GENERAL INFORMATION.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2661, 26 May 1908, Page 7

GENERAL INFORMATION.

A needle machine turns out 1,500,000 needles a week.

Germany's list of newspapers is the largest in Europe.

The first submarine Was ; buiflt of wood, and looked like a tortoise.

N The Chinese , issued bank notes more than 2,000 .years before Christ.

Of' the world's population, there are 64 to„ the million who -are blind.

'The value .of fruit consumed in Great Britain every year is estimated at £10,000,000.

The Emperor of Japan has thirty residences scattered throughout his domain. . .

During last year mushrooms to the value of £115,000 were exported from Japan. In 1606 absence .from church on Sunday in England was punished by a fine of Is. , Squares, triangles; .and similar implements used by draughtsmen are now made of glass. The floor space of St. Peter's, Rome, is 227,000 square feet—the greatest cathedral in the world. * V ,« • / ' •1' • < '" 3 j i The female brain commences to de- ! cline in weight after the age of 30 ; ' the male not till ten years later.

Japanese workmen arc all labelled With the character of their trade and

. the name of their employer. The doll is probably the most an- ' tique of toys. It has been found inside the graves of the children of l ancient Rome. >.-> It is. said that ;dried currants' given to horses occasionally instead of oats, will increase the animal's powers of endurance. Among birds the swan lives to be | the oldest, in extreme cases reaching 300 jears. The falcon has been known to live over 162 years. Calico-printing was a new industry iin Japan twelve years ago. To-daj ; i a single firm has a factory •- covering** nearly four acres. Mr. Busby, of Terriers, Bucks, has grown a cabbage measuring 14{ft. round the outer leaves. There were seventeen heads on the stalk. j The population of Canada, accord- | ing to the official estimate's of that | country, was 6,504,900"0n April 1— . nan increase of 21 peritejit. in sii % 1 years. " —— ! j A hotel has been started by Mrs. j Bramwell Booth, of the Salvation Army, at Leeds, for working women only. The establishment is entirely staffed by women. | The first silk hat was worn in the streets of London by John Hetheriniton, a haberdasher, on January sth, 1797. lie Was arrested for inciting a riot, but was dismissed with a reprimand. I

j Metals get tired as well as living things. Telegraph wires are better conductors on Monday than Saturday, on account of their Sunday rest, and a rest of three weeks adds ten per cent, to the conductivity of 1 « wire. 1603.