Fujiyama, Japan's sacred mous tain, regarded by many as the highest in the Empire of the Rising Sun—test-books issued by the Department of Education say too—has had to bow to facts. Army surveyors have just revealed tha: it is not the highest. It is not even the sererd and has been relegated to sixth place, the honours of the first five places all going to peaks in Formosa.
Hitherto Mount Fuji had beea credited with a stature of 12,391 but the latest survey finds that only 12,358 ft. in height. Whether the reduction is due to the mountain's stature shrinking or whether the former figure is a jscaleulation has not been stated.
he new height has been officially recognized and one result of this Will he that all school {ext-books in the Empire will have to be revised io so far as the height of Mount Fuji and its claim to be highest peak in the Japanese Empire are concerned. The highest mountain ix Mount Niitka, in Formo: which is credited with 13,106 {t.
Thief in Navy Office Two high officials of the Navi Intelligence Staff were yesterday relieved of their overcoats, the lors being discovered only when it was. time to close up and go home. This is the first time that a thief has been known to enter the Navy Office ard that he shoul have bad the effrontery to do so in broad day~ Tight created quite a sensation. Scores of police and detectives soon in the building. searching f clues, but so far they have not iacovered any. That a thief could enter the building and get away 80 easily has caused something of a flurry amongst the authorities responsible, the vernacular papers fay. Suppose he was after bieeee fame and managed to secure Batt! Flan XNYK G81, or some secret al desire. A rigid examination, the press continues, is being conducted.
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