IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 17279, 18 February 1920, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1546,—Martin Luther died. 1564.—Galileo born. IT7s.—Charles Lamb born. 1797.—Trinidad captured. 1897.—Benin City captured. Mokoia left for Samoa with parliament ary party. Prince of Wales will be in Dunedin from May 10 to May 13. Reopening of Otago schools postponed till March 1. Births registered in New Zealand last year totalled 24.490, which is the lowest recorded in any year since 1906. On dit that the property of the late Dr M'Bride at St. Clair has been sold to a North Island medico who is about to take up practice in Dunedin. Mr R. D. Meagher resigned his seat in the Legislative Council of New South Wales to become a candidate for a seat in the Assembly. Judge Rentoul, who died recently leaving between £5,000 and £5,000, falls to he added to the long list of prominent lawyers whose wills have given work for their kind. His Honor made an alteration in the body of the document which he omitted to attest ! Lake Superior and Ireland are about the same size. The yellow sap of a tree of Siam produces gamboge. China has more suicides than any other country in the world. Pepper cost £ls an ounce in England in Henry Vll.'s reign. The Chinese used finger-prints for legal purposes 16 centuries ago. It is likely that the origin of ink goes back more than 4.000 years'. In Persia ladies decorate their faces with paintings of small animals. Most spiders have poisonous fangs, but few are dangerous to human beings. _ Every day 550 persons arrive in New 7 °rk to make the city their permanent home.

(load health, good brains, a cheerful spirit, and Dewar’s Imperial! What more do you want ?—[Advt.]