To the Editor of the "Nowru-Cuina Dairy News"
Sity—I ask your valuable assist Jance fu the settlement of a friendly argument, How many different words are contained in the Authoris, ed English Version of the Bible? How many in the Collected Works of Shakespeare? I remember having read somewhere a statement attributed to Forbes "Robertson, giving the number of different words in Shakespeave as 24,000, but have not been able to verify' the reference, Perhaps one of your well-informed correspondents would also tell me Vocabularly in ordinary 0 use by' the average English businessman, and how many lid the same, man' ree-reading? The New Oxford Dictionary has, I think, well over 400,000 different' words, Shanghai, Feb, To the Editor of the "Norti-Ciina Day News"
Sim.—Please permit me a little space in your paper. I have read with great interest the reports of your correspondents regarding Radio trouble, T congratulate Ningpo on such good reception. This is out of the question in Shanghai, and' luite. agree with G.E.C. regarding deliberate interference ienced here. But when G.E. C, says that Berlin Radio is in a better position than Daventry he is evident mistaken, he ever tried evenings to obtain Berlin from 9-12 on 31.5 metres? Well he would be surprised and disgusted, There is wireless station. somewhere Shanghai, which ly inertering with tent Satie gelly gins aes written Inet pete 'A. and inquired whether nothing could be done to cut out this interference, but did not even get a
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