BREVITIES.

Evening Star, Issue 14628, 26 July 1911, Page 10

BREVITIES.

Hutlets were '"ormerly mri-lo of stone. Cloth stretches o per rout, in the process of bleaching. The lush Char. 1 ! was disestablished on July 26. 1063. Four pcoiilf .-peak Chinese to (iti.-> who speaks Kn^lish. '['he triass grub is plaviiiL; havoc in the Wairarapa district. Over £297.343 was deposited in naval saving banks during 191 U. An aid book, picked up 70 yeni< age f,,r 5s 6d. liii.-j been sold in London for iJ 1.521 J. Ah On. keeper of a liou.-f ;11 Xfioh-i----usi'd by tin' ('ivni'>? as a p-irnnlini; tr-airt. »•;;> lined £?0 ;• 11■ 1 costs. The Shall of T'ei:-in's nuH:e;itieei.t. roile.tion of oniam■'iits, ".ems, and picr'oiH --tones, is valued at £7,000.000. The Clutlia River Hoard have been imihpelk'd to suspend their service, owing to the unusuaiiv !uiv state of iV> rb .-■■v. Switzerland receives nearly L?>.CwO.OOO per annum from its visitors, while i\nee that, amount is spent even year in Ilaiy. Vn'iv Hawera lesidents on Saturday ascended Mount Kgmont. This is believed to be the rivst occasion on v.iie-Ii llkinounuiin has been climbed in winter. Fanners '.-t .o'aslertou state t.Ju.c !:i" prevalence of tuberculosis in cows is becomiiio alarming, and urge compulsory veteriiiary inspection of all h"rds by the Government The Board of Trade fßiiti-hi returns fhmv that the United Kingdom imports for April wete £51.850,987, ag.iiist £59,556.251 in the same month last year, a deerea:-e of £7.705.244. The, exports amounted to £55.692.456, a.-ainst £35,292.215, an increase of £400,241.