IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 17084, 1 July 1919, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1851. —Victoria separated from New South Wales. 1862. —First telegraph office la New Zealand opened. 1563. —Battle of Gettysburg’ began. 1875. —Strathmore wrecked, Croze ts. 1909.—Sir W. Wylie assassinated. Curtailed railway time-table comes into operation to-morrow. Serious Labor riots in Queensland. At a meeting of the Spcrts Protection League at Christchurch it was proposed that a conference of sports bodies should be held at Wellington to consider the amateur status. Over that enormous stretch of Canada which lies north of civilisation right up to the Arctic Ocean, graze vast herds of caribou, or reindeer, which aro estimated to number anything between 20 million and 50 million. The foui 1 splendid couchant lions that guard the Nelson Monument in Trafalgar square wore cast originally out of the metal of old naval guns, as was also the ornamental capital on which the groat Admiral stands. The Auckland City Counoii having fopmaHy accepted the ownership, are now in control of tho tramway services in the northern city. Although'the atmospheric envelops of the earth is probably at least 100 miles in thickness, nearly all the watery vapor is in tire lower layers. It is reckoned that only l-25th is to be found above a height of 30,000 ft. The secret of another German industry, the manufactures of artificial mother-of-pc-arl, lustre, and iridescent sheets, largely used tor making fancy buttons and {of dress trimmings, has been discovered in England after long experimenting. A cat which has just died at Messrs Bobov's engineering works, Lincoln, is said to have killed 1.035 rats during the seven wears she lived m the foundry - In attacking her 1,054 th rate she was severely bitten, and” blood poisoning caused her death. It is a Trell-knovra fset wnongafc uervo specialists that by an of the thumb they can tell if the patient is affected, or likely to be affected, by paralysis or not. as the thumb will indicate this a long time before there is any trace of the disease in. ai.y other part of .. tho system. There is no time like the pleasant, eo drink Dewar’s Imperial and be pleasant.— Wnile Britain cries for ions are under water in the _ South Staffordshire and other flooded mines. Steps axe being taken by the Government to have these mines pumped cat and operated, the present shortage making the action profitable. In ono are:i tons of water must be raised. Dress Suits.—Yes. you had better have a new one for the peace Wb cam supplv you with the genuine article, correct in every detail, for £l3 13s. A chant tailor, Samsons Buildings, Dowling street, —[Advt.l .■ Jvi