NEWS IN BRIEF
Cook Islands annexed by New Zealand, 1900. j Great Britain imports more oranges ! than any other country.. Of the German war vessels sunk in Scapa Flow, 25 destroyers and three battlesheps have been raided. The oldest Sunday school, that of Mycombo Wesley (Eng.), has just celebrated its 160th birthday. The most costly tomb in existence is that which was erected to the memory of Mohammed. The diamonds and rubies used in the decorations are valued at £2,000,000. No less than 80,000 tons of rubbish / are collected every m.Paris, and most of it is incinerated. The waste gases given off in burning it are used ,to produce electricity, and a big revenue is derived from turning the clinkers into bricks.
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Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXVI, Issue 7912, 8 October 1929, Page 1
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