BREVITIES.

Evening Star, Issue 14626, 24 July 1911, Page 10

BREVITIES.

In tho production of the human voice 44 muscles are exercised.

Captain Matthew Webb was drowned at Niagara on July 24, 1883.

The egg of the Mexican humming bird is scarcely larger than a pin's head. Lancashire is the most populous British county, Middlesex second, Yorkshire third. The Government have purchased two acres of land at Timant, on which w-11 be erected nine workmen's- homes. Three deaths occurred in the Dunedin Hospital last week. The patients in the institution on Saturdav numbered 150.

The eucalyptus tree is being largely introduced into Southern Europe and Northern Africa, because of its tendency to drain swamps. Great crowds visited the Wellington Industrial Exhibition on Saturdav. One of the attractions was a baby show, in which there were 130 competitors.

South. Canterbury branch of the Farmers' Union set up a committee to report on the question cf inducing the immigration f rom Great Britain of domestics for oosartrr homes.

Mr Parry? the newly-arrived Government electrical engineer, has inspected the -works at Lake Coleridge, and is of opinion that power can be cheaply developed at the lake and delivered in Christ church.

Light clothes are cool in summer, because they reflect the sun's rays instead of absorbing them. To prove this, place two thermometers in the sun, one covered with •white cloth, the other with black. The latter will record the higher temperature.

The Hon. J. A. Millar was waited on .-it Timaru on Saturday by Mr Craigie, M.P., who protested against the removal of the railway repair tradesmen from Timaru to Christchureh. The Minister explained that it was part of his policy to concentrate the workshops as a means toward? making the lailwavs. pay.