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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21831, 19 December 1932, Page 13

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barrels in 1924 to 18,735,000 in 1930. When Miss Ruth Litzig, a 19-year-old German girl, broke the world duration record for women by swimming continuously for 73 hours and 47 minutes her first reward was a fine of ss. The girl did her endurance test in the Herne canal, where swimming is strictly forbidden.For three days she defied the Prussian law, and when she left the water the canal authorities imposed the fine upon her. The size of peas led to a strike in Covent Garden, London. Small peas were, so prevalent that pea-shellers asked more than twopence a quart for shelling peas, on the ground that it took longer to shell a quart of small peas than a quart of large ones. Between 60 and 70 -women were involved in the dislocation of the pea traffic. One family has supplied shelled pens to restaurants and caterers of London for more than 100 years.