Something of Everything.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2221, 26 October 1907, Page 2 (Supplement)

Something of Everything.

Pillories and stocks were abolished in, 1837. Storm-clouds move at the rate of ■36 miles ail hour. Within the past 30 years British orohards have increased over 60 per cent. The first lightning-conductor was invented by an obscure Bohemian monk in 1754. Of the 1263 bishops in the Roman Catholic Church, 130 hold sees in the British Empire. Analysts cay that butter is the most nutritious article of 'diet, and .hat- bacon comes next. Japan is perhaps the only country in which fashions for ladies have not changed materially for 2500 years. No one in Saxony is allowed to ,hoe horses unless he lias passed a nublio examination and is duly quabiicd. Deaths from accidents among seamen number 53 per 10,000, five times higher than in “dangerous occupations.” .Southend Pier, which holds the record for length, measures over a idle and a quarter. -Southport Pier .s nearly a mile long. When an oyster is a fortnight- old t is not much larger than the head >f a pin. At the-end of four years’ growth it is fit for tho table. In Bilboi the ringing of church bells is prohibited by law. Twenty-seven thousand vessels yearly enter the port of London. Many of our largest mercantile steamers can be converted into armed cruisers in 39 hours. During the recent 40 days’ visit of four Bnitiish cruisers to American waters IGI men deserted. The Ashburton Domain weather gauge registered seven degrees of frost on Wednesday morning. Germany heads the list of European countries with the number of its newspapers. It has 5500. There aro 22 different systems of company law contained in'l-15 laws for Britain, India, and the colonics. The Hungarian- town of "Trad holds the world’s record for the number of divorces in proportion to its size. The Malian il-ili of Balm has a carpet valued at £200,000. It is heavily encrusted with diamonds and pearls. A London firm of electro-plate makers ha" in its service 18 workers who have been with it for over 50 years. In Vienna Museum there is a collection of coins numbering 125,000. It is said to be the finest in the world. Queen Maud of Norway has a fine collection of ivory t-usks. the spoils of many royal .snorting expeditions,