IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 17155, 23 September 1919, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1803. —Battle of Assaye. 1889.—Wiikic Collins, novelist, died,

Rupture of diplomatic relations between! Belgium and Holland threatened. Daily aerial mail service contemplated between Toronto and New York. "Why there should be a dearth of houses X confess I do not understand."— Judge iSelfe. of IMnrylebone. Comio opera, situation connected with th<" seizure of Fiume .-ontimies. Two officers of the Public Works Department will vital Otagi> this week to tmvcy and report on the most suitable sits for a, hydro -electric power station for Otngo. Several eases of appendicitis reported at Dannevhke last week. Fair catches of -whitebait made in the Molyneur River. Six workers' dwellings are to be erected in To. Aroha shortly.

" If people were lined for lies our exchequer would be flourishing."—Willesden. Police Court cleric. The proposed gratuities have, given mli---fartjon to the majority of the Auckland soldiers, but a small meeting last night expressed discontent, and endorsed the action of the Wellington Association. The first English viscount- was John Lord Beaumont. He v,-as created riscount by patent in 1440.

Roller-skates were used in Franc© ;ui long ago as 1819. The first English f=knt-; had five narrow wheels in a single row. The clothes in which Lord Nelson died on hoard tbs Victory are still preserved at Greenwich Naval Hospital. " Every person in this country find in Europe must be eowtent for years to live a harder and more strenuous life."—Lord Robert Cecil.

ITho outstanding .feature of the new Health Bill, introduced into the Victoria-it Parliament, by the Lawaon Government will be the appointment, of district health oftioors and the division. <ii the State into so many h*alth"»r«as, which will be provided with lull-time medical officers, who will devote their whole time and attention to preventive medicine. An extraordinary occurrence- is reported from, W.-Higai-atta (Vic). An aeroplane travelling from Melbourne to Sydney thu other day developed engine trouble near Beechwcrth Junction, and in an open paddock in. which th» flyer chose- to make his desount were three horses grazing. No sooner did the animals catch sight of tho machine than they went mad, and galloped affrighted all over the paddock. Suddenly one of them dropped dead. '• Ankle-biters," says a contemporary, " are worrying women who wear openvrork stockings." Ba-ck-bitcrs are also making the most of the prevailing fashion. A trade which was practkaly suspended during the war period—the. importation to Australia of dates from, the Persian. Gulf—is being renewed. A steamer with a full shipment of dates will shortly be loaded, at Bussarah. She will bring the first dates shipped direct to Australia- for years. aSir Joseph Cook and. the Hon. W. A. Watt Are the favorite picks for the Commonwealth High. Comnn'spionership in sw(x»ssion to Air A. Fisher. The general idea. appears to be that it is only a question of health with Air Watt. You are assured of a- perfect-fitting' suit. of the very best material when you plaof* your order w:th M'Craa. merchant tailor. Samson's Buildings, Dowling street.—[Advi.]