NEWS IN BRIEF.
There are 40,000 church bellringers in England. Gibralter is the strongest fortress in the world. Bayonets were first made at Bayonne, France, in 1647. London was the first city in the world to establish gas lighting. Last year’s deaths on British railways were 36, with 673 injured. British visitors to France arc said to spend £13,000,000 a year there.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3828, 7 August 1928, Page 1
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62NEWS IN BRIEF. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3828, 7 August 1928, Page 1
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