NEWS IN BRIEF

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXVI, Issue 7901, 12 September 1929, Page 1

NEWS IN BRIEF

Yesterday was the 15th anniver sory of the capture of New Guinea by the Australian forces. It is estimated that the coal resources of the world are sufficient for at least another 4000 years, 1 Londoners are estimated to spend something like £2,000,000 on amusement every Saturday night. Policemen in Britain need much knowledge; tiiere are for instance, 288 headings under which summonses may be taken out. A full-blooded North American Indian was the 72 Canadian Boy Scouts who took part in the great jamboree held at Birkenhead, Cheshire. i Banana plantations both in the Canary islands and the West Indies, are now suffering from a serious disease which is causing a loss amounting to millions sterling.