LOCAL AND GENERAL

Feilding Star, Volume 11, Issue 4181, 2 March 1934, Page 6

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Fing-er prints are to replace jiliotographs on the forms to be issued in Turkey’s next census*

Sales of private motor cars in Britain increased by 30 per cent, in the last eight months.

There are nearly 600 railway stations for passengers within 10 miles of Cliari ng Cross, London.

M ith 250,000 people living- in slum conditions, London’s housingproblem is still the worst in Britain.

Bicycles to the number of 10,000 are reported! missing' every year in the London metropolitan area.

Bankruptcies in Wellington for the first two months of this year totalled only three, against five for the same two months last year.

Britain is now supplying much more of her own egg needs, her imports having decreased by half this year as compared with 1931.

Mrs Thimann, of Wembley, London, has three sons who are doctors —one in music, one in science and one in. arts.

Austria has only two' inhabitants with incomes of .£30,000. or more. Only one-third of the population pay income tax, the average yearly income among the payers being .£9O.

An intimation that the New Plymouth Boys’ High School would be entering stock in the forthcoming Agricultural Society’s Show was Riven by Mr Moves at the meeting of the board.

The conversion of the total indebtedness of the New Lynn borough, Auckland, amounting to ,£121,619, has been decided upon by the council. A saving of £3OO a year will be effected.

Nil* Joseph Zanelotti of Washingington, father of 20 children, was out of work When President Roosevelt came into office Mr Zanelotti got a job. Hi’s 21 st child has just been named Elinor Roosevelt Zanelotti.

Mr George Lansbury, leader of the Labour Party in the House of Commons, in a broadcast said bluntly : “We shall refuse to support our own or any other Government in an endeavour to apply penalties or sanctions against Germany.”

Dr. Fong Foo Fee raised a laugh at the Rotary Conference when he referred to the fact that he hadi been allotted an hour for his address. He said he did not think he ought to take soi much time. Long- speeches were like big wheels, and the longer the spoke the bigger was the th'e.

Auckland’s city treasury received during the current financial year a total of over £460,000, representing payments of rates for the current year, arrears of rates and penaltes. The raf.es for the current year already paid represent 80.5 per cent, of the total struck.

Recently a boy noticed a sparrow flying- out of a power pole in Tararua street, Pahiatua. The small hole was about 12ft. from the ground and on investigating he found that a knot in the wood had rotted and the bird had pecked out a novel nest for itself and reared a family of young sparrows. When Ronald Garvey, 42, a labourer, was sent to prison for a month at Liverpool for failing- to maintain his family, he stated* that he drew dole of £1 9s, gave is 3d to his wife and placed the remainder on one of Gordon Richards’s mounts, which proved Gordon’s only loser in six races that dav !

An Englishman touring in America was conducted by a. boastful Yankee. They were viewing the statue of George Washington. “Do you know,” said! the Yank, “that never a lie left his lips?” “No,” exclaimed the Englishman, “I don’t doubt it. I expect he talked through his nose like the rest of you.”

It is officially stated that an order will shortly be issued by the Estonian General Post Office, prohibiting- such towns as Reval, Dorpat and others being* referred to by those names. As from February 15 the Estonian names of Tallinn, Tarta and others must be used’, and any letters or parcels otherwise addressed will run the risk of non-delivery.

That Americans have a taste in reading very similar to tfiat of New Zealanders was an impression gained! bv Mr E. J. Bell, libraran at the Canterbury Public Library, during his recent extended visit to the United States. Books which were popular in Christchurch were popular in American cities an( l American readers enjoyed the same type of fiction as those who subscribed: to libraries in New Zealand.