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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18857, 9 May 1923, Page 4

It, has recently been stated that alcohol can be made from acorns. When shelled they rnntain 40 per cent, of starch, which can be readily saccharified and then converted into alcohol. The alcohol, it is suggested, can then be used as a motor fuel. Japan claims the world's greatest business woman in Mrs Yone Suzuki, n widow said to he worth £30,000,000. She owns fleets of steamers, factories all over the East, and has offices in Britain, America, and on the Continent. Three missionaries of Bath City Mission have asked that their salaries be reduced from £230 to £IOO a year. Their request was refused. “It would be a disgrace to Christianity to grunt their application,” said a sneaker at the annual meeting of the mission. The whole floor of the Pacific Ocean is sinking, according to one American scientist. The largest displacement of this kind on record occurred iu 1E99, when the fail was 47ft.