IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 17225, 15 December 1919, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1683.—Izaak Walton, "Ye Gentle Angler. - ' died. 1899.—Battle of Colenso (Boer War.) 1908.—Arnst beat Webb on Wanganui River for sculling championship. New railway time-table came into force to-day. Daily express between Christchurch and Invercargill resumed. To-morrow Anniversary Day in Canterbury. The increase in the Cost of Living in Great Britain since 1914 is 160 per cent, and in. France 292 per cent. The fleeces of 10 goats are required to make a cashmere shawl, which takes throe men six months to complete. Wasps are influenced by colors and smells. They favor yellow", black, red, blue, and white in the above order. Fire at the Government firewood" depot at Thorndon, Wellington, destroyed t*>e engine, milling plant, a delivery lorry, and over 20 cords of cut wood. Three ex-Otago representative cricketers —"Gillie" Wilson, Condliffe, and Tuckwell—are members of the team that Wellington is sending to Christ-church and Dunedin for the Christmas-New Year season. iv. Ha v, TCJ J dj ' 9c f Terer of tie circulation of the blood; John Dewar, discoverer of Impetial Whisky.—[Advt.] •