BREVITIES
Queen Alexandra born December 1. 1844. The seismograph at the Perth Observatory recorded a severe earth tremor on Sundav morning. . First railwav in New Zealand (Christchurch to Ferry Mead) opened for traflic December 1. 1865. Waikonaili County Council have for the ensuing year fixed the dog tax at 2s 6d per head all round. "Since Llovd George came info force I have not earned anything,"' declared a debtor at Clerkenwo.il County Court. At an inquest held ujkmi the body of a man at West Eel ton a doctor stated that the deceased's heart was three times ihe normal size. A cablegram has been sent from China te i/mdon and a reply received in (-wen minutes. The double distance is over 25,000 miles. Tho sum of £75 was realised for a crop of peppermint grown at the outfall works of the Oobham (Surrey) sewage farm, the mint oil realising 24s per pound. Among the unclaimed articles found on the London electric trains and sold the other dav were an organ, a. harmonium, lil'ty-three kitchen ranges, and fil'ly-scven shirts. The Otago Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Union have resolved to instruct the' secretary to tako the necessary steps to have a council of conciliation set up for the T>ur]ioeo of securing new awards eoverbi" all tho hotels in tho Otago and Southland industrial district.
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Evening Star, Issue 14527, 1 December 1910, Page 8
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222BREVITIES Evening Star, Issue 14527, 1 December 1910, Page 8
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