BREVITIES
John Ballanoo died April 27. 1893. j Edward Gibbon was born April 27, 1737. and Herbert Spencer on April 27, 1820. A church of solid coral is to be seen on the Isle of Mahe. which is one of theSeychelles group. Out of 4.040 reputed half-quartern loaves tested officially in London recently, 2,145 were of short weighty An engine-driver -working from Crewe to London and back has to notice no fewer i than 570 signals. Hastings owes its name to a Danish pirate Hastinge, who built forts there late in tie ninth century. Measuring fc'7sft by 90ft, Southampton possesses one of the most capacious docks m the United Kingdom. A Russian millionaire bought a small eighteenth century Beauvais tapestry panel in Paris recently" for £20,000. Damping the nostrils with fresh, cool water enables a human being to smell 50 per cent, better than ordinarily. The first life insurance society was started, in London in 1698, and another in 1700. Neither wa3 successful. A Canterbury Fire Brigades' Association has been formed. The main object is ta hold competitions. The coal output last week by the Westport Coal Company was- 12,609 tons 14cwt, and the coke output was 67 tons 14cwt. Th 3 West-port Stockton Company produced 3.051 tons scwt,'and the Seddonville Stat© Mine 833 tons 18cwt.
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Evening Star, Issue 15477, 27 April 1914, Page 10
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