring business.