MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

Waikato Times, Volume 92, Issue 14258, 8 January 1920, Page 6

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

ANTHAX IN SHAVING BRUSHES. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, January 0. The Ministry of Health issues a warning against the purchasing of shaving brushes from Japan. It is reported that several recent cases of anthrax, two proving fatal, followed the use of the brushes. MARKET OF THE WORLD. BIG PARISIAN PROJECT. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) PARIS, Jan. 5. Anglo-French promoters are establishing a “Market of the World," on immense six-storeyed block, costing £4,000,000, in which there will be 5000 shops, also the world’s largest banquetting room, cinema theatre, Turkish baths and lecture rooms, making a luxurious club for the world’s buyers and producers, thus facilitating all transactions. THE WOOL MARKET, (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) LONDON, Jan. 5. There is a renewed activity in the Bradford wool tops market. Fine crossbreds are firmer. Medium and low qualities are recovering, and merinos are cheerful. It is expected that the retail price of frozen meat will shortly be reduced by 2d per pound, making beef average Hi, and mutton 10id. N.S.W. MINERALS. SYDNEY, Jan. 7. The preliminary figures indicate a Considerable decrease in mineral output in 1919, compared with/ 1918, which was mainly due to the drought and industrial troubles. *