BREVITIES

Evening Star, Issue 14529, 31 March 1911, Page 10

BREVITIES

Taranaki settled March 31, 1841. Charlotte Bronte died on March 31, 1855. Hocken Wing at Dunedin Museum opened March 31, 1910. Chile has 8,000 miles of telephones, worked by an English company. A penny is estimated to change hands about 125,000 times in the coiuso of its life. At Potten End, Berkhampstead, a cat has taken charge of the Tearing of a brood of ducks. China produces more silk than any other Cation, but consumes the greater proportion at home. A police constable named Woods has obtained 800 convictions in cases of cruelty to horses. Calculating, sorting, and counting machines will play an important part in the reckoning of the census. The fad of the hour in Paris is to have colored ribbon shoe laces to match the trimming on the gown. During the year 1910 there were no fewer than 179 anarchist outrages at Warlaw, 202 burglaries, and 660 murders. In the German Army the average cost pw man is something over £SB a year, while in Fiance it is slightly less than £SO. "Two thousand Maoris and as many Europeans attended the ceremony of unveiling the handsome memorial to the late Ciieftain Tamahau Mahupuku, at Papawa!. The Hon. J. Carroll unveiled the memorial. The 'Alexandra Herald' says a local resident has discovered a preventive for the spread of the .potato grub by soaking potatoes in a mixture of water and Jeyes' fluid, which is said to kill the grub. Young girls are to 'be employed as Edium bearers at £lO a month to carry e precious element from Paris laboratories to the hospitals. They will be especially instructed in the method of carrying it owing to the danger of ulceration. Several employers in Timaru say that there is a notable shortage of hjinds for factory work. - A bootmaker suggested that this is due to the limitation of .apprentices. A clothing manufacturer says fce cannot get good hands, and good shop assistant* also, he said, would be difficult tp find.