TIT-BITS.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume I, Issue 109, 22 April 1911, Page 2 (Supplement)

TIT-BITS.

, 11V £780.000 a year for It costs German. , p ies in Francetk.upU.P-'?" 1 - ’Cta %*•«*"* . In sev. n day*■ » u„ded at YaiOUb herring* <w v * ’ din»ity-a <» raW .?2i There is a W’ lolW n < ailed •- on w f *a' e o • •silk diind’- 9 • ’ * .ms are considera »' Th© ne- the weave* ot lighter in J^^uTr^ e at Va-an , 20- % * r» uho n • t-* ><■■ »>£ *’■' >••>■!-'•''”?•" • . * .r«iin -fie w** amount In the year V,„ted V“ U d‘om W, ii« m «’ TuS 1 “» ,roliS ‘ onerS More than ShLiai last Consul there. They a.e XL B the pLx oi opiuiv. . * . to V, the Dublin < orBv 31 votes to • t<j int rva943 yorrtuon reo ntly <W £2OOO. re- . that 1331 names tor It ,s annomuej {or , |list , lrc s r.argarin- ant . approved uf butter and 1 ,,^* G X a t Britain nnder reduced O>t 30.000,000 piteous ap'pcais Ur ueipj* year. . . Mr a le '"itSirnr k?rsbue miners e. U- their guest durmj hi> ' i3lt Britain * Mb.Mp.U »«.'£*>■& d!‘«i Pt B ikslnre. recent..', aged 83. e Hie British Band of Hope Dnion ''>« r S>r»te the Coronation with a nacelebrate tn set . uro ono mi ihon *»<•» «“ ■»—* rear. „ • •

Caisson workers of NewJ. O «J iu-d S .. ? udj.n wdl we. k only three hours a day. dh «> minutes off tor him heon at LI <.ay, • • • The Canard Company have de ided V, name the 50,l*»0-ton vessel whuh is being bm't by Messrs John Brown, Ltd., of Ctydebank, the Aqmtania- Hie tcs-sil. it is unofficially slated, will tost JLX.OOO.OOO. » • • In order ’o <op© with the army oi thieves that infe*t the Italian railways the Go. ci n incut is organising a body of women detectives. Recruiting has hen brisk There h.i.« been over appli sots for 1«) plat es.

“ Th© Times ” understands that the Ute Sir Francis Gallon— the foilndcr ot lh< s ien c of tog-ncs-.n his will left the .eswluary estate to. the University of lx»n ion for th.! purpose of encouraging the study ot national etigenns.

Tiie First Lord of the Admiralty stated recently in the Hmsse of Comitons that the first Biitish naval übte airship niw nearly complete, and experiments in connection with her nt and the training or her tntjw were in projjreoß.

New York "ill shortly possess the largest hotel in the world, built at an ootla.v of marly £3.(KX>,<W. the site alone costing £1.500.tX». It is planned to have 1600 rooms and 1000 baths, and the structure, wliii h will lie ere ted in the central district, is to be 25 stories high- , . »

The King has approved a proposal th»t th© band of the Coldstream Guards shall visit Canada to play at the Toronto Exhibition tn July and August. Trie band will also visit Ottawa and probably Quebec.

One of the moot interesting exhibits nt the Cage Bird Show at the Crystal !•;»!.% e was a talking canary. Hi* vocabulary included. "Dear boy.” "Kiss your missus, pretty boy.” and “Josie, you are a dear beauty.”

Mr. John Glanvitie. a naval gunner of the obi school, who biew up the lirst of the enemy’s magazines d»~troyed in the ( hin.t War of 18-12, has just Jus! at Plymouth, aged 93.

After a night of intense cold, over oO degrees o< tu>-l being registeied. a Russian seutry at (. ronstadt was found (••ad in his sentry-box. and a sailor v.as dis o.eicd frozen to death on guard. • • • •

. Sin e 16 If.) the Clerk of the House of Commons has received £-><) a year. Previously he received £lO, certain P cs on private hills. and a oil let ion. to which every M I*, was expo ted to subscribe.

Jlir.e Severa. 3 herharian," hna r ti a restaurant in St. Petersburg where the staple dishes arc of roots and herbs. A delicious and substantial “hay soup" is provided at tiiree-f.-»’Ut.u.s |,r portion. • • • •

A man named Hoffman lias Jjceiw •evereiy injured nt Munich by n friend, lie fx't tli.tt iir could <fi>prK<* of 70 c s rn 22 minutes, and his friend became very angry rm tinning that he was not plaving the game. ' but meant to disrose of them in the form of an ome-

The total number of known , s:!t J-’.'-C” " the Metropohtan Idle Di-tn. t Of London ;lt the ante of compiling the return. a p r ‘'turn t’ l I’hrliament. •« a', JWJI. of whom. ”21 n t r e . U)l] j t? , women.

or mam hardships persecutions is ’j. r ro , fesso l r Ki,rl I’earson »_ f **"‘t they have encouraged T«r e fam.fi..., „ ln ,. |t uZtT l r,; r , ’7‘ r h' -:V! h na O( K'in S

...J 1 ”' longest 10.-. de f ) *t ring of r.sih.av It consisted f I f steel ronl un<*nnji -■< tons.d . ™‘f’ From'th "hh th- engine tn tL r ™ hof train n.e.Mned Toft ‘o” W>Se mile Irn-, 3nd the n = -J »«• £X4». t,! ' ’'>ad