NEW, ODD, INTERSTING.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume XXIII, Issue 1237, 10 October 1924, Page 3

NEW, ODD, INTERSTING.

About one-third of the textile goods manufactured in Fia.. . > -u.u to be the products oi —m. al*. The most anc. i aie sugar plums, sugai.u an. .us» and burnt almonds. People in feeble health rarely sneeze. A vigorous, resonant sneexe is indicative of a robust constitution The smallest bird’s egg is thaf qf the tiny Mexican humming bird, It it about the size of the bead of a pin. Pins have been found among the Egyptian mummies, and in the pre* historic caves of Switerland. There are more theatres in proportion to its population in Italy than elsewhere in the world. The total cordage required for first-rate man-of-war weighs about 8Q taqg ,and exceeds ,£3OOO in value. The largest statue in existence i« that of Peter the Great in St. Peters* burg, which weighs 1000 tons. It has been found that sugar exists not only in cane, beetroot, and maple® but also in the sap of about 190 other plants and trees. Cocus wood is tfie known wood; is the strongest. The heaviest British wood is that of ths box tree, which sinks in water. A sleep walker in California swam two miles down a river without waking up, and continued his sleep op the bank after leaving the water. Three hundred and eighteen sta* tues of William 1.., of Germany, have been erected in German towns to the present date, at a total cost of £1,000,000, It is a rather suspicious thing te give mopsy for a charitable object in Burma- It is supposed to imply that the donor has been very wicked, and wishes to show his penitence. According to a doctor, the voices of singers and actors can be much better preserved if used in theatres lighted by electricity thpr than hy ga§.