IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 16912, 9 December 1918, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1003- —Million born. 1642.—Tasman discovered New Zealand. Tfoii. Mi- Macsoy and Si’- Joseph Ward expect to leave Vy the R camera in a <lav or two for (ho Peace Conference. Sir Jana 1 .", Alien v. iii again bo Acting Prime Minister, Repatriation Bill ‘qneezed through tho House. Dunedin ''A id's proposal for a = ’nMinister of ihtiat,nation in lieu of a board of four defeated by seven votes. Mr M'Co.mhA triumph in arknowlcdg-jn-r v.o'iicu’s ijijbt t > sit in Parliament short-lived. ThoNmendment was fired out on Saturday night on the ground that constitutionally such a radical change should be effected by a separate Bill. British troop? have entered Cologne. Right thous.ai.il millions sterling is stated to bo the cash reparation to be demanded by Britain and the Dominions from Germany. Light cruiser Cassandra struck a mine in the Baltic and sank. Eleven parsons missing. The- 0.8. E., which has been slightingly alluded, to as tho Order of the Bad Egg, is to be closed when the final list of honors in shortly announced. Tiro Allies are determined that the exKaiser .rhall stand his trial, and Holland will not dare brook the request for his extradition. Pence celebrations will he fitting!/ 'observed at the end of March or beginning of April, according to Prime Minister Massey. Said that death claims in come life insurance companies for November, as the result of the influenza epidemic, will equal those for the worst twelve months arising from the war. The latest commercial term—f.o.b.e.i.— applied to potatoes, is less harmful than is implied. It only means “ free on board, sacks in.” There have been many marriages in Switzerland, between British prisoners in the internment camps and Swiss girls. The wedding ring of a recent English bride —Lady Dorothy Mills, was from a bit of shrapnel fiat W&s “ Aortocd ’■ m her husband* flamroauifar ,